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Science & Technology

A Tree Can Be An Equalizer

How The Arbor Day Foundation Approaches Tree Planting In Underserved Communities.
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Community

A Tree Can Be Relief

Extreme heat is becoming deadly. But trees in the right place stand strong to shield communities.
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Environmental Justice

Arbor Day Foundation Reporting Platform Backs Up Numbers with Storytelling

Impact Dashboard provides partners on-demand access to metrics, insights, and stories of their work with the Foundation...
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Community

Connecting with Neighborhoods Using Tech and Relationships

The Arbor Day Foundation wants to plant in 90 percent of neighborhoods of greatest need.
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Environmental Justice

Five Ways to Equitably Engage Residents in Urban and Community Forestry

Dr. Christine Carmichael shares how environmental justice in urban forestry ensures fair tree distribution and resident...
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Investing in Home

Helping a community taking root in Upstate South Carolina.
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Environmental Justice

Trees As a Force for Equity

A grassroots approach to combatting Nashville’s urban heat islands.
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