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 ===== Social forestry fundamentals ===== ===== Social forestry fundamentals =====
  
-===== Legacy trees =====+### Legacy trees
  
 A legacy tree is a big, old, hardwood tree, for example, an oak tree. Many of us live in lands that have been very heavily deforested, and we don't have many legacy trees left. It is very important for us to protect and nurture these trees! A legacy tree is a big, old, hardwood tree, for example, an oak tree. Many of us live in lands that have been very heavily deforested, and we don't have many legacy trees left. It is very important for us to protect and nurture these trees!
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-===== Catchments and guilds =====+### Catchments and guilds
  
 Rivers are like the veins and arteries of our land. They flow across council boundary lines and country borders. Each river is surrounded by a [catchment](https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/get-involved/) or drainage basin. The catchment is the land where, when rain falls there, it will eventually flow into the river. Anything that happens on a catchment will impact the river. **Almost all land in Britain and Ireland is part of a river catchment.**  Rivers are like the veins and arteries of our land. They flow across council boundary lines and country borders. Each river is surrounded by a [catchment](https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/get-involved/) or drainage basin. The catchment is the land where, when rain falls there, it will eventually flow into the river. Anything that happens on a catchment will impact the river. **Almost all land in Britain and Ireland is part of a river catchment.** 
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-===== Communication and a sense of belonging =====+### Communication and a sense of belonging
  
 Our modern culture isolates people from the land and from each other. Social forestry revolves around tight-knit communities which work in conjunction with other communities. Establishing and maintaining community is difficult. The formation of guilds allows people to unite over shared work, and via the relationship-building act of teaching each other. Our modern culture isolates people from the land and from each other. Social forestry revolves around tight-knit communities which work in conjunction with other communities. Establishing and maintaining community is difficult. The formation of guilds allows people to unite over shared work, and via the relationship-building act of teaching each other.
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- +### Culture-landscape integration
-===== Culture-landscape integration =====+
  
 Many of us live in cultures that are detached from our landscapes. Hazel calls us "Moderns" or "Modern people". We can buy food from halfway around the planet, and our lives can be transplanted from one location to another with relative ease (as long as you have the money and the immigration documents). This is distinct from cultures that have a strong connection to their land. Many of us live in cultures that are detached from our landscapes. Hazel calls us "Moderns" or "Modern people". We can buy food from halfway around the planet, and our lives can be transplanted from one location to another with relative ease (as long as you have the money and the immigration documents). This is distinct from cultures that have a strong connection to their land.
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-![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Circular_solar_calendar.png/500px-Circular_solar_calendar.png?direct&550)+![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Circular_solar_calendar.png?direct&550px)
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  _A Northern-hemisphere circular solar calendar, depicting 2 solstices, 2 equinoxes, and 4 cross-quarter days. Traditional Gaelic (triskel symbol) and Christian (crucifix symbol) terms are used._  _A Northern-hemisphere circular solar calendar, depicting 2 solstices, 2 equinoxes, and 4 cross-quarter days. Traditional Gaelic (triskel symbol) and Christian (crucifix symbol) terms are used._
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-===== Diversity, messiness, and taboo =====+### Diversity, messiness, and taboo
  
 Social forestry embraces diversity and messiness, as the Wild we interface with is diverse and messy. Categories are useful but are not sacred; deviations and exceptions are natural and should be embraced. In human communities, people may not fit nicely into expected roles --- don't force them, find what //does// suit them and let that passion shine. Modern culture demands a narrow set of competencies and manners of self-expression, resulting in a lot of miserable people who have their skills and passions squandered. No wonder Modern culture produces so many "troublemakers"! Social forestry embraces diversity and messiness, as the Wild we interface with is diverse and messy. Categories are useful but are not sacred; deviations and exceptions are natural and should be embraced. In human communities, people may not fit nicely into expected roles --- don't force them, find what //does// suit them and let that passion shine. Modern culture demands a narrow set of competencies and manners of self-expression, resulting in a lot of miserable people who have their skills and passions squandered. No wonder Modern culture produces so many "troublemakers"!
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