OneTree explained

OneTree was a project started in 1998 in England to tell the full story of a single tree and the extraordinary value it brought to society, its beauty and the versatility of its wood. The project has inspired a number of projects around the world.

The project was initiated by Garry Olson and Peter Toaig, who worked with 70 artists and makers.^[1] The project ran for some three years until 2001 but a website about the project is still live.^[2]

Other 'onetree' projects

The original onetree project has inspired a number of projects around the world:

• Fifty artists were involved in a project of the same name in Tasmania that 'saved' a tree (of unknown species) from being chipped and increased its estimated value from $350 to $10,000.^[3]
• Another one tree project in Alaska following the life of one birch tree is currently underway.^[4]
• The most recent onetree project to be initiated is the OneOak project running in the UK, where a 160-year-old oak tree is being felled on the Blenheim Estate in Oxfordshire.

External links

• Web site: OneTree . https://web.archive.org/web/20020531171855/http://www.onetree.org.uk/ . 31 May 2002 . www.onetree.org.uk . 23 October 2009.
• UK OneOak website

Notes and References

1. Olson, G., and Toaig, P. (2001) Onetree. Merrell Publishers Ltd.
2. Web site: OneTree . https://web.archive.org/web/20020531171855/http://www.onetree.org.uk/ . 31 May 2002 . www.onetree.org.uk . 23 October 2009.
3. Web site: The One Tree Project . theonetreeproject.com . 23 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110128234613/http://theonetreeproject.com/ . 28 Jan 2011.
4. http://extension.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20090625154534.html Accessed 23 October 2009