Taking inspiration from trees
Moderator: Nina Guérineau de Lamérie
With Thomas Brail, arborist climber, and Laurent Tillon, biologist and forestry engineer at the Office national des forêts (French forestry agency)
With the participation of Françoise Dallemagne, in charge of research and collections at Mucem.
Did you know that trees live in constant interference with their environment? They have the gift of making it rain. Their roots form an incredible communication network enabling them to exchange information, with mushrooms acting as their “telephones”.
Trees are among the first victims of climate change. Yet they can provide us with powerful responses to these dangers, helping us to adapt to droughts, heatwaves and fires, but also reinventing our society, building a sustainable, liveable world by transforming our economy, our lifestyles, our children’s education, our democracy and ourselves!
Nina Guérineau de Lamérie
Nina Guérineau de Lamérie
A journalist specializing in environmental and climate issues, Nina Guérineau de Lamérie works with Socialter, Libération and Reporterre. A former UK correspondent for Libération, she returned to France in 2022 to cover this issue of the century with a critical, societal approach.
Thomas Brail
Thomas Brail
In 2020, Thomas Brail founded the Groupe National de Surveillance des Arbres (National Tree Monitoring Group), the result of a citizens’ initiative united behind the commitment of this arborist-climber. The association, recognized as being in the public interest, works actively to protect trees, fundamental and essential elements of ecosystems, in their many locations (rural, urban, forests, copses, hedgerows, wetlands, riparian zones…) and as habitat supports for protected and/or endangered species. The GNSA was formed in response to the alarming number of trees felled every year, and the incomprehension of local citizens and protest movements.
Laurent Tillon
Laurent Tillon © Ingrid Bailleul
Biography to come…
Moderator: Nina Guérineau de Lamérie
With Thomas Brail, arborist climber, and Laurent Tillon, biologist and forestry engineer at the Office national des forêts (French forestry agency)
With the participation of Françoise Dallemagne, in charge of research and collections at Mucem.
Did you know that trees live in constant interference with their environment? They have the gift of making it rain. Their roots form an incredible communication network enabling them to exchange information, with mushrooms acting as their “telephones”.
Trees are among the first victims of climate change. Yet they can provide us with powerful responses to these dangers, helping us to adapt to droughts, heatwaves and fires, but also reinventing our society, building a sustainable, liveable world by transforming our economy, our lifestyles, our children’s education, our democracy and ourselves!
Nina Guérineau de Lamérie
Nina Guérineau de Lamérie
A journalist specializing in environmental and climate issues, Nina Guérineau de Lamérie works with Socialter, Libération and Reporterre. A former UK correspondent for Libération, she returned to France in 2022 to cover this issue of the century with a critical, societal approach.
Thomas Brail
Thomas Brail
In 2020, Thomas Brail founded the Groupe National de Surveillance des Arbres (National Tree Monitoring Group), the result of a citizens’ initiative united behind the commitment of this arborist-climber. The association, recognized as being in the public interest, works actively to protect trees, fundamental and essential elements of ecosystems, in their many locations (rural, urban, forests, copses, hedgerows, wetlands, riparian zones…) and as habitat supports for protected and/or endangered species. The GNSA was formed in response to the alarming number of trees felled every year, and the incomprehension of local citizens and protest movements.
Laurent Tillon
Laurent Tillon © Ingrid Bailleul
Biography to come…