Trees
Trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. They also lower air temperature, provide shade and shelter, cut down noise pollution, improve water quality, and stabilize soil. That’s a lot more than we do. The least we can do is plant more trees.
Here’s a list of things they do. And still more benefits.
22 Benefits of Urban Street Trees
www.walkable.org/assets/downloads/22%20Benefits%20of%20Urban%20Street%20Trees.pdf
Article by urban designer Dan Burden.
Oscar-winning short film (30 min.) narrated by Christopher Plummer and based on the classic book by Jean Giono. [DVD]
TreeLink
Benefits of trees from the urban forestry portal
Urban and Community Forestry
A practical guide to sustainability from the National Arbor Day Foundation
Tree City USA: Greening America
Short film (8 min.) explains what community forestry is, the benefits it provides, and what individuals can do to promote it in their hometown. [VHS]
“For a planting cost of $250-600 (includes first 3 years of maintenance) a single street tree returns over $90,000 of direct benefits (not including aesthetic, social and natural) in the lifetime of the tree.”
How to Befriend a Tree
Beginning practitioners of Chinese internal organ massage (Chi Nei Tsang) are taught how to commune with trees. Shouldn’t this be part of everyone’s education?
Local Resources
Main Street Trees of Napa
www.mainstreettrees.com
Small nursery specializing in local native trees.
