Whilst we acknowledge the ‘uncomfortability’ of the truths of nature and climate chaos, we are also able to earth ourselves — to keep going, draw courage and agency from Earth 🌿 — from our opening ceromony performance at MEMBRA_Trees Valuing Treescapes conference starting today

Tomorrow morning Lucy Neal will be moderating a panel discussion on Tree Agency and the Law, alongside introducing Ring Of Truth 🌲 Tune in online from 9.30am-12.30pm by registering for free on Zoom! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Part of MEMBRA_Trees's Valuing Treescapes conference

Excellent first day at the MEMBRA_Trees UKTreescapes Valuing Treescapes Conference. Some sobering research on tree regeneration coupled with hopeful conversations about climate action. 🌳 (photo shows the location of Walking Forest piece on University of Exeter campus)

Ring Of Truth is Walking Forest's participatory performance that was actioned at @timber_festival in 2023. The performance produced by Lucy Neal asks “What happens if a tree could take the government to court?” Read more: dark-mountain.net/ring-of-truth/ MEMBRA_Trees Paul Powlesland

You can join us online again at 2:40pm, where we’ll be introducing our work on the MEMBRA_Trees Tree Nursery project, connecting communities with local Tresscapes in Birmingham, and our Intentional Woodland 🌳 Register for free on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The Tree Nursery project brings communities from the city in to explore the research themes of our partnership with MEMBRA_Trees, through workshops, site visits and exploration using our specialised Walking Forest kit 🌱 Read more on our blog: walkingforest.co.uk/all-items/tree…

The Intentional Woodland is the culmination of Walking Forest's 10-year artwork; it will be a lasting, living artwork that offers space for hope, encouragement, beauty and resilience for present and future generations 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳 Read more on our website: walkingforest.co.uk/intentional-wo…

If you could give one right to trees, what would it be? We asked this question in panel discussion this morning, where Lucy Neal explored Tree Agency and The Law, alongside Sarah Dodd (Lawyer and owner of Tree Law) and Charles Mynors (Law Commission of England and Wales)

After three years of collaborating with our MEMBRA colleagues, Walking Forest came together and curated a variety of workshops, talks and events during a two-day public conference at University of Exeter in July 🌿 A blog on our website digs into what happened: walkingforest.co.uk/the-journey/ye…

Walking Forest have some exciting plans lined up - subscribe to our seasonal newsletter to see what we've been up to and what we have on the horizon🌲 walkingforest.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=89…

Please join us with PlymouthTreePeople for a free evening talk on the #Suffragette Arboretum, and how it has inspired the work connecting women, activism and forest networks through Walking Forest. 🌲 Monday 3rd Feb, 6pm 🌲 Cafe Momus, Plymouth plymouthtrees.org/news/evening-t…

Walking Forest has been involved with the interdisciplinary MEMBRA_Trees research programme over the past 3 years exploring the future of Treescapes 🌲 clare pinches from Natural England shares her experience of our creative action during the recent Policy Decisions workshop:

We've been co-creating creative outputs with researchers across different academic elements with MEMBRA_Trees + communicating the research and findings that emerge beyond academia. Estrella Luna-Diez, Principal Investigator of the project, shares what the process has been like

We're on Bluesky - if you're there too, come and say hello! 👋🌱 bsky.app/profile/walkin…

"We did something that was different" - Rob MacKenzie, inaugural Director of BIFoR - shares the impact of Walking Forest's creative contribution to the MEMBRA_Trees UKTreescapes programme. See the full interviews on our Instagram page: instagram.com/walkingforest4

✨ 🌲 New blog: The Tree Salutation is a creative collaboration through our work with MEMBRA_Trees, looking at human healing whilst honouring trees through a series of simple movements and breath work: walkingforest.co.uk/the-journey/tr…