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Protecting Toronto downtown from the hardships of urban life
John Lorine 2017-03-25 Globe and Mail Keywords: Tree Guards, Corten Steel, Business Improvement Areas (BIAs), Street Trees, Bicycle...
Jul 27, 20251 min read
PHOTOS: Trees That Tell Stories About The World We Live In
SASHA INGBER 2017-10-15 NPR Keywords: Wise Trees, Holy Tree, Communal Tree, Tree of Tragedy, Urban Forest, Cultural Significance, Tree...
Jul 26, 20251 min read
"When a tree falls: A look at the daunting task of maintaining a city's urban canopy"
Jill Mahoney and Leyland Cecco 2017-11-12 Globe and Mail Keywords: Urban Forest, Tree Maintenance, Tree-Related Injuries, Toronto Urban...
Jul 26, 20252 min read
Urban Forest Crisis
Leyland Cecco 2017-11-12 Globe and Mail Keywords: Urban Forest, Tree Selection, Toronto Canopy, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Native...
Jul 25, 20251 min read
Houston's Urban Forest, 2015
David J. Nowak, A.R. Bodine, R.E. Hoehn, T.W. Lister etc. 2017-12-01 Research Gate Keywords: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), Urban...
Jul 24, 20251 min read
UN report on Global warming carries lifeor death warning
Assoc'd Press 2018-10-01 CBC Keywords: Global Warming, Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Ecosystems,...
Jul 20, 20251 min read
Tree Pits Are the “Pits” But We Can Make Them Better
Peg Staeheli, PLA FASLA, MIG|SvR 2018-02-05 deeproot.com Green Infrastructure Keywords: Tree Pits, Urban Trees, Structural Soil, Tree...
Jul 20, 20251 min read
Do Trees Talk to Each Other?
Richard Grant 2018-03-01 Smithsonian Mag. Keywords: Environment, Ecology, Forestry, Botany, Sustainability It shows instead that trees of...
Jul 19, 20251 min read
The Ontario fruit that sounds 'too mythical, too bizarre to be true' (Paw paw)
Colin Butler 2018-10-07 NPR Keywords: Ontario paw paw, Native fruit, Sustainable ingredient, Tropical flavor, Local agriculture With...
Jul 19, 20251 min read
Many of Toronto’s trees are older than the city itself. So why aren’t we doing more to protect them?
Megan Ogilvie 2018-10-14 The Star Keywords: Mona Lisa trees, Tree preservation, Urban conservation, Climate change, Development pressures...
Jul 17, 20251 min read
10 of Toronto’s most breathtaking trees-our ravine queens and urban legends
Megan Ogilvie 2018-10-14 The Star Keywords: Toronto's trees, Ravine queens. Urban legends, Biodiversity, Urban ecosystem, Forest’s finest...
Jul 17, 20251 min read
Consumer Society No Longer Serves Our Needs
David Suzuki 2018-11-01 Huff Post Keywords: Consumerism, Planned obsolescence, Disposable culture, How can we have serious discussions...
Jul 13, 20251 min read
We asked, and you delivered-Star readers share their favourite trees
Megan Ogilvie 2018-10-20 The Star Keywords: Community, neighbourhood trees, favourite trees "This extraordinary specimen is arguably...
Jul 13, 20251 min read
Provincial rules require spraying of fire-resistant aspen trees to make way for valuable conifers
Bethany Lindsay · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2018 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: November 17 2018-11-17 CBC News Keywords: Wildfire...
Jul 12, 20251 min read
Trees are crucial to the future of our cities
University of Wisconsin-Madison 2019-03-25 ScienceDaily Keywords: Trees, Urban Temperature, Canopy Cover, Heat Island Effect, Climate...
Jul 12, 20251 min read
This Neighborhood Has The Most Street Trees In NYC, Study Shows
Anna Quinn 2019-04-19 Patch Keywords: Street Trees, NYC, Localize.city , Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Ditmas Park, Floral...
Jul 9, 20251 min read
Struggling trees in Waterloo Region’s newer neighbourhoods no surprise for biologist
Johanna Weidner 2019-10-24 Waterloo Record Region Keywords: Struggling trees, Waterloo Region, Urban tree planting, Soil compaction, Root...
Jun 28, 20251 min read
Waterloo resident concerned about health of trees in neighbourhood
Johanna Weidner 2019-10-09 Waterloo Record Region Keywords: Urban tree health, Waterloo neighborhood, Resident concern, Tree mortality,...
Jun 28, 20251 min read
Cities turn to urban forests to combat climate change
DAVID ISRAELSON 2019-10-27 Globe and Mail Keywords: Urban forests, Climate change mitigation, Carbon emissions, Air quality,...
Jun 26, 20251 min read
Greener, longer life: More trees reduce premature deaths in cities
Umberto Bacchi 2019-11-20 Thomson Reuters Foundation Keywords: Premature deaths, Air pollution, Urban green spaces, Tree cover, Health...
Jun 24, 20251 min read
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