Posts tagged Trees
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Events: Learn how you can make trees a vital part of urbanism
Calling all arborists, landscape industry and environmental professionals, engineers, designers, housing developers, and interested citizens! Join Montgomery Parks and Casey Trees at the eighth annual conference to learn new techniques and concepts to help trees thrive in our built environment. Keep reading…
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Ward 8 residents fight invasive species, litter, and discrimination to keep their woods alive
It’s 10:29 am on a Friday in October. Nathan Harrington, founder of Ward 8 Woods, a local DC nonprofit that aims to clean up the forests in Anacostia, has just finished staking a sign onto the side of the road that says, “Your Litter Hits Close To Home.” Keep reading…
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Leave those fall leaves for a nicer lawn and a healthier ecosystem, scientists say
Leave those leaves on the ground. Yes, get them off the sidewalk and steps, where they are slippery when wet. Get them away from the door so you won’t track them into the house. Get them off the storm drains. Otherwise, let them be. Keep reading…
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The DC Peace Corps memorial goes back to the drawing board
The design for a proposed Peace Corps memorial needs to be reworked, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) recently told designers. NCPC wants the memorial be more modest, to not block views of the US Capitol, and to retain two large trees on the site. Keep reading…
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How housing density can help keep cities cooler
We all know Mid-Atlantic summers can be oppressively hot and humid. To me, sultry days in Richmond feel like I’m walking around inside someone else’s mouth! The bad news (for me and anyone else who experiences heat as a sweaty human) is that the number of days per year with a heat index—or a “feels-like” temperature—above 95°F is expected to at least double by mid century. Let’s talk about how land use factors into this equation. Keep reading…
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National links: The availability of shade is an important measure of equity
The availability of shade—think trees and bus shelters—isn't equitably distributed in cities like Los Angeles. Mexico's Bus Rapid Transit is a success story. Atlanta, long known for being car-centric, may install a Dutch-style “woonerf” to create the “Time Square of the South.” Keep reading…
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Events: There are lots of ways to celebrate Earth Day
Honor local leaders in sustainability, plant some trees, learn about vertical farming, tour a green roof, and more in this week's events roundup. Keep reading…
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This map shows you where to find cherry blossoms across the District
It's cherry blossom season, and local nonprofit Casey Trees is back with its updated Cherry Blossom Map to help you find the blooms. They've mapped out all of the different kinds of cherry trees across the District, not just the showy Yoshino trees tourists flock to by the Tidal Basin. Keep reading…
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Congress Heights’ Malcolm X Park: A vital place, despite disrepair
At the corner of Malcolm X Avenue and Martin Luther King Avenue in Congress Heights sits a federal park that’s known mostly to people who live in the area. Officially known to the National Park Service as Shepherd Park, residents have long dubbed it Malcolm X Park—not to be confused with Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park in Northwest. Keep reading…
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Events: Give thanks for great cities
All of us at Greater Greater Washington wish you, your family, and your friends the happiest of Thanksgivings this week (and safe travels). For our part, we are extraordinarily grateful for the richness of community we experience when you connect with us through this site, write articles for us, share comments with us, and attend our events. Keep reading…