Healthy Trees, Healthy Lives Spending time outdoors in nature is not only fun, but it’s therapeutic and rejuvenating. Time spent in nature improves your physical, mental, and spiritual health. Residents who live in greener communities are three times more likely to be physically active and 40 percent less likely to be overweight than those living in less green settings. Here are 6 ways trees lure you outdoors and make you want to stay there. Shade People like to stay cool,…
Over the past few months, we have learned to change our routines and adapt to new norms as we come to terms with a new reality. This extended time inside our homes has brought…
Natural disasters often strike without warning and wreak havoc wherever they land. A city can never be fully prepared for natural devastation, but there are measures they can put in place that will help…
The following is a guest post by filmmaker Andrea Torrice on her latest documentary that explores the benefits and threats to America’s urban forests. I always loved trees, but never thought about how much they meant…