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legal_identity_for_trees [2013-02-14 04:51] – [discussion on the 'arboresceal persona'] nik | legal_identity_for_trees [2013-04-17 11:59] – [Arboreal Identity Workshop Notes] 78.29.246.198 | ||
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- | workshop on 20121012 and 20121013. participants; | + | * workshop on 20121012 and 20121013. participants; |
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Concept: Legal identity of trees in period of rapid extinction | Concept: Legal identity of trees in period of rapid extinction | ||
- | Photos: http:// | + | Photos: |
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+ | ====Background, | ||
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+ | * http:// | ||
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- | ====Day 1==== | + | ====Workshop 1: Day 1==== |
walk and tree identofication in Forest de Soignes / Verdronken Kinderen-Enfants Noyés. | walk and tree identofication in Forest de Soignes / Verdronken Kinderen-Enfants Noyés. | ||
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* age | * age | ||
* gender | * gender | ||
- | * position/ | + | * position/address/postcode |
General parameters that create a ' | General parameters that create a ' | ||
* **minimal** for a natural person: name, date of birth, nationality | * **minimal** for a natural person: name, date of birth, nationality | ||
- | * if you cn provide an answer to the questions: | + | * if you can provide an answer to the questions: |
Nationality is complex in general, and also for the tree | Nationality is complex in general, and also for the tree | ||
- | in some cases nationality | + | in some cases nationality |
* // | * // | ||
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* //actual//: website, facebook, linkedin, myspace... | * //actual//: website, facebook, linkedin, myspace... | ||
* 'What can x do?' | * 'What can x do?' | ||
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proposal to create a ' | proposal to create a ' | ||
* A new legal persona is not necessarily a natural persona | * A new legal persona is not necessarily a natural persona | ||
* Personhood can refer to | * Personhood can refer to | ||
- | * a human being (material essence, person living on the street) | + | * a human being (material essence, |
- | * a natural person (ID) | + | * a natural person (for example, someone able to produce a state issued |
- | * an artificial person (corporation) | + | * an artificial person (a corporation) |
Personhood is defined by | Personhood is defined by | ||
- | * institutions | + | * institutions |
- | * a bureaucratical | + | * a bureaucratic |
* 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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* 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?** | ||
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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 property, city of brussels) | 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 property, city of brussels) | ||
- | So maybe interesting to add the parameter of ' | + | So maybe interesting to add the parameter of ' |
Q: who owns it? Who has an interest in using it? | Q: who owns it? Who has an interest in using it? | ||
- | 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? | Q: where do the seeds come from? where did it grow up? | ||
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- | ====Day 2==== | + | ====Workshop 1:Day 2==== |
- | We looked at an 'Oak du marais' | + | We looked at an 'Oak du marais' |
Look at the plane trees (platane) in front of the Walvis. they are planned to be chopped down, and a local protest was mounted because they are the 2 only trees at that side of the Boulevard (between Yser & Porte de Ninove). There is a plan to replace them with 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) in front of the Walvis. they are planned to be chopped down, and a local protest was mounted because they are the 2 only trees at that side of the Boulevard (between Yser & Porte de Ninove). There is a plan to replace them with 3 new trees planted 3,5 m closer to the bar (effect: the terrace will be half as big) | ||
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* We can 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 co-live with them: as separate entities or as chimera of tree/humans | + | * Look at the bigger picture: what if trees have legal identity & rights? How will we live alongside |
* 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. | * 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' | * 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? | * 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 ' | * look into the ' | ||
- | * Nik reads Ecuador | + | * Ecuadorian |
- | * we are the system: there is no authority imposing a system on us, we're the embodiment of a system, our ' | + | * we are the system: there is no authority imposing a system on us, we're the embodiment of a system, our ' |
- | * Heath' | + | * Heath' |
* the human being can occupy most echological niches (of species that disappear) | * the human being can occupy most echological niches (of species that disappear) | ||
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+ | === books & further reading ==== | ||
+ | UK barrister Bob Colover and Heath Bunting discuss the legal issues around identities. What constitutes a person? What is the difference between an artificial and a natural person? And what are the legal aspects of buying an identity? in " | ||
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* Guide to wild foods | * Guide to wild foods | ||
* Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world | * Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world | ||
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* A new green history of the world | * A new green history of the world | ||
* Deep Survival, Lawrence González | * Deep Survival, Lawrence González | ||
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+ | ====Workshop 2: Day1==== | ||
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+ | ===Introduction of remarkable trees in Zoniënwoud/ | ||
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+ | * //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 ... | ||
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+ | ===Creation of identities=== | ||
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+ | 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 ' | ||
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+ | * 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' | ||
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+ | ====Workshop 2: Day2==== | ||
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+ | exploratie stad | ||
+ | inleiding tot juridische context & beheer van bomen en domeinen (Belgische politieke systeem, geklasseerde bomen en parken door Gewest, Monumenten en Landschappen + Gewestwegen + koninklijke domeinen → voor volgende keer: een lijst), criteria om een stadsboom te planten (zie blauw boekje) | ||
+ | opzoeking geklasseerde bomen centrum www.arbres-inventaire.irisnet.be | ||
+ | wandeling door de stad, welke bomen, wat geven ze ons, hoe kunnen we ze enten, met wat, om een imaginaire boom te maken: ontdekking van rijke diversiteit op Pantsertroepensquare, | ||
+ | plukken van gedroogde vijgen aan de Beurs / geen bomen in de Dansaertstr | ||
+ | lunch | ||
+ | exploratie ' | ||
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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:// | ||
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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 02/2796006 | ||
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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) | ||