Here’s a lovely little animation about Sheffield’s street trees created by University student Mike Burgess.
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Animation about Sheffield’s street trees
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Local Elections 2018: Could Sheffield tree felling chop Labour’s majority?
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Local election candidates responses to STAG’s Street Tree Manifesto
STAG is not a party political organisation, however we are aware that tree felling has become a political issue for many of our supporters. In this spirit we have invited all local candidates to respond to the issues presented in…
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Sheffield City Council stands accused of carrying out ‘illegal’ surveillance on residents | The Canary
Labour-led Sheffield City Council stands accused of carrying out covert surveillance operations against residents and campaigners, during the ongoing dispute over the chopping down of trees in the city. Information passed to The Canary details allegations against the council. These…
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How should I vote in Sheffield if I care about the Trees PFI — or democracy? | Professor Jennifer Saul
Many, many voters in Sheffield are angry about the vast, unaccountable PFI contract between Sheffield City Council and Amey. Their reasons vary. It may be the shocking contractual requirement to fell half the city’s street trees (17,500 trees), even if…
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Latest #saveshefftrees Update – w/e 20th April 2018
Hello, Mediated Talks (ish!): It has been quite a hectic week despite the pause in felling. You may have seen that STAG invited Sheffield Council, Amey, and South Yorkshire Police to open talks, having booked a room at Kenwood Hall,…
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The Yorkshire Post says: Rooting out the truth on Sheffield trees – Yorkshire Post
SHEFFIELD Council has already suffered considerable reputational damage through the mishandling of its now notorious tree-felling programme, a major failure of public policy which resulted in dozens of police officers and private security guards being deployed to normally quiet residential…
Sheffield Council keeps tree-felling policy secret – claiming move is for the ‘greater good’ – Yorkshire Post
Sheffield Council has ruled it is in the “greater good” to keep its official policy for the controversial felling of thousands of the city’s street trees secret The council has rejected a Freedom of Information request by The Yorkshire Post…
Police spent £47,000 on overtime for Sheffield tree-felling operations in one month
South Yorkshire Police has revealed it spent £47,000 on overtime in just one month as it sent dozens of extra officers to tree-felling operations in Sheffield – as the only protester to be charged so far during that time said…
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Of street trees and solastalgia | Joanna Dobson
I heard a story this week of an old man and a cherry tree. The man was near the end of his life and could no longer go outside. He had visitors and he could watch television, but what anchored…
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Latest #saveshefftrees update w/e 13th April 2018 – Lucky 13 – No Felling
No felling: So another week without felling has gone by, which has again been lovely. Conflicting rumours abound about whether the felling crews will be back next week or not. There are some hints that they might, and other rumours…
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Sheffield’s tree massacre: How locals battled to protect Europe’s greenest city | The Independent
Mass arrests, poisoned-tea plots and the unravelling of a secret £2.2bn PFI contract. Colin Drury delves into the inside story of the battle to save 20,000 trees being felled in a single city Jenny Hockey still shivers when she remembers the…
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‘I salute you,’ Jarvis Cocker tells Sheffield tree protesters as they march on city hall
‘I salute you’ – that was the message from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker as he returned to Sheffield to join hundreds of tree protesters in a march to the City Hall. A downpour of rain did not stop hundreds of…
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Clive Anderson: Sheffield needlessly takes an axe to its own reputation
AS an enthusiastic tree-hugger – I have been President of the Woodland Trust for more than 12 years – I have found the unhappy saga of Sheffield taking an axe to so many of its roadside trees hard to countenance…
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Jarvis Cocker to speak at major Sheffield tree protest rally this weekend
Seventeen years ago, a song called ‘The Trees’ was among the final singles released by Jarvis Cocker’s much-loved band Pulp. Now one of Sheffield’s most-famous sons is playing an increasingly-prominent role in the growing campaign to save thousands of the…
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Sheffield just came out in force to stop 99 years of history being hacked away | The Canary
Around 200 residents and campaigners came outin force on Wednesday 4 April to show their opposition to the possible felling of trees planted in memory of the First World War. A momentary pause? Sheffield City Council and its contractor Amey…
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No tears to flow – TheTLS
One morning late last summer, I awoke to the sound of a chainsaw angrily working its way through one of the large mature trees that overhang my back garden. I went out in my pyjamas to remonstrate with the chainsaw…
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Latest #saveshefftrees update – w/e 30th March 2018 – No felling!
No Felling(ish!) No felling this week anywhere in Sheffield, which is incredibly good news. We say no felling, there was the felling of one tree on Sheldon Road, however this was a tree that was causing proven (after two years…
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What is Treegate? Everything you need to know about the furious row over tree-felling in Sheffield – Mirror…
People are extremely upset about healthy trees being chopped down in one of Europe’s greenest cities as part of a PFI deal. Here’s everything you need to know about the ongoing saga Healthy trees in one of Europe’s greenest cities…
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Innocent protest to save Sheffield’s healthy street trees turns into a nightmare, as a small group of brave suburbanites take on their Council, the police and a multinational corporation.
We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.
Walk the Heartwood Trail and find Robert Macfarlane’s beautiful charms against harm hung from some of Sheffield’s threatened Street Trees. Designed by Jackie Morris.
STAG - Sheffield Tree Action Groups 