{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{notability|date=March 2018}} '''OneTree''' was a project started in 1998 in England to tell the full story of a single tree and the extraordinary value it brought to society, its beauty and the versatility of its wood. The project has inspired a number of projects around the world.
The project was initiated by Garry Olson and Peter Toaig, who worked with 70 artists and makers.<ref>Olson, G., and Toaig, P. (2001) Onetree. Merrell Publishers Ltd. {{ISBN|1-85894-133-4}}</ref> The project ran for some three years until 2001 but a [http://www.onetree.org.uk website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225143538/http://www.onetree.org.uk/ |date=25 December 2008 }} about the project is still live.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneTree |url=http://www.onetree.org.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020531171855/http://www.onetree.org.uk/ |archive-date=31 May 2002 |access-date=23 October 2009 |website=www.onetree.org.uk}}</ref>
==Other 'onetree' projects== The original onetree project has inspired a number of projects around the world: * Fifty artists were involved in a project of the same name in Tasmania that 'saved' a tree (of unknown species) from being chipped and increased its estimated value from $350 to $10,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The One Tree Project |url=http://theonetreeproject.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128234613/http://theonetreeproject.com/ |archive-date=28 Jan 2011 |access-date=23 October 2009 |website=theonetreeproject.com}}</ref> * Another one tree project in Alaska following the life of one birch tree is currently underway.<ref>http://extension.uaf.edu/news/a_news/20090625154534.html Accessed 23 October 2009{{dead link|date=March 2018}}</ref> * The most recent onetree project to be initiated is the [http://www.OneOak.info OneOak ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024014304/http://www.oneoak.info/ |date=24 October 2009 }} project running in the UK, where a 160-year-old oak tree is being felled on the Blenheim Estate in Oxfordshire.
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==External links== * {{Cite web |title=OneTree |url=http://www.onetree.org.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020531171855/http://www.onetree.org.uk/ |archive-date=31 May 2002 |access-date=23 October 2009 |website=www.onetree.org.uk}} * [http://www.OneOak.info UK OneOak website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024014304/http://www.oneoak.info/ |date=24 October 2009 }}
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