Why it's important to water young urban trees 💧 Newly planted trees 🌳 need more water primarily because they often have root balls that are tightly packed. It takes roughly two years for their roots to grow deep enough for the trees to be able to sustain themselves and the more water they have in this period the better! During the summer months, our Urban Forest team travels around to make sure our trees survive the heat ☀ and get a good water. However, any help is welcome. If you see a parched tree on your street or in your local area, water it as much as you can with however amount you have (ideal to use 50 litres of water and pour it around the base of the tree). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/euGS7qxj
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Landmarks It speaks to the enduring presence of our landmarks, even when they're concealed by life's smog. You can read my latest post here: https://lnkd.in/dCzDb_42
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Right now, we're not in nesting season. For urban site operators, that's an opportunity. Since disturbing birds once they have nested is prohibited, the few months between nesting seasons are your chance to get measures in place to stop them coming back next year. Our latest blog looks at how you can do that, and the role Scarecrow systems can play in keeping urban sites free from nuisance birds. https://lnkd.in/eZSNPh8v
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Invented/patented solar-powered transit networks; changing economic lifeblood from oil to ingenuity. Transport and energy networks will digitize into the Physical Internet®. Author: Climate Change Root Cause, #5x5Solar
Great illustration of the impact of paving so much land to support moving 2 tons to move a person. Government highway monopolies are 188 times less efficient than 470 ton mile per gallon railroads. Yet since the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1916 began violating the constitution 45% of railroads have been replaced by highways. And those pave highways remove the capacity to moderate heat waves
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Three shades of grass, three different impacts. This video tells the story of our summers. Notice the difference? Heatwaves bring more than discomfort and thirst. They disrupt the natural balance and cycles, leaving our green spaces less resilient to handle water when it arrives. Dry grass, having endured relentless heat, struggles to absorb water. It's not just a less vibrant green—it's a symbol of nature gasping for breath. Video by Dr. Rob Thompson, via Carbon Kapture
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Thinking of jumping in that water? Us too. During the summer months, urban and suburban areas can be 2-10 degrees warmer than surrounding areas due to heat islands. Many communities are taking action to reduce urban heat islands by: 🌳 increasing tree and vegetative cover 🌿 installing green roofs 🏢 installing cool—mainly reflective—roofs 🔲 using cool pavements (either reflective or permeable) 🏙️ utilizing smart growth practices Learn more about heat islands ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gg56K3HR
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This is really fascinating. A few years ago, during the review into flooding that had occurred, we were asked if SuDS would have "fixed the flooding". I love and hate these questions because there is no easy answer, and you only have your audience for a few minutes, if not seconds. When the ground is hard and dry, it's not that dissimilar to concrete. So with climate change affecting our rainfall patterns, who's to say the ground won't be rock hard and therefore flash flooding is still a risk. How much are SuDS really expected to do to reduce flood risk in these situations? They are but one feature in a suite of flood risk measures. Summer convectional rainfall (those big, hard, fast storms) also goes hand in hand with summer droughts (or at least there is risk of doing so), so where will the line be drawn between maintaining flood defences and feeding our communities. How do we get better at doing both? This is exactly where thinking about the system view of water comes in, but it's not easy with competing priorities and is a challenge that will become all too common. I certainly don't have the answers...
Co-Founder & Urban Planner @ Humankind | Speaker | Writing on Human-Centric Cities | Author of the Children's Book "The Car That Wanted to Be a Bike"
Three shades of grass, three different impacts. This video tells the story of our summers. Notice the difference? Heatwaves bring more than discomfort and thirst. They disrupt the natural balance and cycles, leaving our green spaces less resilient to handle water when it arrives. Dry grass, having endured relentless heat, struggles to absorb water. It's not just a less vibrant green—it's a symbol of nature gasping for breath. Video by Dr. Rob Thompson, via Carbon Kapture
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Dark Sky Week! We can all contribute to darker skies, and save money and energy at the same time. Facts about light pollution: - Light pollution is increasing worldwide at twice the rate of global population growth. - At least three billion dollars is wasted on outdoor lighting each year in the U.S. - Virtually every species studied has been harmed by light pollution. The Chicago Chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association is working to help improve the quality of our skies in the greater Chicagoland and Great Lakes region. Here's what you can do to help: - Change outdoor lighting fixtures to dark sky-friendly. - Change all outdoor bulbs to lower wattage and warmer light - look for 2,700 Kelvin rating. (Brighter is not safer - learn why.) Set on timers, use motion detectors, or turn off nightly. - Avoid all landscape lighting. Bright outdoor lights actually change tree and shrub behavior as well as negatively impacting insects and nocturnal animals. - If you live in an apartment or condo building, contact your HOA or building manager to discuss dark sky lighting changes.
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Here’s some fun information on the importance of connecting with nature. Five things you didn’t know about Forest Bathing. https://shorturl.at/oI0HC
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With the Cricket, nature is always at your doorstep. Discover what makes this innovative habitat truly one of a kind: https://bit.ly/465gi1m
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It's sometimes hard to tell what features in an urban landscape are natural, as urban landscapes in big cities like Cleveland obscure the nature around us. A closer look, though, reveals that nature is indeed all around us - if you know where to look. In this video, we'll discover 8 natural features that you would never expect to see in Cleveland's urban core! https://lnkd.in/eUXuAGWV
Natural Features in Unexpected Places
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❄️🌸☀️🍂 Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, the outdoors are calling! 🌳 Take your students out into your outdoor classroom and use @KatieF Nature Journal template to have them document their world. 📚✏️🌍 Read more on our blog: https://hubs.la/Q02RlQlV0
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