Gescheidt added that clothing is socially constructed and part of a “very narrow perception of what is beautiful,” blocking the true human body image from being exposed to the world. They can be cut down and do nothing to stop us. “The reason people are naked in my photographs are to be vulnerable,” Gescheidt said. However, Gescheidt told Campus Reform that the event was not staged and that all his photographs were authentic captures of demonstrations or rallies. The Berkeleyside claims that the demonstration was staged. The demonstrations are photographed and published online. The Tree Spirit Project has orchestrated similar rallies in the past, which involve human volunteers posing naked alongside trees. He also said that the chemical used to treat the trees, glyphosate, is a known carcinogen and highly toxic, posing as a health risk to nearby communities.

Gescheidt said he took action on Saturday because “UC Berkeley has been cutting down eucalyptus trees saying that they are invasive and ‘dangerously hazardous’ trees and that is not true.” “All living trees and forests are fire resistant.” “The claim about trees being flammable is nonsense,” Gescheidt told Campus Reform on behalf of the eucalyptus trees. According to the Claremont Canyon Conservancy, the 1991 wildfire that engulfed the area had claimed the lives, homes, and properties of tens of thousands of people, totaling a cost of more than 1.5 billion dollars. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) distributed $5.7 million to the California Office of Emergency Services to remove eucalyptus trees in order to reduce fire hazard in Claremont Canyon and neighboring areas. “We need to tell more people and get them involved and put a stop to this nonsense… They’re no longer trees at all. “This is a war on trees,” Gescheidt told Campus Reform in an interview. The protest was led by the Tree Spirit Project, which was founded ten years ago by wildlife activist Jack Gescheidt in an effort to “call attention to the issues swirling around eucalyptus trees.” Eucalyptus trees at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), have really been feeling it this week.Īpproximately 50-70 activists stripped naked this past Saturday at a eucalyptus grove at the UC Berkeley campus to protest a proposed tree-clearing program in East Bay Hills that endangered an estimated 450,000 trees.

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