Podcast appearances and mentions of urban trees

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Robert Shaut, Director of Tree Operations at Casey Trees, about the best choices for Urban Trees. The plant profile is on Basil and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on the Great Tomato Adventure by Christy Page of GreenPrints.If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 181: Invasive Plants with Casey Treeshttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-204-natural.html~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 204: Natural Tree Carehttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-204-natural.html~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 87: Winter Tree Carehttps://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/01/gardendc-podcast-episode-87-winter-tree.html~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 187: Mad About Mulches⁠https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/03/gardendc-podcast-episode-187-mad-about.html⁠BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.Visit https://shop.kathyjentz.com/ to browse our new online store!Show Notes will be posted after 5-13-2025.We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!Episode Credits:Host and Producer: Kathy JentzInterview Edit & Show Notes: Skylar DrewMusic: Let the Sunshine by James MulvanyRecorded on 5-10-25.

In this episode I share some learnings from my recent research project about how climate change is likely to affect an urban nature reserve in London and climate adaptation recommendations for the reserve's management. I discuss:How to make climate change projections tangible at the city-levelHow climate change may impact on some common tree and vegetation speciesGeneral strategies for how urban parks and natural sites can adapt to climate changeReferences:EU Tree AtlasBastin et al. (2019) Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analoguesUSDA report: Climate adaptation actions for urban forests and human health_***Course: Sustainability Essentials for Built Environment Professionals***Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter Contact Ross Website Linkedin

Our cities are in trouble and it's not just the climate crisis. Urban areas are facing multiple interconnected challenges, including the ecological crisis, the human health crisis, and the climate crisis.  In this episode of SUGi Talks, we speak to Cecil Konijnendijk about how Nature-based Solutions, like our SUGi Pocket Forests, can help mitigate the growing issues in our cities.  With over 30 years of experience studying, teaching and advising with the likes of the United Nations on urban forestry and the implementation of Nature-based Solutions, Cecil is passionate about using trees to develop better cities and always stresses the importance of building meaningful relationships between people and places.  Together we uncover the barriers and challenges in implementing equitable green strategies in cities, and why it is so important. 

Christina Hoyt from the Nebraska Forest Service is back as promised to talk with Hanna about the history and trends in community forestry in Nebraska. Listen now to learn easy ways you can support community forestry right in your own neighborhood.For more in-depth show notes visit Bloom Box: Growing Deeper at: https://plantnebraska.org/podcastSend us your questions at growingwithbloombox@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail.Follow us @NEBloomBox on Facebook and InstagramFollow us @growingwithbloombox on PinterestLearn more about Bloom Box: https://plantnebraska.org/bloom-boxLearn more about the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: https://plantnebraska.org

Urban tree ecophysiologist Dr Christoph Bachofen tells us how plants, chemistry, physics and art are intertwined through the lens of city trees. Join Christoph and Dr Kate Johnson to learn how trees and humans experience the urban environment and find out answers to questions such as; why would a student walk around Geneva with a high-tech backpack? How do trees alter the environment in cities? Do dense buildings heat or cool cities? Will you be able to hear from trees in the future?Show theme music: Kevin MacLeod Host: Dr Kate Johnson (@KatePlantPhys)Production: Simin Salarpour (@SalarpourSimin)Media & Promotion: Ella Burgun 

Springtime is a great reminder of just how beautiful trees can be. Cherry blossoms and magnolias put on a gorgeous show, but trees aren't just there to look good. They play an important role in absorbing heat, sequestering carbon dioxide, and preventing soil erosion.Dr. Mike Alonzo, assistant professor of environmental science at American University, is using satellites to determine just how effective urban trees are at keeping neighborhoods cool. He's been able to track changes to the tree canopy over time, and identify when during the day trees do their best cooling work.In Baltimore, Ryan Alston with the Baltimore Tree Trust has been working with the community to help residents understand the importance of planting trees. The city has a history of redlining, which affected the number of big trees in historically Black neighborhoods, leading to major differences in how hot certain neighborhoods get in the summer.Alonzo and Alston join Ira Flatow live on stage at George Washington University to discuss the power of urban trees.The transcript for this segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of Feb. 20, 2023.

(aired 30/09/2023) - On this episode of Backchat, we kick things off with a look at the latest findings from a NSW Police Inquiry into strip searches. Among other things, the report contains some pretty scathing information about how few officers are adequately trained to conduct these invasive searches. Backchat producer Libby Hopper will be with us to unpack it all. Next, how much attention do you pay the many beautiful trees adorning Sydney's streets? They play a crucial role in keeping our city habitable, and with heatwaves set to increase in both frequency and severity, some are facing new threats. Dr Renee Prokopavicius, plant ecophysiologist at Western Sydney University will join us to dive deeper into our urban trees. Finally, this week brought the devastating news that Varroa Mite is here to stay. Authorities have abandoned efforts to rid Australia of the parasite, which devastates our European bee populations. So, what next? To answer this and mroe, you'll be hearinf from Emily Remnant, Lecturer and Academic Fellow from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney.   This episode of Backchat was produced by Libby Hopper, Nc Huntington, Sana Shaikh and Eamonn Snow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lucy Hutyra discovered that urban trees are about twice as productive in absorbing carbon dioxide than trees in the country.

Learn about the importance of trees in our community and updates from Terry Robison, Chair of Avon Lake's Tree Commission. Upcoming events happening in Avon Lake: July 8, 6:00 PM: Avon Lake Historical Society's “Rockin the Rails,” featuring The Midtown Band with Kersten Kopf at Beach Park Station Plaza July 10: Voter Registration Deadline for August Election July 10, 7:00 PM: City Council Meeting July 11: Council Recess Begins July 13, 4:00 PM: RESCHEDULED: CLE MARKET & Avon Lake Summer Concert Series - Gabe Sigmon at Veterans' Memorial Park July 16, 6:00 PM: Avon Lake Summer Concert Series - The Scenic Route at Miller Road Park July 20, 7:00 PM: Environmentally Speaking: The Importance of Urban Trees at the Avon Lake Public Library July 22, 6:00 PM: Avon Lake Historical Society's "Rockin the Rails," featuring The Diamond Project at Beach Park Station Plaza For information about these and future events/meetings in Avon Lake, please visit www.AvonLake.org/Events.

An inequity of tree cover is behind the historic $1.5 billion in President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act that's set aside for the federal Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program to fund tree-planting projects over the next decade. With a focus on underserved communities, the initiative marks a massive increase from the roughly $36 million typically distributed annually to the program. Millions more for tree projects also have been available from Biden's infrastructure law and the American Rescue Plan Act. Urban forestry advocates, who've argued for years about the benefits of trees in cities, see this moment as an opportunity to transform underserved neighborhoods that have grappled with dirtier air, dangerously high temperatures and other challenges because they don't have a leafy canopy overhead. Advocates also predict this is the beginning of a long-term financial commitment to trees, especially amid dire warnings from scientists about global warming. “That's really the goal is to keep the community healthy and benefiting from these trees as the critical city infrastructure that they really are,” said Jenni Shockling, senior manager of urban forestry with American Forests in Detroit. Shockling says 300 workers will be planting 75,000 trees in the Motor City over the next five years. Trees help suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reduce erosion and flooding. They're also credited with helping to save lives, considering heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seattle is planting 8,000 trees over five years on public and private property and 40,000 in parks and natural areas, an initiative partly financed by federal funds. Seattle also plans to require three trees be planted for every healthy site-appropriate tree removed from city property. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

In this episode Jaideep Warya, landscape architect at Allies and Morrison and Andrew Grant from Grant Associates, discuss how to steer projects and clients towards long-lasting, sustainable outcomes especially in their choice of materials.Through conversations about SuperBloom (Grant Associate's spectacular landscape in the moat of the Tower of London), and the not-so-green credentials of urban tree planting schemes (researched by Jai in the current edition of Landscape), they delve into issues of biodiversity, carbon sequestration and the profession's progress towards designing for a net zero future.To read their articles and all the others in this edition, you can find an online version of Landscape for free here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AP correspondent Mike Hempen reports on Urban Tree Plantings.

Stephen Sheppard was a founder of the Urban Forestry department, U of British Columbia, where Lorien Nesbitt is now an assistant professor. David Price retired after a career in forestry modeling for Canada's Natural Resources department. We discuss with several Pugwashites the health challenges of urban trees and the value of planting them as a means of cooling the cities, mainly through their transpiration, "exhaling" of water vapor. The foresters all agree that the health and comfort of living in cities would be improved if most of the lawns are replaced with trees, and possibly whole local blocks can be devoted to small urban neighborhood forests. For the video, audio podcast, transcript and public comments: https://tosavetheworld.ca/episode-538-our-urban-trees.

The long days of summer are stretching into winter, with LED street lights replacing the retreating sun. Read the blog post at https://botany.one/2023/01/strongstreetlamps-create-an-artificial-summer-for-urban-trees-strong/ Read the paper at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161200

Some Philadelphia neighborhoods with few trees can be 15 to 20 degrees hotter than more leafy zip codes. As climate change heats up cities, how can we cool them down?

Good News: A report newly published in Belgium has shown some impressive correlation between old, big urban trees and improved health and well-being, Link HERE. The Good Word: A wonderful quote about nature, from Henry David Thoreau. Good To Know: Some interesting information about cranberries! Good News: The European Union is moving forward with a […]

Paleontologists identify the first sabre-toothed mammalian hypercarnivore; A rare social spider hunts in packs in order to kill large prey; The urban tree canopy is facing a worst-case scenario in the near future; How do you test how well a whale hears?; Rubber dust from car tires can poison freshwater fish; Your favourite shirt might soon be listening to your hearbeat; Canada has lithium in Northwestern, Ontario. What is being done to mine it?

Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by Mark Bode and Willem de Feijter, Co-Founders of TreeCollective, to discuss what happens when you combine an urban forester and a business developer, why trees make an essential and valuable contribution to our dense cities, how blockchain technology and tokenization can register the value of trees, monitor their ROI, and help transfer “tree ownership”, and why trees need a business model, now more than ever. Follow Nadina and the Internet of Nature Podcast on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/internetofnature_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinagalle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/earthtonadina

Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by René Voogt, Founder of ConnectedGreen, to discuss the problems facing newly planted urban trees, why overwatering trees is just as damaging as underwatering trees, why a nuanced understanding of soil biology is critical to applying sensors correctly, and how nearly 2,000 sensors across the Netherlands and beyond are helping landscaping companies, municipalities, nurseries, and water boards transform from reactive to proactive tree care. Follow Nadina and the Internet of Nature Podcast on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/internetofnature_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinagalle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/earthtonadina

Back iin October 2018 we spoke to US Forest Service, Research Forester Geoffrey Donovan about the benefits that urban trees and biodiversity have on us as a society. At that time Geoffrey was putting his efforts into finding out if there was a link between biodiversity and childhood leukaemia and has now published a paper based on his findings in NZ.

Christi sits down with the Director of Grand Junction Parks & Recreation, Ken Sherbenou, and with the City Forester, Rob Davis, to talk new parks, how to protect your trees, and the exciting projects on the horizon for our city!To find out more about what is happening in Grand Junction parks, visit their website.If you prefer video, check the video out on YouTube!

Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by Dr. Andrew Hirons, senior lecturer in Arboriculture at Myerscough College (UK), to discuss his career journey from tree climbing arborist to arboriculture lecturer, his passion for tree biology (and why we need it to save urban trees), and his work on using IoT sensor technologies, from soil moisture to sap flow, to better manage the urban forest. Follow Nadina and the Internet of Nature Podcast on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/internetofnature_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinagalle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/earthtonadina Produced by Studio Noord Gestoord.

Melbourne City Council assigned email addresses to the 70 000 urban trees living in the city so that the public could email the council any maintenance concerns abou th tetrees. But to the surprise of council workers the emails the trees received were surprisingly personal and even affectionate, with people expressing their gratitude and love for their local trees.In this latest Entanglements lecture, Dr Jenny Atchison a geographer with ACCESS has been part of a unique research project with social sciences and arts researchers at Melbourne Uni and the City of Melbourne. The project involved reading the emails and studying the data to consider how people living in Melbourne feel about the trees. But importantly, the project is also looking at how the city's urban forest can be made more resilient in the face of climate change and an ageing tree population. This episode was recorded live at the Wollongong Art Gallery on June 3, 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sandy Smith is a forestry professor who specializes in urban trees. We discuss how to increase the canopy in cities and highways: the social and climate benefits. Watch video and discuss: https://tosavetheworld.ca/328-urban-trees-and-climate

Great to chat with Ben Christensen, CEO of Cambium Carbon, a circular economy startup reforesting America by enabling local wood economies! We discussed Carbon Smart Wood, where city trees go when they fall, how local connections are key to developing a circular economy, the power of storytelling in climate and more! https://carbotnic.com/cambiumcarbon------If you want to support the podcast there are two amazing ways!Subscribe to the Carbotnic patreon Rate 5 stars on AppleThanks so much! JamesSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/carbotnic)

Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by Dirk van Riel, CEO of TreeTracker, to talk about the importance of seeing urban trees as an asset (not a liability), his years as a tree surveyor, how those years motivated him to apply mobile mapping and artificial intelligence to automatically detect trees, and how applying emerging technologies can "smarten up" urban planning, tree maintenance, environmental reporting, and much more. Follow Nadina and the Internet of Nature Podcast on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/internetofnature_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinagalle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/earthtonadina This podcast is brought to you by the Connecting Nature Enterprise Platform, an innovation of the Connecting Nature project which is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union Grant Agreement No 730222. Produced by Little Red Flames.

For this episode,  I talk with an urban forester working in commercial landscape world, Adam Thompson, owner and maker of Mechalore Meadworks (Loveland, CO). We talk about finding inspiration for the green industry in bad 90s romcoms, urban pests, mead, bees, bees feasting on m&ms, and urban trees. Full disclosure, neither of us are bee experts, so feel free to fact check us on this stuff (come on the podcast and help educate everyone).  If you want to learn more about Adam Thompson and his mead, visit: Mechalore Meadworkshttps://www.instagram.com/mechaloremeadworks/https://www.facebook.com/MMeadWorksMusic for the My Favorite Urban Forester Podcast:Forest by Vlad Gluschenko https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/forest-vlad-gluschenkoMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.ybe/OMjF_LLOiC0

Energy & Environment Symposium: Urban Trees

Dr Alex Lathbridge brings you the week in science. As the first COVID vaccines are delivered this week hastening the first glimmers of a return to normal life, is it too soon to be thinking about other future threats to humanity? James Arbuthnot, chair of a House of Lords select committee tasked to look at risk planning, and fellow committee member Martin Rees discuss their meeting this week and the assessment of the scientists invited to share their interpretations of future threats like AI, solar flares and volcanic eruptions. They are inviting evidence submissions until January 28th 2021. The Millennium Seed Bank was setup as a safety net to protect and conserve rare, threatened and useful wild plants for generations to come. As it celebrates 20 years of operation it can claim to host 16 per cent of the world’s bankable flora in its sturdy underground vaults. Alex heads down to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Wakehurst, Sussex, and meets the team coaxing seeds to life to check their viability or using cryopreserving on those seeds less convivial to being preserved. One key project is protecting farmed crops that have lost genetic diversity over time and are at risk from climate change. Through collecting and researching the wild ‘cousins’ of our modern day crops Wakehurst, Kew Gardens and its partners are researching and harnessing the resilient traits found in these less pampered crop relatives. Treezilla.org is a citizen science project designed to increase understanding of all the urban tress in the UK. Scientists, together with the public, are getting their tape measures out and cataloguing the trees to better ascertain how they influence the environment in towns and cities across the UK, to map their ages, species, sizes and health, and to help future planners to put the knowledge to work. Kate Hand is a researcher at the Open University who is looking at ways to increase our knowledge of the values trees bring to our urban environments – specifically through the lens of Milton Keynes which, it transpires, is quite the urban arboretum.

A tree is more than just a singular entity, it is an eco-system! Listen to Sathya Natarajan discuss the importance of viewing trees in the bigger picture on Episode 02 of the What UnEarth podcast! Now streaming on all major podcast platforms. Find out more @whatunearth

Living in a neighborhood with lots of trees will make you live longer… or will it? Urban nature is said to bring diverse health, social, economic and environmental benefits to cities and their populations. Understanding the scale of and access to these benefits is important if such nature-based solutions are to be considered as a viable alternative to more traditional grey infrastructure approaches to addressing urban challenges. So how exactly can the impact of nature-based solutions be measured? In the second episode of the Creating Green Cities podcast, we discuss the topics of monitoring and assessing nature-based solutions. The episode features interviews with Gabino Carballo from the team behind Municipality of Barcelona’s “Tree Master Plan” and Hans Pijls from Food for Good, an urban care farm in Utrecht. Our guests tell us how they collect and analyse data to measure the impact of the projects they are working on and highlight challenges they have encountered along the way. Learn more: Assessing urban nature-based solutions – lessons from NATURVATION project: https://naturvation.eu/assessment Urban Nature online course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/urban-nature NATURVATION project: https://naturvation.eu/ Ecologic Institute: http://ecologic.eu This project has been funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 730243.

Learn more at GrowingOldProject.com.  Subscribe on your favorite streaming platform, and follow the Growing Old Project on Instagram.  This series was created in collaboration.   Created by:Lylianna Allala, Colleen Echohawk, and Tamara Power-Drutis Produced by:Katie Mosehauer Written by:Tamara Power-Drutis Narrated by:Zoey Echohawk-Hayashi, Collen Echohawk, Lylianna Allala, Tamara Power-Drutis along with various members of the Growing Old team. Music for the series by:Black Stax, Glass Heart String Choir, Lacey Warrior, and Talaya Logan Marque Studios with engineering and mixing by Katie Mosehauer and Greg Fields and mixing and mastering by Pierre Ferguson. Music in Episode 7 by:  Glass Heart String Choir (Ian Williams and Katie Mosehauer), Black Stax, Kai Engel, Chris Zabriskie, and Tamara Power-Drutis.   Recording by:Katie Mosehauer, Tamara Power-Drutis, and Katie Myers In Partnership With:Chief Seattle Club and Earth Day Northwest 2020

Learn more at GrowingOldProject.com. Subscribe on your favorite streaming platform, and follow the Growing Old Project on Instagram. This series was created in collaboration. Created by:Lylianna Allala, Colleen Echohawk, and Tamara Power-DrutisProduced by:Katie MosehauerWritten by:Tamara Power-DrutisNarrated by:Zoey Echohawk-Hayashi, Collen Echohawk, Lylianna Allala, Tamara Power-Drutis along with various members of the Growing Old team.Music for the series by:Black Stax, Glass Heart String Choir, Lacey Warrior, and Talaya Logan Marque Studios with engineering and mixing by Katie Mosehauer and Greg Fields and mixing and mastering by Pierre Ferguson.Music in Episode 6 by: Black Stax, Talaya Logan Marque Studios, C. Scott, Chris Zabriskie, and Tamara Power-Drutis. Recording by:Katie Mosehauer, Tamara Power-Drutis, and Katie MyersIn Partnership With:Chief Seattle Club and Earth Day Northwest 2020

Forests can and do play an essential role in urban life in many places - 4 bil people live in cities world! Join my conversation with Sarah Low, Executive Director of the Tacoma Tree Foundation - an organization dedicated to community-powered urban greening in the South Puget Sound of Washington State. They provide a great template for community engagement around tree planting, tree care and integration of urban greening into the fabric of our lives. They are helping to shape our urban ecosystem. Some say the Earth told us to go to our rooms and think about it for awhile back in the early days of 2020. Many many people were forced to do nothing in order to protect the old, the weak and the vulnerable when SARS2 spread around the world. It has been a human crisis that called for solidarity. This interview was recorded in the early parts of 2020, just as the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day was just getting started. Even though a whole Earth Year of activities were being planned, the coronavirus put a small dent in the "normal" schedule of events.  Tacoma Tree Foundation website https://www.tacomatreefoundation.org/ Tacoma Tree Foundation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tacomatrees and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tacomatreefoundation How racism kept black Tacomans from buying houses for decades by Kate Martin in Tacoma News Tribune from 2018 Compare the historic redlining maps against the City's urban forestry canopy data City of Tacoma Urban Forest Management Plan https://www.tacomatreeplan.org/ Special Issue “The Science and Practice of Managing Forests in Cities” in the journal Cities and the Environment (CATE) Thanks for the Seattle band Dumb Thumbs for providing the theme song. You can find all of their tunes at dumbthumbs.bandcamp.com. Tell a few friends about the show and follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @treehuggerpod Review treehugger podcast on iTunes  

What is the value of one tree? When we talk of the worth of a tree, Is it merely the sum total of the market price of each of its components? Do we value a tree because of the wood it gives us, the fruits it bears, the air it clears? Do we value the bark, the roots, the leaves? A tree can be many things, a source of nutrition, health, security, but I now see that much like human society, a tree is made up of countless tiny entities, all doing their job, all continuing the battle of sustenance. Much like human society, a tree will grow, bit by bit, inch by inch, leaf by leaf. There is no secret formula for expedited growth, it is merely principle of persistence.  And I'm glad that today I have with me a person who perfectly personifies this persistence Mr Sathya Natrajan, a former VP of Sales and Marketing at a massive MNC, who now spends his time spearheading various social interest campaigns across Pune. He has somehow managed to find to time have a successful corporate career and to do some very cool things like spearhead the Red Dot campaign which aims to provide access to sanitary napkins, he has single handedly managed to clean up an entire lake, and has managed to find time to be actively engaged with over 60 environment and social interest groups and NGOs over the past ten years. It is in fact because of his passion for volunteering that I first had the good fortune of meeting Mr Natarajan at a Fridays For Future meeting, where he very graciously and patiently attempted to explain the intricacies of our country's bureaucracy to a group of very enthused but equally inexperienced college kids and fresh grads such as myself.  Mr Natarajan has not only managed to find an incredible equilibrium in his work-life balance, but what I admire about him is how he manages to make it look effortless. His story is one of the unique quality of understanding and being sensitive to the ”bigger picture”. With him I had the lovely opportunity to spend some time understanding his passion for volunteering, understanding the provisions of the Tree Act, a law designed to help preserve trees, and his role in furthering the conservation of trees in Pune.  how does an individual manage to deal with multiple levels of an overstructured and underpowered bureaucracy to get work done, How do laws help in protecting trees, and indeed, more fundamentally, why do we value a tree at all, are questions I attempt to unearth, in this week's episode, of What UnEarth.  Read more about Mr. Sathya Natarajan https://www.thebetterindia.com/184882/pune-engineer-hero-volunteer-ngo-decades-social-impact-inspiring-india/ https://envalourment.wordpress.com/2018/11/15/the-dichotomy-man-mr-sathya-natarajan/ https://thelogicalindian.com/my-social-responsibility/sathya-natarajan-social-work/ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-it-professional-cleans-mastani-lake-without-any-help-4686567/ Further reading on the value of a Tree https://greenearthappeal.org/what-is-the-value-of-a-tree/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/A-healthy-tree-worth-Rs-24-lakh-per-year-Report/articleshow/21927419.cms https://www.holdenarb.org/horticulture/calculate-the-value-of-a-tree/ https://www.thoughtco.com/how-much-oxygen-does-one-tree-produce-606785 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/04/planting-billions-trees-best-tackle-climate-crisis-scientists-canopy-emissions https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2927/examining-the-viability-of-planting-trees-to-help-mitigate-climate-change/ Desktop volunteering https://www.grow-trees.com/

Guided by street tree guru Joe Coles, we explore the trees of Leeds, including Woodhouse Ridge, a pocket of urban woodland, some of Leeds' tree-lined streets and the London plane tree in Dortmund Square. Along the way, we meet Justin Williamson, woodland officer for Leeds City Council, and Dr Catherine Scott from Leeds University to chat about how trees affect air quality, urban trees as wildlife corridors, the benefits of green spaces for people and how cities will become part of the new Northern Forest.

Mike Jenkins, biological sciences technician, City of Edmonton

The Michigan DNR has a new toolkit available to make use of wood from urban trees. January is National Radon Action Month.

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Mash 'play' for a personal crash-course in local economic development -- with high-value tools, tips and insider knowledge -- in this special, extended episode featuring a couple of pros who know both sides of the business -- public and private -- and where they can pair up to make a difference for cities and towns of any size. It's important to recognize that economic development isn't just one thing. It can take one of many directions, each with its own terrain and set of tools for positive outcomes. Our expert guests, Mac McCarley and Ron Kimble -- among spotlight speakers at the League's recent CityVision 2016 conference, where the bulk of this episode was recorded -- break it down for us and offer hugely important know-how. Anyone can learn from this episode, whether you're a locally elected official, a town administrator or resident curious about what all goes into business recruitment or downtown development. Don't miss this one. Show notes: Ron Kimble - http://charlottenc.gov/CityManager/AboutUs/Pages/Interim%20City%20Manager%20Ron%20Kimble.aspx Mac McCarley - http://www.parkerpoe.com/attorneys/dewitt-f-mccarley CityVision 2016 coverage - https://www.nclm.org/PROGRAMS-SERVICES/PUBLICATIONS/LINCED-IN/2016/Pages/default.aspx?issue=38 Followup notes from Episode 10: New report/manual, 11/16, "Selecting Trees to Grow in Cities" - http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2016/11/03/selecting-trees-to-grow-in-cities/ CityLab article, "The Big Green Payoff From Bigger Urban Forests" - http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/10/the-big-green-payoff-from-bigger-urban-forests/505913/ Smithsonian.com, "Why Public Health Researchers Are Looking to Urban Trees" - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-public-health-researchers-are-looking-urban-trees-180960985/?no-ist Governing article, "Phoenix's Ambitious Plan to Beat the Desert Heat" - http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-phoenix-shade.html

We enter a better kind of urban jungle on this episode all about the science and economics of trees in cities -- way more interesting than you might think at first. Yep, there's a big economic argument for more trees in our cityscapes. Our guests here apply scientifically backed dollars-and-cents appraisals to the trees that line our streets or green our downtowns. And they discuss tools you can access to tally such values where you live. And, yes, we also discuss the much-harder-to-quantify relationship that humans and trees have shared since the dawn of man -- and what that means for city neighborhoods lacking in greenery. A lot to think about -- and surely a few surprises -- in the episode. Show notes: Greg McPherson - http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/uesd/staff/gmcpherson/ Report, "Structure, function and value of street trees in California, USA" -http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/mcpherson/psw_2016_mcpherson004.pdf David Nowak - http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/dnowak iTree - http://www.itreetools.org Adam Dale - https://adamgdale.org Report, "Forecasting the Effects of Heat and Pests on Urban Trees: Impervious Surface Thresholds and the 'Pace-to-Plant' Technique" - http://ecoipm.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Dale_2016_Arb.pdf Jill Jonnes, "Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape" - http://jilljonnes.com UPI story, "Tree growth slows as cities heat up" - http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/10/05/Tree-growth-slows-as-cities-heat-up/2081475676027/ Report, "Urban warming reduces aboveground carbon storage" -http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1840/20161574 OpenTreeMap - https://www.opentreemap.org City of Raleigh Urban Forestry Division - http://www.raleighnc.gov/community/content/ParksRec/Articles/Programs/UrbanForestry/UFDivision.html NEWS AND REPORTS SINCE THIS EPISODE'S AIRING: New report, 11/16, "Selecting Trees to Grow in Cities" - http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/ CityLab article, "The Big Green Payoff From Bigger Urban Forests" -http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/10/the-big-green-payoff-from-bigger-urban-forests/505913/ Smithsonian.com, "Why Public Health Researchers Are Looking to Urban Trees" - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-public-health-researchers-are-looking-urban-trees-180960985/?no-ist Governing article, "Phoenix's Ambitious Plan to Beat the Desert Heat" -http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-phoenix-shade.html

In part two of their article on managing urban soils, the authors delve into soil modifications, and soil amendments, as well as tilling techniques that can help improve urban soils(A, M, Bp)

Assessing urban soils is the first step in creating a healthy urban forest. Assessments can be quick and field based or more in-depth laboratory analysis. This month’s article looks at the most effective sampling techniques, identifying the important soil parameters, and understanding the results and how it will affect tree health. (A,U,T,M,L,Bp)

Dr. Alexia Stokes discusses the many external stressors that affect a tree's growth and mechanical stability, and how trees naturally adapt themselves to thrive in different environments

Dr. Alexia Stokes discusses the many external stressors that affect a tree’s growth and mechanical stability, and how trees naturally adapt themselves to thrive in different environments (A,U,M,T,L,Bs)

Urban trees have a substantially shortened life span due to a number of problems, not the least of which is limited access to uncompacted, aerated, fertile soil. The average 4' X 4' X 4' tree pit has less than one tenth the rooting volume needed. L. Peter MacDonagh of Kestrel Design Group, discusses examples of minimum soil volume policies that give arborists the leverage they need to provide trees with adequate useable soil volume. (A,U,M,T,L,Bm)

Urban trees have a substantially shortened life span due to a number of problems, not the least of which is limited access to uncompacted, aerated, fertile soil. The average 4’ X 4’ X 4’ tree pit has less than one tenth the rooting volume needed. L. Peter MacDonagh of Kestrel Design Group, discusses examples of minimum soil volume policies that give arborists the leverage they need to provide trees with adequate useable soil volume. (A,U,M,T,L,Bm)

In this episode, Jim Urban of Urban Trees and Soils discusses some basic but important concepts when it comes to the proper care and health of something we work with every day: trees. Some of the topics discussed include: -The importance of dirt -Getting water into and out of the soil -Our fear of clay -The problem with the plants we buy -The problems we create at the base of the tree

In this episode, Jim Urban of Urban Trees and Soils discusses some basic but important concepts when it comes to the proper care and health of something we work with every day: trees. Some of the topics discussed include:-The importance of dirt-Getting water into and out of the soil-Our fear of clay-The problem with the plants we buy-The problems we create at the base of the tree

In this episode, Jim Urban of Urban Trees and Soils discusses some basic but important concepts when it comes to the proper care and health of something we work with every day: trees. Some of the topics discussed include:-The importance of dirt-Getting water into and out of the soil-Our fear of clay-The problem with the plants we buy-The problems we create at the base of the tree

In this episode, Jim Urban of Urban Trees and Soils discusses some basic but important concepts when it comes to the proper care and health of something we work with every day: trees. Some of the topics discussed include: -The importance of dirt -Getting water into and out of the soil -Our fear of clay -The problem with the plants we buy -The problems we create at the base of the tree

How much soil is enough for a healthy tree? That question has plagued urban foresters for years when planning urban tree planting programs. Nina Bassuk, Ph.D. professor from Cornell University looks at new techniques and new technology being employed in the search for answers.

How much soil is enough for a healthy tree? That question has plagued urban foresters for years when planning urban tree planting programs. Nina Bassuk, Ph.D. professor from Cornell University looks at new techniques and new technology being employed in the search for answers. (A,U,T,M,L,Bm)

Dr. Zhu Ning discusses a recent study on the effects of elevated carbon dioxide levels on urban trees. Listen to this episode of Science of Arboriculture to learn more about the physiological processes of photosynthesis, transpiration, and stomatal conductance in Southern red oak and red maple.

Dr. Zhu Ning discusses a recent study on the effects of elevated carbon dioxide levels on urban trees. Listen to this episode of Science of Arboriculture to learn more about the physiological processes of photosynthesis, transpiration, and stomatal conductance in Southern red oak and red maple. (A,U,M,T,L,Bs)

How does the porous pavement affect tree growth? Find out on this podcast as Dr. Justin Morgenroth shares the results of his experiment where he measured the impact porous and impervious pavements had on root abundance, soil moisture, aeration, pH, and nutrient availability around trees.

In this episode of Science of Arboriculture Daniel Burcham discusses the relationship between urban soil properties and street tree performance in Singapore. Burcham’s presentation focuses on a few tropical trees such as the raintree (Samanea saman), yellow flame (Peltophorum pterocarpum), Honduras mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), and Senegal mahogany (Khaya senegalensis). Burcham is an arboriculture researcher at the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology in the National Parks Board, Singapore and this presentation was given at the ISA 2011 Annual Conference in Australia.

A man balancing on one arm, a dancing figure balancing on one leg, a dolphin balancing a ball on its nose and an abstract figure balancing in a tree-like pose. These characters aren't part of a surreal circus. They are a few of the 30 new artworks in the Port of San Diego's continuing public art exhibit, Urban Trees 7, which is on display along San Diego's North Embarcadero. Learn more: http://j.mp/cvBfAk

In this episode, join us as Dr. Christina Wells presents a series of experiments across the country testing a soil decompaction and amendment process designed to improve soil conditions for root growth and tree performance in urban trees. Listen to this episode to find out whether the results of Dr. Wells’ experiment indicate a value to a combination treatment approach to urban trees in compacted soil.

Urban Trees is the popular public art project that the Port of San Diego started in 2003. The Port’s Public Art Committee picks 30 works of art each year which are be made into life-sized sculptures and exhibited on the North Embarcadero of San Diego Bay for a period of one year. Artists are given a base and a pole to serve as the tree’s “trunk” and are given a stipend of $2,500 to use for materials. Get more information on the trees in our gallery.