Why not find out what we have achieved by listening to this presentation youtube.com/watch?v=ldNF0O… 5/5

And of course the biggest thanks must go the residents of Cambridge who participated in many of the projects activities and schemes and without whom the City’s urban forest would be all the more poorer. Keep on planting and caring for those trees. 4/5

And to thank our former colleague Matt Ling who led the project. You can watch Matt talk about the project here: youtube.com/watch?v=rqrE6F… 3/5

We would like to thank our partners in the Nature Smart Cities across the 2 Seas project naturesmartcities.eu , which also finishes today for all their support. 2/5

A massive thanks to our #Cambridge Cambridge Canopy Project and #MatthewLing .
Watch his film on multiple benefits from 2384 trees Cambridge City Council planted in open spaces + 1000 trees given to public.
We could gain true climate resilience if every house now planted a tree.
youtube.com/watch?v=ldNF0O…

In Cherry Hinton Hall Park #Cambridge : Hybrid Cockspur Thorn, Crataegus x lavalleei (often minus 'e') still with a few haws as it should be says Lavallée who was in dispute with Carrière as its differnce from what's now C. x lavallei Carrierei. See (🇫🇷): bit.ly/34vcuF6

2022 has been a great year for Trees for Streets.

Our lovely sponsors are greening streets in Bedford, Coventry, Bristol, Cambridge, Bradford, and 8 London boroughs. 🌳😀

Read all about it on our blog:
treesforstreets.org/tree-stories/

#StreetTrees #UrbanGreening

There's still time to sponsor a tree🌳 for your street 🏡, and have it planted this winter in #Barnet #Cambridge #Bristol #Hillingdon #Islington #Harrow #TowerHamlets #Croydon and #Ealing

Head to treesforstreets.org/start to get started.

#StreetTrees #UrbanGreening

It's abit chilly.
bit.ly/3HfsdiF

With UN Biodiversity summit #COP15 officially underway in Montreal, you'll be hearing buzzwords such as 'biodiversity' and ' #biodiversityloss ' a lot. What does it mean? Why does it matter? We explain. 👀👇

The Toronto District School Board has committed significant resources to tree planting and maintenance because the return on investment is clear. A study of 387 TDSB schools found significant correlations between tree canopy and student performance. bit.ly/3UgN9bT

The Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is our December #TreeoftheMonth . These tall evergreen conifers can reach over 80 metres in their native California. Our #AlexandraPark Alexandra Park tree is just 26 metres with a smaller partner nearby. #HaringeyFavouriteTrees

Birmingham trees deliver nearly £4m of health benefits

Read here: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Research through the Ignition project found that installing green roofs can reduce costs by up to 6% annually due to the thermal insulation they provide 😍

This beautiful green roof is on top of Manchester Town Hall!

#greenroof #energysaving

Join our #Cambridge #December 🎄 #volunteer events this week and #GetInvolved !💪🦸

- Wed 7 and Thurs 8 - Trumpington Recreation Ground - tree planting between 10am - 2.30pm 🌳

- Fri 9 - Queens's Green - tree works / green team - starts at 10am

#CommunityEngagement #TimeCredits

'The researchers said their work could be used by local authorities to justify the costs of protecting and planting trees at a time when budgets are hard-pressed' - A UK tree provides hundreds of pounds of benefits a year, report finds theguardian.com/environment/20…

It's the end of #NationalTreeWeek 💚 We hope you learnt something new about urban trees and celebrated how they make our towns and cities healthier and greener places to live!

Urban trees are vital in looking after humans, animals and the planet so let's plant more!!! 🤗

📈 Emissions are rising

⏰ Time is running out

☀️ We must scale up climate solutions

According to the latest report by the #IPCC , polluting fossil fuels are causing climate change. Now that we have the solutions, we need to scale them up quickly. #COP15 #ForNature

via WWF

It's great to see the integration of #GreenInfrastructure into such developments in the city, contributing to making #Cambridge more #ClimateResilient .