Certainly, of course we're for raising the profile of the industry......
But surely that is best acheived with positive and constructive action, not
with criticising and belittling those which we try and educate?
Fine, yes, work WITH the BBC. But applaud them for even bothering to allow
such a topic some air-time........ then encourage them to expand on it, and
turn it into the needed half hour/1 hour detailed special.
After all, I'm pretty sure that Tony Kirkham didn't run around giving it all
the "No no no - this is all wrong!" standpoint, in order to get his BBC 2
slot?
As for the good sound advice, yeah, it certainly is out there....... The
Tree Council and it's now 8,000ish tree wardens have been trying to bring
tree planting awareness to the public view since the mid '70s. And then
there's the Woodland Trust, Trees for Cities, The International Tree
Foundation, Trees for Life, The Community Tree Trust.... etc. The list is
long!
I guess all I'm trying to say ultimately, is that there is a right and wrong
way of doing things........ sorry, but in my humble opinion Mr Eden
exhibited the wrong, and ultimately more damaging to this industry, way.
regards
Andy
Andy Clark
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:25:21 +0000
From: trees@xxxxxxxxxx.co.uk
To: uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info
Subject: Re: Autumnwatch tree planting and bun fight
A.j Clark wrote:
surely, given the context of clip as nothing more than a 2ish minute
guide as to the basics, there was hardly a need to even comment, let
alone criticise the BBC for "failing in it's duty to provide a public
service"?
I mean, is that really what the AA and it's 2,000 members think of the
beeb, or was it just the throw-away personal opinion of it's director?
It's not what AA members think of the BBC but what the BBC (and the
public) thinks of the AA.
("Who?? That's where we go for motoring stories isn't it?")
I agree that in its own context the clip wasn't exactly full-on awful;
but well done to Nick for commenting on it - I only he hope he contacted
the programme producer as well as Hort Week.
But he cannot be criticised for drawing attention to the fact that good
sound advice is out there, if you go the right people.
In other words that AA also stands for Arboricultural Association.
MORE comments from the AA are needed in the media, EVERY time a
tree-related story arises
It's called Raising our Profile and I thought we were in favour of it.
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