Women in Trees

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I like going to the competitions and seeing other arborists climbing and just being awesome. I’ve watched Swedish climber Boel Hammarstrand climbing and she’s brilliant. I’ve also seen Josephine Hedger climb; she represents the UK at the European Tree Climbing Championships. These women are some of the best climbers in the world and I think it shows that women can be absolutely capable climbers. If you'd like to be part of the working group or share your ideas with them, they will be meeting on Saturday 12th May at the ARB Show 2018. If you'd like to get involved then please come along to the open lunch forum in the Arboricultural Association HQ tent between 13.00 and 14.00.

Why do you think the poet does not mention “the departure of the forest from the house” in her letters? (Could it be that we are often silent about important happenings that are so unexpected that they embarrass us? Think about this again when you answer the next set of questions.) ?

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A glamourous woman reclines on a long, low branch reaching out over a river or lake. She is partly obscured by leaves. Her feet are bare and she wears a big smile, as if she is what she’s doing is thrilling and spontaneous. But there’s something odd about the angle of her elbow – a forced relaxedness, and her hand is cupping the tree as if for support. The exhibition will also celebrate the contribution of the WWII Lumberjills: a group of women who played a vital role in maintaining the supply of timber during the Second World War. People who have pictures of working Lumberjills from WWII are also invited to submit their pictures for display at the forthcoming exhibition. So, we have fabulously successful female role models (see my article in the next ARB Magazine), industry-led support groups, Facebook for females, government campaigns, some opportunities for financial support, as well as some talented and supportive colleagues and leaders. What’s stopping us? However, according to this study, the following figures show the total number of workers within trees and timber organisations but not necessarily employees working in trees and timber roles (e.g. the figures include administrators). Country

These are all photographs from a book called, helpfully, Women in Trees. This small, wonderfully strange book contains images collected by photographer Jochen Raiβ, all discovered in Germany in flea market shoeboxes full of unknown faces and untold stories. The photographs span a timeframe roughly from the 1920s-50s, although most are not dated and have no names. We, like Raiβ, can only guess at the stories behind them. We, too, want to know what it was about that particular moment that made the women climb up into a tree. And most of all we want to know who took the shot. As I flipped through ninety photographs of well-dressed German women posing in trees for men, the subtle differences in their gestures and expressions became increasingly potent and compelling. What did they shrug off and accept, and what did they question? Did the two women in floral dresses posing in a fallen tree’s large and twisted roots come into adulthood while Hitler was in power? One of them is smiling winsomely for whoever is behind the camera. But the other has turned her face away. Her gaze is solemn and fixed on something in the distance that remains beyond the frame. In hindsight, I think that the arboricultural teams I worked with found having a woman on the team a bit of a challenge too. They hadn't had a woman working with them before so we all had to work out new ways of progressing between us and then move on to get the job done. Who were your early role models/best supporters and why? Along the way, I came to cherish trees not only as aerial playgrounds, but as wonders of immense poetic, philosophical, and ecological import.More recently, tree conservation is justified through ecosystem services. These services, however, are translated into a universal language through their monetisation; the maintenance and protection of the tree are justified only to the extent that they allow a direct or indirect "gain" for the human community. In an industry in which the technical knowledge necessary for the good management of trees is now available, it is now necessary to take an ethical step: to give dignity to the trees and to ensure compliance with and respect for them, regardless of their relationship with humans.

Q4- Now that you have read the poem in detail, we can begin to ask what the poem might mean. Here are two suggestions. Can you think of others? I had difficulties at college convincing some of my tutors that I wanted to pursue a career in the private sector. I think that there was an assumption then that I'd take up a public sector position once qualified and experienced but I really wanted to be working independently. I grew up in the south of England during the height of the Dutch elm disease epidemic in the mid-1970s and saw hundreds of majestic trees die. We lived in a house affected by subsidence after the 1976 drought and during that year we lost a sycamore to sooty bark. All these events happened while I was still in primary school but it had a big impact on me and made me acutely aware of the value of trees.Sharon: What I would say to anyone. First of all, you are privileged to work in an industry which is so diverse and will require you to develop multiple skills (not all of which are tree related). Then, never stop learning and listening. Finally, be your best and true self. Who cares about conformity and people's perception of what you should look like to be an arb? I don't. Just get the job done well, on time, on budget, and with a smile! In recent years, in Italy, attempts have been made to restore an equal relationship between trees and humans in anthropic contexts, based on the adoption of decalogues for the protection of trees inspired by the principle of contracting: tree specimens are welcomed in cities because of the ecological, environmental, aesthetic and cultural benefits that they ensure. In return, they are guaranteed inalienable rights. One of the most effective applications of this approach allows limits, opportunities and exceptions to be established during tree stability assessment campaigns by educating citizens to live together with what we call "acceptable minimum risk." The authors will present experiences that affirm the development of decalogues created in Italy. Speaker Biography Stefania Gasperini, Women in Trees made us happy—and hungry for more. So Hatje Cantz asked the obsessive collector Raiss if he might have some more of “the goods,” and he did. He has, after all, spent 25 years searching for and finding anonymous masterpieces such as these, which is why we now have More Women in Trees: how can you possibly get enough of them?