On Earth Day 2015 two friends sat beneath a Heritage white oak tree. One drew a picture of the tree. One wrote a story. The story became a song and the song became this video. We urge city governments to do what it takes to preserve and protect natural green areas and Heritage trees in urban neighborhoods; especially those zoned for high density development. We want development in and around all our inner city residential neighborhoods to ‘cause no harm’, keeping our inner city neighborhoods safe, ecologically healthy and livable. We hope to inspire communities to come together and work to save the natural areas and trees in their neighborhoods!
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this project:
Song 'To Save a Tree' by Deborah Kalapsa & Zoe Chamberlin. Guitar and vocals by Bo Parker. Bass by Paul Parker. Music, ukulele & vocals by Zoe Chamberlin. Fiddle by Anna Tivel. Vocals by Will West. Lyrics and vocals by Deborah Kalapsa. Thanks to Bill Kalapsa for support.
Recorded & Mixed by Will West at Anthemtown Studio in Portland, Oregon.
Art by Tom Eichacker. Photographs by Deborah Kalapsa and Har Rai Khalsa. Video by Sean Parker.
Inspired by Heritage tree #259 (south of 3969 N. Overlook Terrace, Portland, Oregon) Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) -Height 65 ft -Spread 75 ft -Circumference 13.8 ft
11 май 2015
