<div id="js_4bv" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" class="_5pbx userContent _3576"><p>Sorry for any cross posting...<br></p><div><br></div><div>Treebour. Do we pay trees fairly for the immaterial labour they perform for us?<br></div><p>Regine Debatty on WMMNA interviews Marija Bozinovska Jones - <a data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2ngZGil&h=AT0BdV1tWiS4ldgQpdtJlTRFlK17X8htnzrNZC4rFx2D83y8ZyBwtB76ZgnHH2_t_bJfULoi9_GxHOklzhrNHzt4ru86uV6m9jAEIgQ8F7k-Xoksg4xMAZVNjWCMjU88XU656U5Er7Y" data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" rel="noopener nofollow" data-ft="{"tn":"-U"}" target="_blank" href="https://bit.ly/2ngZGil">https://bit.ly/2ngZGil</a><br></p><p>Very few of us think of trees in terms of how hardworking they are. And
yet, they work 24/7 and most of their labour is to our benefit. Trees
(and any plant for that matter) perform all kinds of services for us.
They shelter us against the elements, they help filter water and cool
the air, soak up solar radiation, prevent soil erosion, provide living
space for wildlife, can be turned into wood, some of them bear fruit and
beautiful flowers, etc. They also perform all sorts of ‘cultural
services’ for us: they help us unwind, inspire art, mental well-being
and spiritual experiences. All of us, human and non-human alike, benefit
from their presence around us.<br></p><p>Artist Marija Bozinovska Jones
pays homage to ‘treebour’ in her contribution to 'Playbour – Work,
Pleasure, Survival', an exhibition at Furtherfield in London that
explores an issue that deserves more attention: the blurring between
work, well-being and play in an age of increasingly data-driven
technologies.<br></p></div><div><br></div>