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- | ===Workshop Notes=== | + | ====" |
- | workshop on 20121012 and 20121013. participants; | + | |
+ | * workshop | ||
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+ | * workshop 2 on 20130406 and 20130407. participants: | ||
Concept: Legal identity of trees in period of rapid extinction | Concept: Legal identity of trees in period of rapid extinction | ||
- | Photos: http:// | + | Photos: |
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
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+ | ====Background, | ||
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+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
- | **Day 1** | + | ====Workshop 1: Day 1==== |
- | Look at trees in Forest de Soignes / Verdronken Kinderen-Enfants Noyés | + | walk and tree identofication |
- | **Different elements of identity** we looked at: | + | Different elements of identity we looked at: |
* origin | * origin | ||
* age | * age | ||
* gender | * gender | ||
- | * position/ | + | * position/address/postcode |
- | //- General parameters that create a ' | + | General parameters that create a ' |
- | * //minimal//: name, date of birth, nationality | + | * **minimal** for a natural person: name, date of birth, nationality |
+ | * if you can provide an answer to the questions: "what's your name?", "where are you from?", "how old are you?" | ||
- | -> nationality | + | Nationality |
- | -> can nationality be replaced by citizenship? Or by 'family'/species the tree belongs to? | + | in some cases nationality |
* // | * // | ||
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* 'What can x do?' | * 'What can x do?' | ||
- | + | proposal to create a ' | |
- | -> create a ' | + | |
- | + | | |
- | A new legal persona is not necessarily a natural persona | + | * a human being (material essence, |
- | + | * a natural person (for example, someone able to produce a state issued | |
- | Personhood can refer to | + | * an artificial person (a corporation) |
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- | | + | |
- | * a natural person (ID) | + | |
- | * an artificial person (corporation) | + | |
Personhood is defined by | Personhood is defined by | ||
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- | | + | * a bureaucratic |
- | * a bureaucratical | + | |
* data: if you have enough data you can find/create meaning -> ' | * data: if you have enough data you can find/create meaning -> ' | ||
' | ' | ||
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* kept | * kept | ||
* passed on | * passed on | ||
* destroyed | * destroyed | ||
- | -> we could wrap a corporation around the tree, insert | + | we could wrap a corporation around the tree, insert |
- | -> if you don't have a birth certificate, | + | if you don't have a birth certificate, |
**How do we proceed?** | **How do we proceed?** | ||
+ | - **proto-personhood** for trees: ' | ||
+ | - **philosophical**: | ||
+ | - **physicality**: | ||
- | - " | + | __A lot of trees have numbers (is there a register? how is it managed?)__, we can presume all trees have a owner in Belgium but owners may have different status (forest, private |
- | - " | + | |
- | - " | + | |
- | A lot of trees have numbers, all trees have a owner in Belgium but with different status (forest, private property, city of bssls) | + | So maybe interesting to add the parameter |
- | So maybe interesting to add the parameter of ' | + | Q: who owns it? Who has an interest in using it? |
- | -> who owns it? Who has an interest | + | A tree is defined by lineage but also by 'the context': |
- | A tree is defined by lineage but also by 'the context' | + | Q: where do the seeds come from? where did it grow up? |
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- | -> where do the seeds come from? where did it grow up? | + | |
We make a checklist and look at it from different perspectives | We make a checklist and look at it from different perspectives | ||
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- | **Day 2** | + | ====Workshop 1:Day 2==== |
- | - looked at 'Oak du marais' | + | We looked at an 'Oak du marais' |
- | - look at trees in front of Walvis, planned to be chopped: platans, protest because they are the 2 only trees at that side of the Boulevard (between Yser & Porte de Ninove), and because they will be replaced by 3 new trees planted 3,5 m closer to the bar (effect: the terrace will be half as big) | + | Look at the plane trees (platane) |
- | -// discussion on the ' | + | ====discussion on the ' |
- | We create it and integrate it in our daily language, start taking it into account -> method of ' | + | *__ We can create it and integrate it in our daily language, start taking it into account -> method of ' |
+ | * Look at the bigger picture: what if trees have legal identity & rights? How will we live alongside them: as separate entities or as chimera of tree/ | ||
+ | * __a way to reconnect with trees, restore the natural-human relationship__. e.g in some parts of Lithuania it is unthinkeable to cut a tree. | ||
+ | * can we create a map of Brussels' | ||
+ | * do we see artificial arboreality as a business? what does it offer in terms of services (oxygen, fruit, fertile soil) - any shared good is value less in the dominant economic ideology of looking at the world -> maybe think differently? | ||
+ | * __look into the ' | ||
+ | * Ecuadorian constitution that has integrated the rights for Nature in the law | ||
+ | * we are the system: there is no authority imposing a system on us, we're the embodiment of a system, our ' | ||
+ | * Heath' | ||
+ | * the human being can occupy most echological niches (of species that disappear) | ||
- | Look at the bigger picture: what if trees have legal identity & rights? | ||
- | How will we co-live with them: as separate entities or as chimera of tree/humans | ||
- | -> a way to reconnect with trees, restore the natural-human relationship | + | Next phase: proof of concept, create prototypes |
- | f.ex. in Lithuania it is unthinkeable to cut a tree | + | * Look at information & data that exist already |
+ | * question the frequency & absence of parameters, reconceptualize location, speed, appearance of the aboresceal persona | ||
- | -> create a map of Brussels' | ||
- | -> see artificial arboreality as a business? what does it offer in terms of services (oxygen, fruit, fertile soil) - any shared good is value less in the dominant economic ideology of looking at the world -> maybe think differently? | + | === books & further reading ==== |
- | -> look into the ' | + | UK barrister Bob Colover and Heath Bunting discuss |
- | Nik reads Ecuador constitution that has integrated the rights for Nature | + | * Compendium of Symbolic & ritual plants |
+ | * Guide to wild foods | ||
+ | * Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world | ||
+ | * The revenge of Gaia | ||
+ | * The end of the wild | ||
+ | * Hildegard' | ||
+ | * A new green history of the world | ||
+ | * Deep Survival, Lawrence González | ||
- | -> we are the system: there is no authority imposing a system on us, we're the embodiment of a system, our ' | ||
- | Heath' | ||
- | the human being can occupy most echological niches (of species that disappear) | + | -------------------------------------------- |
- | Next phase: proof of concept, create prototypes | + | ====Workshop 2: Day1==== |
- | - Look at information & data that exist already | + | |
- | - question the frequency & absence of parameters, reconceptualize location, speed, appearance of the aboresceal persona | + | |
+ | ===Introduction of remarkable trees in Zoniënwoud/ | ||
+ | * //the oak// | ||
+ | * //the colonialised tree//: beech of 1882 with an enormous gall, first impression is that of a strong powerful tree, when you look behind it, you see it is invaded by the parasite mushroom Ustulina Deusta -> //possible stories//: the forest is considered to be a museum because of its 'beech cathedral' | ||
+ | * //The solidary and the miraculeus//: | ||
+ | * //Prince charming//: hornbeam/ | ||
+ | * //The Quadruplet//: | ||
+ | * //The kissing trees// | ||
+ | * other trees: the larch (fast grower, encourages the young beeches to grow), the lime tree, the birch with fungi ... | ||
+ | ===Creation of identities=== | ||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | Other thoughts: | ||
+ | * As humans we have the ability to change our mind: responding to our basic needs, we can change the status of the place (Foret de Soignes can be a reserve or a domain for agriculture (everyone can cut tree down), important to ' | ||
+ | * what are we trying to protect: money, income – security mechanism, fight to exist (we find it very difficult to give up things, f.ex. give up mobile phone, psychological reasons), change politically for luxury. Fitting / doesn' | ||
- | === books/ | ||
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- | * Guide to wild foods | + | |
- | * Mycelium running: how mushrooms | + | |
- | * The revenge | + | ====Workshop 2: Day2==== |
- | * The end of the wild | + | |
- | * Hildegard's healing plants | + | Exploration of trees in the city of Brussels (1000) |
- | * A new green history | + | |
- | * Deep Survival, Lawrence González | + | ** * Introduction to the juridic context & management |
+ | It is complicated :-) | ||
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+ | These public trees can belong to different official owners: the city, the Region (regional roads & parks), the king, the federal state. This is the first thing to find out. | ||
+ | For the parks this is easy: Check the ' | ||
+ | For the roads there is the latest Regional Bike map (with relief & waterproof!) that has all the regional roads indicated | ||
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+ | Almost all parks are protected. | ||
+ | The trees in Regional parks and on Regional roads are signed with a number. Nevertheless, | ||
+ | * regional roads Dept Monuments & Landscapes: f.ex. Av Royal Forest 107.01.156 | ||
+ | First number (the ax on which the tree is located, Small ringroad is nr 1); 2nd number (part of the ax on which the tree is located, usually number between 1 and 7); 3rd number (the number of the tree in that segment). The number is attributed by the company that composes the geographical information templates for each tree: [[http:// | ||
+ | * regional parks BIM/IBGE: f.ex. Parc of Laken nr 2508 | ||
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+ | The newly planted trees in the city of Brussels have only been registered since 2008. In 2011 the city started an (non-publicly accessible) inventory of all trees in 1000 Brussels. It is not finished yet. The rumour goes there are about 40000 different trees. | ||
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+ | The Region has set up a public database on ' | ||
+ | Selection criteria are: a considerable trunk (at 1,5m), the localisation (the more visible for the more people, more remarkable), | ||
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+ | The team of the 'Cel Groene Zones' of the city of Brussels has selection criteria to chose trees to plant. The trees are ' | ||
+ | * their roots resist salt (in winter) | ||
+ | * they resist pollution (cars/ | ||
+ | * they resist litter & vandalism (when you break a branch | ||
+ | * they can stand presence | ||
+ | * they are easy to maintain and don't cause too much trouble for inhabitants (leafs that fall off, block the sewage etc) | ||
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+ | Trees that are frequently planted: plataan, ash, lime tree, hazel, hawthorn | ||
+ | Another criteria that is on stake for trees in the city: the presence of sewage, waterinfrastructure, | ||
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+ | ** | ||
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+ | //Walk in the city center//, looking at trees, what they provide us with, how we could ent them | ||
+ | Final destination: | ||
+ | Discovery: | ||
+ | trees are more difficult to identify because they have not blossomed yet and the maintenance has eliminated leaves, fruits or other identifiers... | ||
+ | amazing how little grass and paths are left in the city, we guess it has also to do with maintenance and tidiness | ||
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+ | //Walk in the city forest//: park of Laken where trees are like ' | ||
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+ | ===References=== | ||
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+ | **Books** | ||
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+ | * Colin Tudge, The Secret Life of Trees, Scala, 2009 | ||
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+ | **Law & Management Links** | ||
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+ | * Brussels Capital Region law & management: | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Responsable numbering & db trees: Bernard Galland 02/204 28 91 | ||
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+ | * Brussels City (1000), Cel Groene Zones - responsable for choosing, planting & maintaining trees in 1000 Brussels: Patrick Maes Patrick.Maes@brucity.be 02/ | ||
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+ | * Le code forestier [[http:// | ||
+ | * Garde Forestier Verdronken Kinderen: Mr Willy Vandevelde (FR): 0497/599 463 | ||
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+ | **Different uses of trees** | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Leafsnap (app Iphone) | ||
+ | * boskoi (app Foam, location edible plants in the city) | ||