新北市江翠國中肉身護樹82小時

為了不必要的開發案砍樹在台灣並非個案，台中市樹人傅東森（台中胡亂鏟市政監督團發起人）特地北上聲援，護樹有形成全國串連之勢。共同聲援的團體包括：大台中市政監督聯盟、台灣愛樹保育協會、台灣護樹團體聯盟、原鄉文化協會等等。傅東森也詳述了，台中市政府老樹銀行變老樹墳場的慘狀，以及市政府好大喜功，以及許多大規模市地重劃等不當工程，對老樹的傷害。

江翠護樹志工隊和聲援團體，也提出對於週一市府協調會議之訴求，這絕非只是關於樹木的技術問題，而是整體樹木保護政策，和民主決策的課題。包括：
一、原訂週一架設的施工告示牌暫停施做，現場除樹木保護必要緊急之維護施作外全面停工，待協調會議有所結論再進行應有處置。現場進行任何措施，應有市府開發單位公務員在場與民眾溝通協調，避免製造民眾與包商之衝突。
二、協調會議過程應全程公開，開放媒體採訪，給民間完整報告的時間，會議結論應確實執行。
三、與會人員：市政府秘書長陳伸賢主持，官方應有開發單位（工務局）、設施需求使用單位（游泳池-教育局、停車場-交通局）、樹木保護權責單位（農業局），民間應有江翠護樹志工隊、聲援團體。
四、民間建議議程之討論題綱：
1.民眾參與及資訊公開程序。社區民眾和師生絕大多數不贊成開發，如何進行政府與社區、環保團體的溝通。
2.重新檢討開發必要性，有無其他替代方案之可能性。
3.樹木原地保留之可能性，已受嚴重傷害之樹木如何進行保護措施。
4.工程復工應如何進行。

31日適逢週日，護樹志工對也在下午兩點半，於現地舉辦社區活動，讓地方居民畫出、講出對於「江翠樹海」的替代方案想像。江翠校友的返校日、同學會活動，聲援朋友的「我是人我護樹」臉書打卡活動，則反應熱烈，持續進行中。

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New Taipei City, Taiwan

April 2, 2013
Environmentalist Continues Sitting and Hugging Trees
Pan Han-chiang, a volunteer tree protector, decided to continue his living in a banyan tree on the campus of Municipal Chiang-Tsui Junior High School in New Taipei City after the inconclusive meeting of his fellow activists with the authorities. Pan and several retired teachers of the high school are protesting against the plan of removing 32 trees on the campus for the constructions of an underground parking lot and a swimming pool over the parking lot.

Pan Han-chiang climbed up one of the trees to be chopped off or transplanted in the morning of Mar 28, and has been living in the tree for more than five days now. Inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill, who successfully saved the trees to be logged by the Pacific Lumber Company in northern California by living in a tree for 738 days, Pan plans to stay in the tree for a long time until the authorities find more reasonable solutions. This is the longest Hugging Tree since the first one in Songshan Tobacco Plan in 2007.

These retired teachers of Chiang-Tsui Junior High and many people residing in this neighborhood have urged to stop the constructions and spare the ecology since more than six years ago but their voices were never heard by decision makers. Although official Chen agrees with the protesters' view about environment conservation, he claims that the constructions have been contracted and there is no room for any change. He promises he will work on a long term systematic shift for more environmental friendly policies.

In order to respond to the Chen's goodwill, the Association of Tree Hugging is launching a series of public forums to engage a greater public about tree conservation. Also, alternative designs that can remove as few trees as possible are welcome to propose.

The Association has three demands:

1. Stop the constructions to save 300 million NTD(about 10 million USD)

2. Preserve all the trees as well as the ecology and memories of the place

3. Establish a mechanism of public participation and set up open archives about all of trees throughout the city  