Tree sitting is a form of environmentalistcivil disobedience in which a protester sits in a tree, usually on a small platform built for the purpose, to protect it from being cut down (speculating that loggers will not endanger human lives by cutting an occupied tree). Supporters usually provide the tree sitters with food and other supplies.
Tree sitting is often used as a stalling tactic, to prevent the cutting of trees while lawyers fight in the courts to secure the long-term victories.
Tree-sitting was once a children's pastime. In the early 1930s, when endurance contests raged across the U.S., it became a child's contest for kids to climb into their backyard trees and, serviced by siblings and local businesses, attempt to win prizes for the longest sit.
Extractions
Tree-sitters in trees claimed by Pacific Lumber in Humboldt County have been subject to forced removal by hired extractors. The practice started with a single extractor in the late 1990s but in 2003 Pacific Lumber hired teams of climbers to remove dozens of tree-sitters, particularly in the Freshwater area East of Eureka, California.
A rare portrait of tree-sitting activists | Sentinels
A rare portrait of tree-sitters reveals the survival skills and quiet determination it takes to protect redwoods from loggers.
Directors: Lawrence Lerew, Derek Knowles (https://www.derekknowles.com/)
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The Redwood Forest Defense (RFD) is a loose-knit group of activists who use nonviolent protest tactics to fight industrial logging in Northern California. And, as the short doc...
published: 09 Aug 2023
In redwoods, tree sitting continues during pandemic
The coronavirus has shut down most of California's Humboldt County, but loggers have continued to keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bodies on the limbs to stop them.
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Tree-sitters mark first anniversary for tree-sitting protest
(3 Dec 2007)
1. Wide of native oak trees on University of California Berkeley campus, surrounded by fences with branches protruding onto the street
2. Mid of environmental activist on the ground beating drum
3. Banners hanging from trees, reading: (English) "Home is where the trees live" and "Save the oaks!"
4. Security guard patrolling behind fence
5. Green activist lifting bag with food for tree-sitters, UPSOUND: (English) "Hi guys, send up!"
6. Wide of tree-sitter platform in tree inside oak grove, framed by fence
7. Close of banner hanging from tree branches
8. Wide of three activists positioning themselves on long tree branch
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Diesel, activist from New Jersey:
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up a...
published: 21 Jul 2015
Part 1 - Julia Butterfly Hill - Adventures In Treesitting
This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived 200 feet up in a redwood tree for two years to save the thousand year-old tree from destruction.
published: 09 Jan 2009
Tree-Sitters Take On PG&E In Nevada City
Protesting power lines in Nevada City, tree-sitters were upset with Pacific Gas and Electric's decision to cut down trees.
published: 31 Oct 2020
Sitting in the tree // meme // GC // Short vid
published: 17 Oct 2021
‘Tree sitting’ protest aims to stop PG&E tree removal in Nevada City
Protesters guarded some trees marked for removal by Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday by climbing the trees and sitting in them. PG&E said it needs to remove these trees as a safety measure and to prevent fire danger. People trying to protect the trees said the utility is going too far and removing ones that don't need to be taken out. Get the full story in the video above.
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Visiting Julia Butterfly Hill in her treehouse
In 2000, Barry Shainbaum spent 4 hours in the tree named "Luna" with Julia Butterfly Hill, photographing and interviewing her for inclusion in his book: Hope & Heroes. Julia has the world record for tree-sitting: 737 days.
published: 20 Mar 2010
{♡Aphmau and Aaron sitting in a tree♡} ||Credits to: Miraculously_Lily|| [Aphmau starlight]
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published: 18 Nov 2021
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree | Children's Book Read Aloud
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree
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A rare portrait of tree-sitters reveals the survival skills and quiet determination it takes to protect redwoods from loggers.
Directors: Lawrence Lerew, Derek...
A rare portrait of tree-sitters reveals the survival skills and quiet determination it takes to protect redwoods from loggers.
Directors: Lawrence Lerew, Derek Knowles (https://www.derekknowles.com/)
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The Redwood Forest Defense (RFD) is a loose-knit group of activists who use nonviolent protest tactics to fight industrial logging in Northern California. And, as the short documentary Sentinels details, this includes a now years-long tree-sitting campaign to protect an 18-acre stretch of pine, fir and redwood trees in an otherwise quiet slice of Humboldt County, California. To make the film, the US directors Derek Knowles and Lawrence Lerew made visits to the protest site over the course of nearly 200 days, including to the small camps atop redwoods some 100 feet from the ground. The resulting portrait is an observational look into the group’s unyielding commitment to their cause, which requires a unique melding of survivalism, tree-climbing and activism expertise, and, perhaps above all else, the endurance to outlast the time, money and resources of their opponents. By allowing the camera to linger on scenes, Knowles and Lerew skilfully convey the passage of time, and contrast the quiet serenity of the treetop camps with sights and sounds of industrial logging just a few hundred feet away.
A rare portrait of tree-sitters reveals the survival skills and quiet determination it takes to protect redwoods from loggers.
Directors: Lawrence Lerew, Derek Knowles (https://www.derekknowles.com/)
Watch 'Sentinels' on Aeon: https://aeon.co/videos/tree-sit-with-activists-as-they-fight-industrial-logging-from-100-feet-above-the-ground
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The Redwood Forest Defense (RFD) is a loose-knit group of activists who use nonviolent protest tactics to fight industrial logging in Northern California. And, as the short documentary Sentinels details, this includes a now years-long tree-sitting campaign to protect an 18-acre stretch of pine, fir and redwood trees in an otherwise quiet slice of Humboldt County, California. To make the film, the US directors Derek Knowles and Lawrence Lerew made visits to the protest site over the course of nearly 200 days, including to the small camps atop redwoods some 100 feet from the ground. The resulting portrait is an observational look into the group’s unyielding commitment to their cause, which requires a unique melding of survivalism, tree-climbing and activism expertise, and, perhaps above all else, the endurance to outlast the time, money and resources of their opponents. By allowing the camera to linger on scenes, Knowles and Lerew skilfully convey the passage of time, and contrast the quiet serenity of the treetop camps with sights and sounds of industrial logging just a few hundred feet away.
The coronavirus has shut down most of California's Humboldt County, but loggers have continued to keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bo...
The coronavirus has shut down most of California's Humboldt County, but loggers have continued to keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bodies on the limbs to stop them.
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(3 Dec 2007)
1. Wide of native oak trees on University of California Berkeley campus, surrounded by fences with branches protruding onto the street
2. Mid o...
(3 Dec 2007)
1. Wide of native oak trees on University of California Berkeley campus, surrounded by fences with branches protruding onto the street
2. Mid of environmental activist on the ground beating drum
3. Banners hanging from trees, reading: (English) "Home is where the trees live" and "Save the oaks!"
4. Security guard patrolling behind fence
5. Green activist lifting bag with food for tree-sitters, UPSOUND: (English) "Hi guys, send up!"
6. Wide of tree-sitter platform in tree inside oak grove, framed by fence
7. Close of banner hanging from tree branches
8. Wide of three activists positioning themselves on long tree branch
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Diesel, activist from New Jersey:
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up and for aiding the tree-sitters."
10. Wide of Diesel walking on branch
11. Diesel looking for a hold
12. Close of Diesel's hand holding on to branch
13. Cutaway of rope hanging from tree and swinging
14. Television crews ready for interviews
15. Wide of Shem, tree-sitter
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shem, tree-sitter from San Francisco area:
"So we are here, we are trying to stand up for life, for the sacredness of life and be a community."
17. Cutaway of Shem's foot
18. Wide of Shem walking past on branch
19. Tree-sitter moving towards camera from one tree to another hooked to a rope slide
20. Tree-sitters gathering on a redwood tree in the centre of the grove
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Serra, lawyer:
"The top that they could be facing is one year in a county jail."
22. Collection box reading: (English) "Save the Oaks" with dollar bills stuffed into it
23. Tree-sitter moving away from camera from one tree to another hooked to a rope slide
STORYLINE:
A group of green activists and tree-sitters at the University of California Berkeley notched up the first anniversary of their occupation of a grove of oak trees on the university campus, on Sunday.
The protesters oppose university plans to cut down a grove of evergreen coast live oaks to make way for a 125 (m) million US dollar training facility for the university's football team, Californian Golden Bears.
The one-year occupation is now classed as the longest tree-sitting protest in an urban area in the US.
"We are trying to stand up for life," said a tree-sitter who preferred to be named by her tree-name, Shem.
Another activist called Diesel said talked about the tricky logistics of such a protest.
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up and for aiding the tree-sitters."
It's unclear exactly how many tree-sitters there are on the campus. Many rotate in and out at night and wear masks.
Although some spend just a few hours in a tree to show solidarity, other stay there for days or weeks.
Campus police and private security monitor the grove everyday.
Tree-sitters facing criminal charges are being defended by the National Lawyers Guild.
"The top that they could be facing is one year in a county jail," said lawyer Tony Serra.
University of California officials have won the legal right to remove the tree-sitters but they acknowledge that such an operation will be difficult and say they want to avoid a tree-top confrontation.
The city of Berkeley, neighbourhood groups and tree supporters filed a lawsuit against the university challenging the feasibility of the sports centre project on the grounds that it is environmentally unsound and seismically dangerous.
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(3 Dec 2007)
1. Wide of native oak trees on University of California Berkeley campus, surrounded by fences with branches protruding onto the street
2. Mid of environmental activist on the ground beating drum
3. Banners hanging from trees, reading: (English) "Home is where the trees live" and "Save the oaks!"
4. Security guard patrolling behind fence
5. Green activist lifting bag with food for tree-sitters, UPSOUND: (English) "Hi guys, send up!"
6. Wide of tree-sitter platform in tree inside oak grove, framed by fence
7. Close of banner hanging from tree branches
8. Wide of three activists positioning themselves on long tree branch
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Diesel, activist from New Jersey:
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up and for aiding the tree-sitters."
10. Wide of Diesel walking on branch
11. Diesel looking for a hold
12. Close of Diesel's hand holding on to branch
13. Cutaway of rope hanging from tree and swinging
14. Television crews ready for interviews
15. Wide of Shem, tree-sitter
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shem, tree-sitter from San Francisco area:
"So we are here, we are trying to stand up for life, for the sacredness of life and be a community."
17. Cutaway of Shem's foot
18. Wide of Shem walking past on branch
19. Tree-sitter moving towards camera from one tree to another hooked to a rope slide
20. Tree-sitters gathering on a redwood tree in the centre of the grove
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Serra, lawyer:
"The top that they could be facing is one year in a county jail."
22. Collection box reading: (English) "Save the Oaks" with dollar bills stuffed into it
23. Tree-sitter moving away from camera from one tree to another hooked to a rope slide
STORYLINE:
A group of green activists and tree-sitters at the University of California Berkeley notched up the first anniversary of their occupation of a grove of oak trees on the university campus, on Sunday.
The protesters oppose university plans to cut down a grove of evergreen coast live oaks to make way for a 125 (m) million US dollar training facility for the university's football team, Californian Golden Bears.
The one-year occupation is now classed as the longest tree-sitting protest in an urban area in the US.
"We are trying to stand up for life," said a tree-sitter who preferred to be named by her tree-name, Shem.
Another activist called Diesel said talked about the tricky logistics of such a protest.
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up and for aiding the tree-sitters."
It's unclear exactly how many tree-sitters there are on the campus. Many rotate in and out at night and wear masks.
Although some spend just a few hours in a tree to show solidarity, other stay there for days or weeks.
Campus police and private security monitor the grove everyday.
Tree-sitters facing criminal charges are being defended by the National Lawyers Guild.
"The top that they could be facing is one year in a county jail," said lawyer Tony Serra.
University of California officials have won the legal right to remove the tree-sitters but they acknowledge that such an operation will be difficult and say they want to avoid a tree-top confrontation.
The city of Berkeley, neighbourhood groups and tree supporters filed a lawsuit against the university challenging the feasibility of the sports centre project on the grounds that it is environmentally unsound and seismically dangerous.
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This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived 200 feet up in a redwood tree for two years to save the thousand year-old ...
This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived 200 feet up in a redwood tree for two years to save the thousand year-old tree from destruction.
This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived 200 feet up in a redwood tree for two years to save the thousand year-old tree from destruction.
Protesters guarded some trees marked for removal by Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday by climbing the trees and sitting in them. PG&E said it needs to remove the...
Protesters guarded some trees marked for removal by Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday by climbing the trees and sitting in them. PG&E said it needs to remove these trees as a safety measure and to prevent fire danger. People trying to protect the trees said the utility is going too far and removing ones that don't need to be taken out. Get the full story in the video above.
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Protesters guarded some trees marked for removal by Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday by climbing the trees and sitting in them. PG&E said it needs to remove these trees as a safety measure and to prevent fire danger. People trying to protect the trees said the utility is going too far and removing ones that don't need to be taken out. Get the full story in the video above.
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In 2000, Barry Shainbaum spent 4 hours in the tree named "Luna" with Julia Butterfly Hill, photographing and interviewing her for inclusion in his book: Hope ...
In 2000, Barry Shainbaum spent 4 hours in the tree named "Luna" with Julia Butterfly Hill, photographing and interviewing her for inclusion in his book: Hope & Heroes. Julia has the world record for tree-sitting: 737 days.
In 2000, Barry Shainbaum spent 4 hours in the tree named "Luna" with Julia Butterfly Hill, photographing and interviewing her for inclusion in his book: Hope & Heroes. Julia has the world record for tree-sitting: 737 days.
A rare portrait of tree-sitters reveals the survival skills and quiet determination it takes to protect redwoods from loggers.
Directors: Lawrence Lerew, Derek Knowles (https://www.derekknowles.com/)
Watch 'Sentinels' on Aeon: https://aeon.co/videos/tree-sit-with-activists-as-they-fight-industrial-logging-from-100-feet-above-the-ground
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The Redwood Forest Defense (RFD) is a loose-knit group of activists who use nonviolent protest tactics to fight industrial logging in Northern California. And, as the short documentary Sentinels details, this includes a now years-long tree-sitting campaign to protect an 18-acre stretch of pine, fir and redwood trees in an otherwise quiet slice of Humboldt County, California. To make the film, the US directors Derek Knowles and Lawrence Lerew made visits to the protest site over the course of nearly 200 days, including to the small camps atop redwoods some 100 feet from the ground. The resulting portrait is an observational look into the group’s unyielding commitment to their cause, which requires a unique melding of survivalism, tree-climbing and activism expertise, and, perhaps above all else, the endurance to outlast the time, money and resources of their opponents. By allowing the camera to linger on scenes, Knowles and Lerew skilfully convey the passage of time, and contrast the quiet serenity of the treetop camps with sights and sounds of industrial logging just a few hundred feet away.
The coronavirus has shut down most of California's Humboldt County, but loggers have continued to keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists keep putting their bodies on the limbs to stop them.
CLICK FOR STORY: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-16/tree-sitters-protest-logging-as-a-virus-lays-waste-to-the-timber-industry
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(3 Dec 2007)
1. Wide of native oak trees on University of California Berkeley campus, surrounded by fences with branches protruding onto the street
2. Mid of environmental activist on the ground beating drum
3. Banners hanging from trees, reading: (English) "Home is where the trees live" and "Save the oaks!"
4. Security guard patrolling behind fence
5. Green activist lifting bag with food for tree-sitters, UPSOUND: (English) "Hi guys, send up!"
6. Wide of tree-sitter platform in tree inside oak grove, framed by fence
7. Close of banner hanging from tree branches
8. Wide of three activists positioning themselves on long tree branch
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Diesel, activist from New Jersey:
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up and for aiding the tree-sitters."
10. Wide of Diesel walking on branch
11. Diesel looking for a hold
12. Close of Diesel's hand holding on to branch
13. Cutaway of rope hanging from tree and swinging
14. Television crews ready for interviews
15. Wide of Shem, tree-sitter
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shem, tree-sitter from San Francisco area:
"So we are here, we are trying to stand up for life, for the sacredness of life and be a community."
17. Cutaway of Shem's foot
18. Wide of Shem walking past on branch
19. Tree-sitter moving towards camera from one tree to another hooked to a rope slide
20. Tree-sitters gathering on a redwood tree in the centre of the grove
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Serra, lawyer:
"The top that they could be facing is one year in a county jail."
22. Collection box reading: (English) "Save the Oaks" with dollar bills stuffed into it
23. Tree-sitter moving away from camera from one tree to another hooked to a rope slide
STORYLINE:
A group of green activists and tree-sitters at the University of California Berkeley notched up the first anniversary of their occupation of a grove of oak trees on the university campus, on Sunday.
The protesters oppose university plans to cut down a grove of evergreen coast live oaks to make way for a 125 (m) million US dollar training facility for the university's football team, Californian Golden Bears.
The one-year occupation is now classed as the longest tree-sitting protest in an urban area in the US.
"We are trying to stand up for life," said a tree-sitter who preferred to be named by her tree-name, Shem.
Another activist called Diesel said talked about the tricky logistics of such a protest.
"Our ground help has been getting arrested quite frequently for sending food up and for aiding the tree-sitters."
It's unclear exactly how many tree-sitters there are on the campus. Many rotate in and out at night and wear masks.
Although some spend just a few hours in a tree to show solidarity, other stay there for days or weeks.
Campus police and private security monitor the grove everyday.
Tree-sitters facing criminal charges are being defended by the National Lawyers Guild.
"The top that they could be facing is one year in a county jail," said lawyer Tony Serra.
University of California officials have won the legal right to remove the tree-sitters but they acknowledge that such an operation will be difficult and say they want to avoid a tree-top confrontation.
The city of Berkeley, neighbourhood groups and tree supporters filed a lawsuit against the university challenging the feasibility of the sports centre project on the grounds that it is environmentally unsound and seismically dangerous.
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This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived 200 feet up in a redwood tree for two years to save the thousand year-old tree from destruction.
Protesters guarded some trees marked for removal by Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday by climbing the trees and sitting in them. PG&E said it needs to remove these trees as a safety measure and to prevent fire danger. People trying to protect the trees said the utility is going too far and removing ones that don't need to be taken out. Get the full story in the video above.
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In 2000, Barry Shainbaum spent 4 hours in the tree named "Luna" with Julia Butterfly Hill, photographing and interviewing her for inclusion in his book: Hope & Heroes. Julia has the world record for tree-sitting: 737 days.
Tree sitting is a form of environmentalistcivil disobedience in which a protester sits in a tree, usually on a small platform built for the purpose, to protect it from being cut down (speculating that loggers will not endanger human lives by cutting an occupied tree). Supporters usually provide the tree sitters with food and other supplies.
Tree sitting is often used as a stalling tactic, to prevent the cutting of trees while lawyers fight in the courts to secure the long-term victories.
Tree-sitting was once a children's pastime. In the early 1930s, when endurance contests raged across the U.S., it became a child's contest for kids to climb into their backyard trees and, serviced by siblings and local businesses, attempt to win prizes for the longest sit.
Extractions
Tree-sitters in trees claimed by Pacific Lumber in Humboldt County have been subject to forced removal by hired extractors. The practice started with a single extractor in the late 1990s but in 2003 Pacific Lumber hired teams of climbers to remove dozens of tree-sitters, particularly in the Freshwater area East of Eureka, California.
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In April 2024 Southampton City Council made the decision to fell the tree, despite the issue being raised over a decade ago ...Gary Romo, who has been fighting the council for eight years to remove the tree which sits behind his home.
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Some of the trees had their roots hanging from their branches. In the feet of the great old trees were colourful mushrooms, glowing in the shade of the dense foliage ... The thick canopy of trees allowed very little sunlight to penetrate this area.
Welcome to beautiful Greenbay Road. This custom built, 4 bedroom, 4 1/2 bath home is simply incredible. This beautiful homes, on 2 wooded acres, sits up on a hill with winter views of Lake Norman out front and incredible trees ... .
The hotel sits on a golden stretch of sand between a marina and rocky peninsula on the Mediterranean coast, where — compared with Morocco’s breezy Atlantic resorts — sea and ambience are more gentle ... The hotel sits on the Mediterranean coast.
A simple DIY is to massage a few drops of tea tree oil into your scalp, combine it with coconut, jojoba, or olive oil, and let it sit for at least ten minutes before washing it off.
One old forester told me that to understand woodland “you have to think as fast as trees grow”. Farley Moor is a working woodland; timber harvesting sits alongside nature and walkers ... Farley Moor sits ...