This webinar discussed barriers to increasing canopy cover, potential and innovative solutions, resources and best practices to help cities expand their canopy cover and achieve tree equity. The webinar also highlighted key case studies from across Canada, including the City of Toronto’s and Calgary Climate Hub’s Little Forests!
3:00 – Nature Canada Presentation
28:00 – Calgary Climate Hub Presentation
50:00 – Citizen Coolkit Presentation
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Here are some resources from the presentations:
Nature Canada slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OtEsj0_UcTk8XagrltAaoj4UzJvUMAhW/view
Nature Canada Tree Equity Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vfyRA_F6nOES3W-QPsuVf0iyvaoK3fUX/view
Calgary Climate Hub slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MQHKiRYzqyzXb5TdFk9jwXLuMvh-PeZT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102296691024946044824&rtpof=true&sd=true
Oak Bay Coolkit Program: https://connect.oakbay.ca/coolkit
We also had a lot of great resources shared in the chat:
–https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/regreening-niger-how-magical-gaos-transformed-land
–https://magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2022/spring-2022/environment-health-humanities/3-30-300-rule#:~:text=The%20rule%20calls%20for%20every,300%20metres%20from%20their%20door
–https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/81969/HonoursThesis_AshlynnFleming.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
–https://okb.oregon.gov/Pages/effect-of-trees-on-crime-in-portland.aspx
–https://www.socialist.ca/node/4690
–https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462901121001027?via%3Dihub
–https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/61426
–https://www.yourleaf.org/
–https://networkofnature.org/
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