September, autumn is setting in, and I’m driving from Devon to Nether Edge in Sheffield to learn about one of the most outstanding environmental stories of our time. The Sheffield Street Tree Festival is a perfect reason and excuse to…
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Out of Common Ground, Enemies and Trees: on Sheffield Street Tree Festival
Tagged with: #25YEP, #airpollution, #AirQuality, #chainsawmassacre, #injunction, #saveshefftrees, #SheffieldChainsawMassacre, #sheffieldissuper
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Sheffield Council ‘has no obligation to axe 17,500 trees despite contract payment’ – Yorkshire Post
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Posted in Blog, Citywide Tree Preservation Order, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Citywide Tree Preservation Order, Healthy Felling, News
ECOS 39 (3): ‘The city that hates trees’ – Standing up to the Sheffield Street-Tree Slaughter – British Association of Nature Conservationists
Mass felling of healthy street-trees in Sheffield has led to public uproar and a realisation that privatising tree maintenance removes the community’s influence. With cities like Sheffield suffering from under-funding for many decades (1), it is unsurprising that many local…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Detailed plans to remove 17,500 trees in Sheffield drawn up six years ago, ‘lost’ document reveals
Detailed proposals to replace exactly 17,500 of Sheffield’s 36,000 street trees were drawn up six years ago, a newly-published document the city’s council had previously said was lost has revealed. Sheffield Council said it had “stumbled upon” a series of…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Sheffield tree protectors have changed the nation’s view of street trees
Sheffield Town Hall has provided the impetus for a new, inspiring activist campaign. It echoes past successes including the Kinder Trespass movement and even the Suffrage Society. But with the groundswell to stop the cutting down of city trees, the…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Papers, please: Sheffield council to demand residents carry ID
After arresting middle-aged women for blowing plastic instruments and a vicar for assault with tambourine, Sheffield’s draconian policies are reaching a new low: next time private contractor Amey comes to fell a healthy tree, residents wishing to access their own…
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Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, Legal notices, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, Legal notices, News
Judge dismisses council’s application to send Sheffield tree protester to jail – Yorkshire Post
Sheffield Council’s application to send an anti tree-felling protester to jail for contempt of court has been dismissed by a judge – with his ruling highlighting the chaotic scenes which unfolded between security guards and campaigners on a normally quiet…
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Posted in Blog, Court cases, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Court cases, Healthy Felling, News
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.
