Community-focussed environmental NPO seeking creation of safe, accessible, biodiverse & shaded parks in the buffer zones of TMNP where Park meets urban edge.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined June 2016
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Parkscape retweeted
Urban trees...
🌳 improve personal health
🏙 reduce air pollution
💧 conserve and filter water
💸 save energy
☀ cool our streets and sidewalks
📈 increase economic stability
🐦 foster biodiversity
Parkscape retweeted
Street trees help us feel happier...
..a bold claim, but one backed up by a recent German study, that showed that living in proximity to street trees saw a reduction in the level of anti-depressants prescriptions.
So let's fill our streets with trees!
TreesforStreets.org
ALT A Rowan tree located in a pavement on a street in North London, alongside a colourful house. It is covered in red berries.
Parkscape retweeted
The role of street trees 🌳in reducing flash-flooding🌊
Simply, they SLOW THE RATE🏃♂️rainwater builds up in our streets 👇
🫴Holding water in their canopies
🧽 Roots enable the ground to absorb more water
Plus 🌳🌳🌳they cool our cities, thus lowering air moisture. Pretty cool😎 – at Kingston upon Thames, London
ALT A surface flood in South London.
ALT A tree lined road in South London.
Parkscape retweeted
This 🇫🇷 French car park says a lot about the importance of trees for creating shade and cooling in summer 🌞⛱️🌳
We need to be planting MANY more trees in our streets, (yes) car parks & city spaces if we are to adapt to an ever warming climate.
ALT A french car park which has a lot of trees planted in it to create shading.
Parkscape retweeted
🥵 Urban heat stress (and all its consequences) are yet another hidden cost of monopolising our public spaces for cars.
Time for change!
Check out these strategies: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Parkscape retweeted
Street trees even help reduce crime…🌳🧑🤝🧑
How?🤔
..by creating more liveable/attractive neighbourhoods, where more people want to spend time outside. Promoting cohesion, better health, and civic pride.
Evidence…🔎
…a US showed from Baltimore showed, that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly equated a 12 percent decrease in crime.
ALT A city retail street scene where trees have been added into the kerbside space to create a setting for a cafe.
Parkscape retweeted
The @ilo report on the impacts of extreme heat is another reminder of #ClimateInequality and the urgent need for #ClimateAction. People living in poverty are being hit first and worst from a crisis they did not create.
Read the report: ow.ly/MNkq50SK2ib
Parkscape retweeted
Would you give up a couple of parking spaces🚗🚗 if it meant you could have some trees🌳 in your street? 🤔
Often there can be a straight choice - a parking space for a tree. This is particularly so in very narrow streets. It's a point of a lot of debate...
ALT A tree planted into a build out into the kerbside in Cambridge.
Parkscape retweeted
5 reasons to plant trees:
🐻 Shelter for wildlife
👩🌾 More jobs
💨 Improved air quality
🌳 Cooler streets
💧 Prevent flooding
Parkscape retweeted
By planting trees in our parks and public spaces, we raise awareness about their environmental, social, and economic advantages.
Let's advocate for a greener, more sustainable future! 🌳💚
#UrbanCanopy #Sustainab
Learn more: nature.org/en-us/about-us/wh…
Via @nature_org
Parkscape retweeted
#DYK Forests cover ~31% of Earth's land? That's billions of hectares!🌳🌍
Forests are vital for #biodiversity, climate & as ecosystems, but they're under pressure.
Every native tree counts to stop #BiodiversityLoss!
Find out why else #forests matter w/@IPBES
infographic👇
Parkscape retweeted
Street trees help us feel happier...😃🌳
..a bold claim, but one backed up by a recent German study, that showed that living in proximity to street trees saw a reduction in the level of anti-depressants prescriptions 💊
So let's fill our streets with trees! 👉@TreesforStreets
ALT A colourful Rowen tree next to colourful house. Makes you feel happy.
Parkscape retweeted
Watch as these trees quietly clean the city air 🌳
No song and dance. No fuss. In London, it's estimated, every year, they remove up to 2,000 tonnes of PM10 pollution particles. These are the type considered harmful to us humans.
We thank you for your service 🙏
Parkscape retweeted
Our future depends on forests. 🌍🌱
Forests are vital for the well-being of people and our planet.
Earth's forests:
🌲 provide sustenance and livelihoods
🌴 host 3/4 of terrestrial #biodiversity
🌳 store carbon
🌱 and so much more!
Learn more #ForNature via @fao:
Parkscape retweeted
🌳Trees = street air-conditioning ❄️
As much as we love hot sunny weather 🌞 it’s a lot more pleasant experiencing it living on a shady tree-lined street.
Tree-less streets become concrete suntraps - hot and uncomfortable.
Green streets are healthy streets👍🌳
@TreesforStreets
ALT A tree-lined street, with mid-rise flats on one side.
Parkscape retweeted
Street trees an inconvenience? 🌳🤔
We still meet people who think street trees are an inconvenience, but with words like ‘heatdome’ & ‘flashflooding’ appearing more often in weather reports, it’s all too clear, they are a necessity
🌳Trees help protect us from extreme weather
ALT A stunning ash tree in a pavement in Harrow
Parkscape retweeted
We asked AI to show us "cities with great urban greenspace" and we're onboard with the looks of it 👀🌳
Parkscape retweeted
Something simple, like investing in a couple of 🌳🌳trees to add shade + interest outside a cafe makes a world of difference
A grey 'space' transforms into a verdant 'place' where customers can sit & watch the world go by ☕️🍷😎
🌳Trees = 💵Good for business👉@TreesforStreets
