In defence of the Dannenröder forest, Germany, 2020, Ella found themselves landed in pre-trial prison, having faced a brutal eviction. What differentiated their case was that without giving any personal details to the authorities, for 1 and half years they remained anonymous throughout prosecution. Beyond the state’s violation of ecocide, the torment of intended social control via identification was brought to the fore. Ella presents their memoir ‘Imprisonment is for Burning’, for discussion in relation to the many other social-ecological struggles that interconnect us, and for the ecosystems that interdepend with us.