Sentences with phrase «with urban tree»

The favourite haunt of celebrities and royalty has teamed up with urban tree - planting charity Trees for Cities.

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He's a California native with Texas coaching roots and a B1G pedigree on the Urban Meyer tree, plus he's already winning recruiting battles against bigger programs.

The Park District will replace the Ash Trees with a variety of trees in an effort to diversify its urban forest and in order to lessen the future impact of insect or disTrees with a variety of trees in an effort to diversify its urban forest and in order to lessen the future impact of insect or distrees in an effort to diversify its urban forest and in order to lessen the future impact of insect or disease.

Born in the city and raised with the luxuries associated with urban living, I have never been one for camping, hiking in the woods, or climbing trees in apple orchards.

«Recent studies found that scale insect populations increase on oak and maple trees in warmer urban areas, which raises the possibility that these pests may also increase with global warming,» says Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, a research associate at NC State and lead author of a paper on the work.

Cities can combat the urban heat island effect under global warming with trees, white roofs and other fixes

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.

People living in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be admitted to hospital with asthma when there are lots of trees in their neighbourhood, a study by the University of Exeter's medical school has found.

In a typical urban area with a high level of background air pollution — for example, around 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) per cubic metre, or a nitrogen dioxide concentration around 33 micrograms per cubic metre — an extra 300 trees per square kilometre was associated with around 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per 100,000 residents over the 15 year study period.

While it is generally accepted that trees and plants benefit urban environments, until now researchers have had very little data to work with in order to quantify the extent that street trees regulate urban ecosystems.

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.

Her team is working with a number of Puget Sound urban areas, including Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle and Bainbridge Island, to map tree cover and explore socioeconomic issues related to having greater or fewer trees in a neighborhood.

Gilbert and colleagues with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute are collaborating with Panama City to use tomography to evaluate the health and property risks of Panama's urban trees that may be decayed and vulnerable to snapping in high winds and heavy precipitation.

Working with volunteers, the researchers identified 15 feral colonies, living in trees or buildings without human management, and 24 colonies managed by beekeepers in urban, suburban, and rural areas within an hour's drive of Raleigh, N.C..

A year - long study into the behaviour of over 450 blue tits and great tits found that a suburban neighbourhood with trees, shrubs and hedges between properties attract far more birds to their feeders than a Victorian urban terrace or manicured, modern housing estate.

GIS may enhance the tree inventory system with the application of mobile - based QR code technology, which could provide effective management of inventory elements, tree in particular, in urban areas to avoid project budget cutback, improve the efficiency of an existing program and educate and provide information to the public.

In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide each city with more than $ 500 million each year in services that make urban environments cleaner, more affordable and more pleasant places to live.

«One of the factors driving the low per capita rating for California city trees could be the fact that 20 of the nation's 100 most densely populated cities are in California, meaning there's a higher volume of people in a confined space for trees,» said Natalie van Doorn, study co-author and research urban ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station.

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.

-- 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.

Walkabout's first five minutes tell you everything while saying nothing: images of the city overlaid with aboriginal music, breathing exercises at a girls» school that complement the native sounds, an oasis of parkland in the urban sprawl, a lone tree in a concrete square, a patch of swimming - pool blue in an apartment block contrasted with the white - hot nothingness of the outback.

A recently constructed 65 - by - 25 grassy, outdoor play area, complete with shady trees, is an amenity that differentiates Odyssey Pets from many urban day care and boarding facilities.

Forbush favored tracking and treeing cats with dogs before shooting them, a procedure which in the urban and suburban feral cat habitat of today would be considered both impractical and inhumane.

Join Up With Trees, Tulsa's non-profit urban forestry leader, and leave a green legacy for future generations.

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.

Spending time in forests is immensely good for us urban dwellers, with mental and physical benefits, from breathing in the clear, fresh air among the trees to turning our phones to airplane mode for once!

Whether you're taking part in a walking tour with Urban Safaris or hoofing throughout the city on your own, consider strolling the hilly, palm tree - lined streets of Mission Hills; the canyons of Presidio Park; or the winding sidewalks hugging Mission Bay Park, where you can also rent pedal boats, kayaks and WaveRunners.

The most important international architects and urban designers meet in Bergamo during the festival and beautifully decorate the main squares (including Piazza Mascheroni, in front of Relais San Lorenzo) and streets with a wide variety of plants, trees and flowers.

The huge garden is tranquil, an urban oasis, with a crystal clear swimming pool and tiki bar with $ 1 beers, and is surounded by lush tropical plants and flowers and fruit trees that guests are invited to graze.

The first high - rise urban resort in Macau features private indoor relaxation pools in all suites and resort villas complete with their own gardens and personal swimming pools, Banyan Tree will change the way you imagined high - rise living.

Restaurant & Amenities: While not really an «Amenity», the entrance to the resort was one of my favorite features: Plantation Urban Resort sounds like an oxymoron, but it's exactly how it feels when you arrive: You step through the gate of the property into the courtyard of the fashionable villa, with a great pond with water plants and a tree.

While not really an «Amenity», the entrance to the resort was one of my favorite features: Plantation Urban Resort sounds like an oxymoron, but it's exactly how it feels when you arrive: You step through the gate of the property into the courtyard of the fashionable villa, with a great pond with water plants and a tree.

Luxury hospitality operator Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts debuts its urban resort concept in China with the upcoming launch of properties in Shanghai and Tianjin later this year.

I hand - cut the leaves of thirty artificial trees and plants into unnatural, geometric shapes with the aim of creating a more reliable translation of the misleading nature experienced daily in the urban context.

On view June 18: — Everything you are I am not: Latin American contemporary art from the Tiroche deLeon Collection — threeASFOUR: Tree of Life — Bradley Theodore — Mana Urban Arts Project presents How and Nosm: At the Center of It All Special programming: — In Search of The Truth presented by Cause Collective — 2PM to 4PM: Drop in to Gary Lichtenstein Editions on Mana's 2nd floor for an encaustic demonstration with Leslie Giuliani, followed by a silkscreen demonstration with Gary Lichtenstein.

November 9, 2014 - February 21, 2015 Opening reception: Sunday, November 9, 2014, 3 - 5 pm Managing Trees: A Walk Around Lynden with Bob Retko and Todd Johnson: Sunday, November 16, 2014, 2:30 - 3:30 pm Urban Wood Encounters: From Tree To Table, Saturday, January 24, 2015, 1 pm - 3:15 pm

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.

Larger - than - life - sized photographs of Cindy Sherman were hung among the trees greeted guess and a Fashion Institute of Technology's installation «Fowl Play» was transported from its urban setting to commune with guests in a natural setting.

In her Tompkins Square paintings, she continued her interest in tonal effects of trees, foliage, and grey skies, sometimes streaked with sunlight breaking through the clouds, while at times introducing strong contrasts through primary colors of stoplights, traffic markings, and other features of urban life.

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.

Today's feature, «Slippery Shelves» by Cambium Studio, are available in bamboo, though can also be built with other sustainable woods like coconut palm, FSC - certified walnut, and salvaged urban trees, and they're designed for people on the move.

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.

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.

Urbanization is on the rise; so is the urban heat island effect — a situation that is worsening with the decline of tree cover in U.S. metropolitan areas

Expertise: Community building, marketing, media relations, urban beekeeping, visual arts Credentials: Developed the award - winning Homegrown National Park Project and Got Milkweed campaign; volunteer with The Laneway Project, LEAF, Friends of Christie Pits and Not Far From the Tree Passion: Leading community art projects, from musical bike parades and pop - up comedy shows to scale solar systems in city parks

concentrated on reducing its environmental impact through its own operations, including «virtually paperless» internal and customer transactions, and through engaging with local communities to support urban reforestation projects, helping to plant more than 100,000 trees around the country.

With this more expansive awareness, the simple act of planting a tree becomes a multi-dimensional strategy of urban heat island mitigation, carbon sequestration, habitat creation, stormwater management, and fostering biophyllic interaction to promote well being.