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-==== Identity of Trees Walks ====+====== Walk & Become a Member of the Silent Political Party of Trees ======
  
-=== Silent political Party of Trees ===+ 
 +=== Silent political Party of Trees? ===
  
  
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 Are we ready to allow and embrace the necessity? Are we ready to allow and embrace the necessity?
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 +=== Why walk? ===
  
 Any one of us can join the silent political Party of Trees by completing one of these walks and by listening to the stories the chosen trees are telling you. Any one of us can join the silent political Party of Trees by completing one of these walks and by listening to the stories the chosen trees are telling you.
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 +By chosing to walk and become a member of the Party of Trees, you're not joining any regular type of political party you know. They will not represent their ego nor short term views. Trees are networked species. They aim for their own survival, that is true, but they will always realise this in collaboration with others. 
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 +Giving your trust to trees is very easy: they will not abuse your rights, you will still have the right to cut their limbs, when that seems to be necessary for your own survival. 
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 +By giving your trust, you choose to connect with the energy of the trees, and to live and think with them as they will become your close friends. In return you will regain the connection with the nature and become the unseparable entity of it. You will rediscover the wisdom and instincts inside you. They will empower you as a human being and as a part of the living society on earth.
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 +So if you're happy with all this, just put one foot in front of the other, and choose one of the itineraries below.
  
  
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-Initially developed in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013+Initially developed in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013, with the support of the [[http://www.vgc.be/|Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie]].
  
  
 +{{:0_silent1.png?200|}}  {{:0_silent.png?200|}}
 ===== Itinerary ===== ===== Itinerary =====
  
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 // Click on the image for large view (with many thanks to [[http://http://www.openstreetmap.org|Open Street Map]]) // // Click on the image for large view (with many thanks to [[http://http://www.openstreetmap.org|Open Street Map]]) //
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-===== Walk & become a member of the Silent Political Party of Trees =====+===== Enjoy the walk ! =====
  
  
-By chosing to walk and become a member of the Party of Trees, you're not joining any regular type of political party you know. They will not represent their ego nor short term views. Trees are networked species. They aim for their own survival, that is true, but they will always realise this in collaboration with others.  +Take the Sentier des Endymions/Boshyacintenvoetpad. Immediately at your left hand side, you will find a beautiful oak surrounded by beeches.
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-Giving your trust to trees is very easy: they will not abuse your rights, you will still have the right to cut their limbs, when that seems to be necessary for your own survival.  +
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-By giving your trust, you choose to connect with the energy of the trees, and to live and think with them as they will become your close friends. In return you will regain the connection with the nature and become the unseparable entity of it. You will rediscover the wisdom and instincts inside you. They will empower you as a human being and as a part of the living society on earth. +
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-So if you're happy with all this, just put one foot in front of the other, and take the Sentier des Endymions/Boshyacintenvoetpad. Immediately at your left hand side, you will find a beautiful oak surrounded by beeches.+
  
  
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 Just imagine growing trough your life so slowly that 500 years can fly by. Imagine species, landscape situations you could witness. Well Oak does. It is a time machine. If we learn its language, we will take on the habit of looking back, living now and projecting ourselves in a far future, and all this at the same moment. We will discover a very different history from the one we know now. Just imagine growing trough your life so slowly that 500 years can fly by. Imagine species, landscape situations you could witness. Well Oak does. It is a time machine. If we learn its language, we will take on the habit of looking back, living now and projecting ourselves in a far future, and all this at the same moment. We will discover a very different history from the one we know now.
  
-Take your own time with the oak. Once you're done, walk on and concentrate on yourself, your breath, your heartbeat, your body, your rhythm.+// Take your own time with the oak. Once you're done, walk on and concentrate on yourself, your breath, your heartbeat, your body, your rhythm. //
  
  
 === More about the oak === === More about the oak ===
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 Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape. Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape.
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 The oak tree is used as a symbol by a number of political parties. It is the symbol of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, and formerly of the Progressive Democrats in Ireland. In the cultural arena, the oak leaf is the symbol of the National Trust (UK) and The Royal Oak Foundation. The oak tree is used as a symbol by a number of political parties. It is the symbol of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, and formerly of the Progressive Democrats in Ireland. In the cultural arena, the oak leaf is the symbol of the National Trust (UK) and The Royal Oak Foundation.
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 ==== * Elder, Vlier, Sureau, Sambucus nigra ==== ==== * Elder, Vlier, Sureau, Sambucus nigra ====
  
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 // The best way to listen to the elder, is to smell its flowers, to touch its spotted skin, to taste its leaves and to look closely at all its details. // // The best way to listen to the elder, is to smell its flowers, to touch its spotted skin, to taste its leaves and to look closely at all its details. //
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 Not only enjoying the sweet smell and the taste of the blossom in teas and syrups, but also making jams and jenever from the berries. Not only enjoying the sweet smell and the taste of the blossom in teas and syrups, but also making jams and jenever from the berries.
  
-When you walk on, pick something up and keep it warm.+// When you walk on, pick something up and keep it warm.//
  
  
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 Notwithstanding these negative beliefs, elder continued to be put to such a wide range of medicinal uses that the mediaeval herbalist John Evelyn called it "a kind of Catholicon against all Infirmities whatever".  Notwithstanding these negative beliefs, elder continued to be put to such a wide range of medicinal uses that the mediaeval herbalist John Evelyn called it "a kind of Catholicon against all Infirmities whatever". 
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 // The branches of the hazel are very flexible and strong, find out for yourself: touch, bend, climb // // The branches of the hazel are very flexible and strong, find out for yourself: touch, bend, climb //
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 Hazel has long been a favourite wood from which to make staffs, whether for ritual Druidic use, for medieval self defence. Hazel shafts were used for water divining, and this practice evolved into the making of pilgrims’ staffs, shepherds’ crooks and walking sticks. Hazel has long been a favourite wood from which to make staffs, whether for ritual Druidic use, for medieval self defence. Hazel shafts were used for water divining, and this practice evolved into the making of pilgrims’ staffs, shepherds’ crooks and walking sticks.
  
-While you walk on to meet the next tree, think of your house and all the things made of wood.+// While you walk on to meet the next tree, think of your house and all the things made of wood.//
  
  
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-  * Hornbeam +==== * The Kissing Trees ====
-  * Alder +
-  * Birch  +
-  * Larch +
-  * Beuk+
  
 +{{:3_haagbeuk_es5.png?200|}}  {{:3_haagbeuk_es2.png?200|}}
  
-  [[Tree walk in the centre of Brussels]] +=== * Hornbeam, haagbeuk, le charme, carpinus betulus === 
-  in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]]+ 
 +{{:hornbeam_carpinus_betulus_donkey_lane_sapcote_sp_4865_9312_taken_9.7.2007_.jpg?200|}}  {{:3_haagbeuk.png?200|}} 
 + 
 +gespierde jerom 
 +friends: meikever, boomklever en bosmuizen houden v an deze boom 
 +duties: hout wordt gebruikt voor hakblokken in slagerij, stampers, kammen in molenwieken, gereedschap 
 +character: integriteit, netwerk 
 + 
 +// Look at trees as if they were individuals and think of their variety in race, age, … // 
 + 
 + 
 +=== * Ash, es, le frêne, fraxinus excelsior === 
 + 
 +{{:3_es.png?200|}} 
 +==== * Alder, els, l'aulne, alnus ==== 
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 +{{:aldertreeleaves.jpg?200|}} 
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 +roots in water 
 + 
 +// think of different ways of reproduction // 
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 + 
 + 
 +==== * Larch, lork, le mélèze, larix ==== 
 + 
 +{{:larchsky.jpg?200|}} 
 + 
 +Friends: toads, bats 
 +Duties: wood is used for fences, bats, staircases, telephone poles 
 +Character: is a pioneer, the first to come back after the ice age, can survive in very austere environments, did not evolve in reproduction system (gymnosperm (naaktzadige) vs seeds & sperm of the flowering plants), fertilization through wind (vs also insects for flowering plants) 
 +check story on tannine 
 + 
 +// We thought of birth, when you walk on, think how is death present // 
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 + 
 + 
 +==== * Silver birch, zilverberk, le bouleau verruqueux, betula pendula ==== 
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 +{{:0_berk1.jpg?200|}} 
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 +Duties: from cradle to cradle: everything can be used, sap is used for wine, honey, sugar and can be drank in spring as a long-life-elixir; the skin was used for writing (2000y ago in teaching of Buddha; the name would be originally from sanskrit 'burgha' which means 'writing on a tree' or from Ghotic 'bairths' which means light), skin can also be used to light a fire in a wet place, or for shoes, coats, canoes; wood is used for furniture; leaves and buttons are used for soap, oil, paint 
 +character: Lady of the Woods, symbol of light, new spring, elegance & grace 
 + 
 + 
 +// what trees are missing? // 
 + 
 + 
 +==== * Beech, beuk, le hètre, fagus sylvatica ==== 
 + 
 +{{:geluidswandeling.jpg?200|}} 
 + 
 + 
 +dominant 
 +duties: name: in German 'buch' is the same word foor book, wood is used for printing, buttons and young leaves in spring can be eaten in salad 
 +character: very sensitive to the wind, low spread roots (vs oak), very thin and soft skin, shuts its trunk with leaves like a coat because otherwise it get sunburned and can die; has a beautiful green in spring (fluo), and buttons in the form of writing pens; can be called the tree of elegance & beauty but also of tendencies (that can die easily), will have to migrate notrht due to climate changes, because it needs sun & water at its feet 
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 +// As a ritual to end this walk and celebrate your membership, find a new place for that something you picked up // 
 + 
 +   
 + 
 +---- 
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 + 
 +====== Tree walk in the centre of Brussels ====== 
 + 
 +Initially developed in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013, with the support of the [[http://www.vgc.be/|Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie]]. 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Itinerary ===== 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Start ==== 
 + 
 +La Bourse/De Beurs at Boulevard Anspach laan in the centre of Brussels; you can reach this place by tram 3 or 4. 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Duration ==== 
 + 
 ++- 1 hour 
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 +{{:citywalk_trees_map.png?200|}} 
 + 
 +// Click on the image for large view (with many thanks to [[http://http://www.openstreetmap.org|Open Street Map]]) // 
 + 
 + 
 +===== A little introduction ===== 
 + 
 +During this walk you will meet some of the arboreal persona that survive in the centre of this European, Belgian and Flemish capital. 
 +more humans than trees  
 +regional roads 
 +city roads, different boroughs 
 +different criteria to plant trees 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Enjoy the walk ! ===== 
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 + 
 +Walk on the square in front of the hotel. Near the road you'll find a stand with the most famous arboreal persona of Brussels. 
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 +   
 +==== * Prutske ==== 
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 +Fig tree, vijgenboom, figuier, Ficus 
 + 
 + 
 +==== * Elms ==== 
 + 
 +the twins 
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 + 
 +==== *Wild chestnut ==== 
 +  
 + 
 +Leopold 
 + 
 + 
 +==== *Imaginary tree Dansart ==== 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +==== *Platanus the Court of justice ==== 
 + 
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-  *Fig Prutske 
-  *Elms the twins 
-  *Bamboo not a tree 
-  *Wild chestnut Leopold 
-  *Non existing tree Dansaard 
-  *Platanus the Court of justice 
  
 +====== Round table discussion/walk for States of the Arts ======
  
-   [[Round table discussion/walk for States of the Arts]] 
        
-   We where invited to present the idea of Silent Political Party of Trees at the round table discussion during the event    State of the arts in Brussels http://fo.am/state-arts/   +We were invited to present the idea of Silent Political Party of Trees at the round table discussion during the event State of the arts in Brussels http://fo.am/state-arts/   
  
  
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