Sentences with phrase «urban trees as»

There's a tendency to view urban trees as being either healthy or slated for cutting, with no middle ground for treating and healing trees.

Many of us city mice cherish our urban trees as if they were sacred beings.

Not exact matches

Steve Sullivan, Senior Curator of Urban Ecology at Notebaert Nature Museum: When you're flying along as a bird during the day and you see a pane of glass in front of you, that glass is often reflecting trees and sky.

For the 16th year, the City of Albany was recognized as a «Tree City USA,» that status achieved by maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $ 2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Tree City USA,» that status achieved by maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $ 2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $ 2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor tree ordinance, spending at least $ 2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.

But, urban trees grew even faster, by as much as 25 %, compared with trees of the same age outside the cities, the team reports this week in Scientific Reports.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

Marek Urban and colleagues at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg were inspired to create their self - healing plastic by signs of healing in nature such as newly formed tree bark.

«In addition to cooling urban microclimates, these trees, which are integrated within dense urban street networks, also provide other benefits, such as reducing the risk of flash flooding and cleaning the air,» says Peter Edwards, Principal Investigator at the Future Cities Laboratory and Director of the Singapore - ETH Centre.

It is a sad irony that at the same time as Zaraska notes the value of urban trees in dealing with pollutants, a council contractor in Sheffield, UK, is busy cutting down hundreds of trees in the city streets.

As the earth continues to warm due to the buildup of greenhouse gases, heat waves are expected to become more severe, particularly for cities, where concrete and a dearth of trees create what's known as the urban heat island effecAs the earth continues to warm due to the buildup of greenhouse gases, heat waves are expected to become more severe, particularly for cities, where concrete and a dearth of trees create what's known as the urban heat island effecas the urban heat island effect.

On the other hand, they say the city could grow even more resilient due to the ongoing efforts to reduce the urban heat island effect — for instance through programs to install reflective roofs and plant trees, as well as to protect vulnerable populations through heat warning systems and the availability of cooling centers.

As such urban tree inventory would be the first step in planning and managing the urban forest for its functions and value in creating a balanced environment.

«The structure, function and value of urban forests in California communities,» recently published online in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, reports that California's 109 square yards of city tree canopy per person lags behind other urban canopy - poor states, such as Nevada (110), Wyoming (146) and Montana (urban forests in California communities,» recently published online in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, reports that California's 109 square yards of city tree canopy per person lags behind other urban canopy - poor states, such as Nevada (110), Wyoming (146) and Montana (Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, reports that California's 109 square yards of city tree canopy per person lags behind other urban canopy - poor states, such as Nevada (110), Wyoming (146) and Montana (Urban Greening, reports that California's 109 square yards of city tree canopy per person lags behind other urban canopy - poor states, such as Nevada (110), Wyoming (146) and Montana (urban canopy - poor states, such as Nevada (110), Wyoming (146) and Montana (148).

Unexpectedly, they found a significant size difference between urban and rural trees, even after accounting for factors such as temperature and nutrient levels, they report in the 10 July issue of Nature.

It also fails to capture the complexity of an urban environment, such as how replacing trees with buildings affects the water table and wind speeds.

Several hundred non-native forest insect species have become established in the U.S., and recent arrivals such as the Asian longhorned beetle and the emerald ash borer have killed millions of trees and altered urban landscapes in the Northeast and Midwest.

-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

Follow along with Urban Breath instructor Jackie Kinealy as she guides us through Tree Pose.

In cherries, gingham, and sweet lil» palm trees to be exact because the brand's partnered with Champion for Urban Outfitters and yep, it's cute as hell.

What results is the idea, contrary to the superficial view of Malick as a tree - hugging anti-modern freak that's the easy way out of interpreting The Thin Red Line, that there's magic in both chaotic and overgrown America and in urban, manicured England.

While urban youth search parks, yards, and tree - lined streets for birds such as the barn swallow, the American crow, and the mourning dove, young birders in the suburbs and rural areas do the same.

Also ASCD faculty in the differentiated instruction cadre, and a Solution Tree consultant and author on two books in press, Nanci has provided professional development in small, large, urban, rural, and suburban districts in 47 states, as well as the Netherlands, Singapore, and Japan.

The trio came to live in her back yard in urban Chicago as part of the Cats at Work program created by Tree House Humane Society as an effective solution to the serious rodent problem typical in most densely populated cities.

Since her internship she has worked with many organizations including Tree Frog Treks as an after school hands - on science teacher; Friends of the Urban Forest as a Planting Manager organizing community tree planting events; and the National Parks Service as a seasonal Biological Technician working on Fire Effects research in Point Reyes National SeashTree Frog Treks as an after school hands - on science teacher; Friends of the Urban Forest as a Planting Manager organizing community tree planting events; and the National Parks Service as a seasonal Biological Technician working on Fire Effects research in Point Reyes National Seashtree planting events; and the National Parks Service as a seasonal Biological Technician working on Fire Effects research in Point Reyes National Seashore.

A concrete jungle it might be but it is also regarded as one of the greenest cities in Africa — a veritable urban forest with around 10 million trees and green spaces, the most popular of which is a real family gem — the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens.

Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya Civilization added Joe Awe, as I pointed a troop of howler monkeys hanging out on a giant cedar tree to David.

In Assassin's Creed 3 Pc Game, Free travel is simplified to a more fluid parkour urban and natural environments, such as climbing and racing on trees, mountains, rocks, etc..

As urban development closes in on them, New York's trees surprisingly continue to thrive.

Veronica Barker - Barzel often describes her work as Urban Surrealism and the theme of her show is nature based with fantasy type scenes such as trees becoming one with bird homes.

From long walks in remote Japanese or American woodlands and Europe, to urban forests such as Central Park in New York or the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, Takeshi Shikama trained his lens to capture fleeting moments of living things: plants and flowers about to wither, flowing streams or shadows cast by trees.

Its relative scarcity could probably be interpreted as a rejection of the natural world of grass and trees, so alien to both urban life and the extra-terrestrial ambitions of abstract art; and at times, as in Mondrian's triumphant trinity of primary colors, its banishment from the artist's palette seemed absolute.

The second sculptor in the shortlist, Martin Boyce, creates installations inspired by concrete trees made for a 1925 modernist exhibition which are described as «evoking the urban landscape».

In one art, Gallaccio's aesthetic act is to move the tree from its normal outdoor environment to an urban industrial building adapted as an exhibition space.

However, by including such figurative works as «Figure at Window with Boat» (1964) and the later mythic paintings, «Figure, Boat, Clouds» (1971) and «Figure with Tree» (1972), the exhibition suggests that there are more sides to Bischoff's figurative paintings than his urban scenes, and the full extent of what he did between 1952 and» 72, is still unknown, particularly on the East Coast.

The artist's paintings are best described as wooded landscapes, but the buildings and bridges of cities can often be seen through tree's branches, giving the impression that figures have wandered just beyond an urban environment.

Hexagro Urban Farming has been working on the Living Farming Tree for several years, and was picked as one of the finalists in the 2015 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, but now the team is looking to take its system to the public with a crowdfunding campaign.

Of course in urban location trees don't just remove CO2 but other nasties as well.

It also provides fruit and nut trees to people in urban areas and hopes to eventually win national protection for forests as wilderness sanctuaries.

Alternately, if you must integrate your own inner tribesperson while taking action as a change agent, please help bring some trees to your own city's urban forest.

Platforms such as local forums or Craigslist are an alternative method of finding local foods, but they don't tend to be a place to find wild edibles or fruit trees that are growing on public properties, so urban foragers looking for ripe local fruits rely on word of mouth (and many of them are unwilling to disclose their favorite locations) or local food maps, which can take quite a bit of work to put together.

William Cronon in his book Changes in the Land describes the regeneration of forest cover in the US northeast as agriculture moved west and the northeast became increasingly urban and suburban with yards, parks, street trees, conservation areas and places that simply reverted to nature.

It also predicts the consequences of a more innovative approach to wood product design, supply and marketing, as well as to forest management; and outlines win - win opportunities in developing the use of harvest residues, recovered wood and landscape care wood from urban and highway trees.

Based on a study from the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture, we estimate that using forest and urban wood waste, as well as some perennial crops such as switchgrass and fast - growing trees on nonagricultural land, the United States could develop more than 40 gigawatts of electrical generating capacity by 2020, roughly four times the current level.

5.6 Million Urban Shade Trees Killed in Texas The effects of the driest year on record for Texas are still being tabulated, with the latest info being this figure above, representing 10 % of the state's urban forests and is in addition to the 500 million trees killed by drought as reported in DeceUrban Shade Trees Killed in Texas The effects of the driest year on record for Texas are still being tabulated, with the latest info being this figure above, representing 10 % of the state's urban forests and is in addition to the 500 million trees killed by drought as reported in DeceTrees Killed in Texas The effects of the driest year on record for Texas are still being tabulated, with the latest info being this figure above, representing 10 % of the state's urban forests and is in addition to the 500 million trees killed by drought as reported in Deceurban forests and is in addition to the 500 million trees killed by drought as reported in Decetrees killed by drought as reported in December.

The present median benefit value from urban trees in all 10 megacities can be estimated as $ 482 million / yr due to reductions in CO, NO2, SO2, PM10, and PM2.5, $ 11 million / yr due to avoided stormwater processing by wastewater facilities, $ 0.5 million / yr due to building energy heating and cooling savings, and $ 8 million / yr due to CO2 sequestration.

The natural (and urban) places where we live have stories to tell, hidden in the landscape of trees, boulders, streams, as well as in the city's network of alleys, balconies and green spaces.

Built as an extension for a local high school, this new urban space blends into its tree - lined surroundings.

Cities in the United States are increasingly seeing concrete in place of greenery as urban areas lose an estimated 36m trees annually, according to a study from the Forest Service.

Lovegrove's innovative lighting project, the «Solar Tree,» is a solar - powered streetlamp that also serves as a piece of modern art, infusing a bit of nature into the usually gray urban landscape.

As this clip from Geoff Lawton's Urban Permaculture DVD shows, rocket stoves work best on thin bits of wood, which makes them ideal for utilizing scrap wood waste and / or tree prunings and coppiced wood.