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- 1. A New Wood Age…? Social ecologies and local solutions Oct 17th 2021
- 4. Opinions: what are the top priorities…. Land use: Plant more trees… to European average? Naturally regenerate woodland? Keep woodland cover as it is and conserve ancient woodlands? Plant willow biomass for fuel? Vote now!
- 5. Opinions: what are the top priorities…. Vote now! Wood use: Use more wood instead of plastics? Stop using wood to conserve forests and woodlands? Import more timber? Recycle wood and timber?
- 6. Opinions: what are the top priorities…. Incentives: Woodland creation schemes? Government/forestry commission schemes? Community-driven schemes? Carbon credits? Vote now!
- 7. © Bing maps
- 8. Cowan Court Churchill College Cambridge 6a Architects 2016 Timber assembly 14 weeks Timber vol: 314 m3 Glulam post and beam frame CLT and concrete walls © David Grandorge © Waugh Thistleton Architects
- 9. Fortune Playhouse London Peter Streete, Architect 1599 Timber volume 170 m3
- 11. © Bing maps/ Ordnance survey
- 12. Once upon a time… …the Wood Age ‘Bodgers’ Woodcut by Clare Leighton Country Matters 1937
- 15. Wood Age technologies Tools axe adze auger gouge plane saw hammer Shipwrights canoe raft mast & sail keel rudder Architecture mortise & tenon post & lintel arch truss trestle Fuel Pulleys, gears &cams Metallurgy Containers bowl basket barrel Joinery pegs wedges cordage hoops Leverage digging stick paddle cantilever handle pivot Dwelling Wheelwrights axle & bearing spokes & felloes carrriage shafts Food production Transport Foragers digging stick lever fire Cultivators domestication ard & plough hoe & rake sickle & scythe Artisans cooks potters weavers basketmakers smiths Fire hearth oven kiln furnace Art and crafts Mills Presses Traction harness cart waggon barrow boat Sculpture Musical instruments Furniture Weapons
- 16. Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: Février
- 17. Wood Age ecologies Artisans resource-focused generalised experiment specialised experiment long distance trade Overlordship firewood charcoal production clay ores & native metals coal and coke central storage shipping waggons transport networks Architects old growth timber underwood trade &transport cultivable land forest gardens arable clearance irrigation swidden woodpasture pannage Foraging Foragers seasonal migration resource mapping empirical knowledge Sedentism Woodlanders coppice standards roots fruits game fish herds Farmers house compound paddock field pasture woodland Stewards proprietorial rights legal exclusion wood tuns wood pasture Entrepreneurs extensive lordship exploration & colonization industrial processing Lordship Conservation Conservationists reforestation curated woodland sustainable management habitat restoration climate control amenity education wildlife research
- 18. What’s missing from this image?
- 19. Social ecologies Productive native trees + People Woodland soil = habitats, economies, wellbeing
- 21. New woodlands: the benefits of planting Plantation ecologies: Habitats: birds, amphibians, insects, invertebrates, mammals, fungi, flora Soil: invertebrates, carbon, drainage Air conditioning: temperature, humidity, oxygen and carbon Landscapes with figures: sweat equity, labour, employment, craft skills Produce: Edibles: fruit, nuts Burnables: charcoal, firewood Buildables: timber, underwood for fencing, hurdles, tools etc Society: Wellbeing: physical fitness, stress-relief, companionship Education: teachers, children, students Creatives: writers, artists, musicians, artisans
- 22. Where will we get all the trees? Natural regeneration Importing trees Seeding trees Tree nurseries Schools Community Action: How do people get involved?
- 23. Where will we plant all the trees? Second-grade pasture Urban space Moorland Community Action: How do people get involved?
- 24. Putting people and trees together again..? Community woodlands ‘Microforests’ Woodland estates Community Action: How do people get involved?
- 25. Any questions? https://woodsforthetrees.org/ Thanks to CZ2021 for hosting us