What Can I Do?
Step One:
Go hug a tree and tell them how much you love them!
Step Two:
Plant a new tree to be Chester's and your new friend!
Step Three:
Care for your new tree so that you can grow up together!
How do I plant a tree?
What tree should I plant?
Find a native Kansas tree!
Planting native trees will help the environment and the trees will be happier!
The Kansas Forest Service is a great resource to learn more about the trees in Kansas and in Manhattan!
What More Can
My Family and I Do?
Interested in donating to plant a tree?
Check out these resources!
Help plant a tree anywhere on the globe! $1 plants a tree!
Started in 2019 Team Trees has already planted over 23 million trees!
$1 plants a tree!
Help them reach their goal of planting
1 million trees in 2021!
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Plant trees around the world from the comfort of your home!
Less that $2 plants a tree!
The goal is to plant 1 trillion trees around the world to restore the forests! Choose your project and donate to plant a tree!
Interested in starting your own tree planting day?
Check out these resources!
Further Reading
AIR POLLUTION
American Forests - https://www.americanforests.org/what-drives-us/climate-change/
National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/air-pollution/
Vibrant Cities Lab - https://www.vibrantcitieslab.com/research/air-pollution-impact/
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Arbor Day - https://www.arborday.org/kids/photosynthesis/
Sciencing - https://sciencing.com/effect-temperature-rate-photosynthesis-19595.html
Smithsonian Science Education Center - https://ssec.si.edu/stemvisions-blog/what-photosynthesis
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
USDA - https://www.fs.fed.us/ecosystemservices/carbon.shtml
1 Million Women - https://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/dont-know-what-carbon-sequestration-means-neither-did-we/
American Forests - https://www.americanforests.org/what-drives-us/climate-change/
STORMWATER MITIGATION
Ecohydrology - https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1813
Vibrant Cities Lab - https://www.vibrantcitieslab.com/research/stormwater-mitigation/
WILDLIFE
National Wildlife Federation - https://www.nwf.org/Trees-for-Wildlife/About/Trees-Make-a-Difference
USDA - https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/assets/documents/workingtrees/brochures/wtw.pdf
PHYSICAL HEALTH (Physical Activity, Asthma, Heart Health)
Vibrant Cities Lab - https://www.vibrantcitieslab.com/research/social-health/
US National Library of Medicine - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415223/
USDA - https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2013/ja_2013_donovan_001.pdf
MENTAL HEALTH (Attention, Anxiety, Productivity)
Vibrant Cities Lab - https://www.vibrantcitieslab.com/research/mental-health/
Science Daily - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160122170932.htm
US National Library of Medicine - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448497/
Landscape and Human Health Laboratory - http://lhhl.illinois.edu/girls_self-discipline.htm
Science Direct - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350613002862
URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND SHADE
Science Direct - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.11.006
EPA - https://www.epa.gov/heatislands/using-trees-and-vegetation-reduce-heat-islands
Tree Hugger - https://www.treehugger.com/how-trees-combat-urban-heat-island-effect-4862445