Tree People on the Streets of Uruguay

Here is some fantastic tree symbol street art. Enjoy!



Tree People on the Streets of Uruguay | Colossal

Growing Trees Together: After the Joplin Tornado

Here is a great piece underscoring the  importance of urban forestry after a disasetr from my friend and colleague Ric Mayer:

www.isa-arbor.com/events/conference/proceedings/2013/MAYER_Sprouting a Community Recovery Forest.pdf

OUTDOORS: Wounded, but willing - Finger Lakes Times: Sports

Here is a piece describinbg recent work with Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation at a couples retreat in upstate NY.

OUTDOORS: Wounded, but willing - Finger Lakes Times: Sports

Review of GRZ book in the journal of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening...

Greening in the Red Zone, 2013K.G.TidballM.E.KrasnyGreening in the Red Zone: Disaster, Resilience and Community Greening2013SpringerBerlin978-90-481-9946-4

Greening in the Red Zone book review in Children, Youth, and Environments journal

Children, Youth and Environments Vol. 23, No. 1, Children, Violence, Community and the Physical Environment (2013), pp. 232-233 (article consists of 2 pages)

Excerpt -- OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF NOTE Greening in the Red Zone: Disaster, Resilience and Community Greening Keith G. Tidball and Marianne E. Krasny, eds. (2013). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 300 pages. $179.00 USD (hardback). ISBN 978-90-481-9946-4. This collection explores how people benefit from access to green spaces after traumatic events like violent conflicts or natural disasters—or even, in the case of wartime gardens, how people can use them to find refuge in the midst of trauma. The book’s premise is that the resilience of ecosystems and human systems are interdependent, and it seeks to make ecological restoration, gardening and urban greening integral elements of resilience theory. Given mounting evidence of the importance of contact with nature for human well-being, this integration is overdue. A substantial volume, the book contains 22 chapters that review research and theory, 11 vignettes that describe how communities around the world transformed scenes of destruction into green havens, and an introduction and synthesis by the book’s editors that connect the acts of community greening and caring for the natural world to social health and well-being... [more]. DOI: 10.7721/chilyoutenvi.23.1.0232 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.23.1.0232

Researcher to study, develop public ‘healing spaces’ | Cornell Chronicle

The TKF Foundation funded Landscapes of Resilience project --
Researcher to study, develop public ‘healing spaces’ | Cornell Chronicle

TKF Foundation's 'National Nature Sacred Awards Program' Awards $4.5M in Grants -- ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

Here's another mention of our TKF Funded work on Landscapes of Resilience

TKF Foundation's 'National Nature Sacred Awards Program' Awards $4.5M in Grants -- ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

Rock, Tree, Human

A nice piece from my friend and colleague Erika Svendsen.... Rock, Tree, Human

Mechanisms of Resilience & Other ‘Re-Words’ in Urban Greening

A new blog post on The Nature of Cities blog : Mechanisms of Resilience & Other ‘Re-Words’ in Urban Greening

Nature and Green Spaces: Sources, Sites, and Systems of Resilience ...

I recently presented Nature and Green Spaces: Sources, Sites, and Systems of Resilience ... at the Horticultural Society of New York's annual Healing Nature Forum: Planting the Seeds of Health and Sustainability (formerly The Horticultural Therapy Forum).  Have a look, and feel free to share!

Nature and Green Spaces: Sources, Sites, and Systems of Resilience and Other Re-words from Keith Tidball

Extreme outdoor recreation helps wounded warriorr

A serviceman from West Sussex who lost a leg following an explosion in Afghanistan is on course to be selected for a South Pole expedition.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21814250 

Healing Veterans War Wounds through Conservation Action

Introducing, the veterans conservation corps...

Healing Veterans War Wounds through Conservation Action - YouTube

Memorialization & Trees at Arlington National Cemetery

On  a recent trip to Arlington National Cemetery I came across this example of memorialization and trees.  The tree and memorial were installed by the Military Officers Association of America. Also of interest are the many wreaths, on on each grave, installed by volunteers.

Super Bowl is Over, But The Trees are Staying Around in NOLA

I argued that tree planting was a key component to NOLA's post-Katrina resilience, and that Communities of Practice around urban reforestation efforts would create additional social-ecological system resilience in Katrina (see here).  Perhaps here is some evidence of that... congratulations NOLA and Hike for KaTREEna!

Check the article out here: Super Bowl is Over, But The Trees are Staying Around – ACTrees

Citizen engagement in Long Island beach stabilization as Greening in the Red Zone

On Decimated Shore, a Second Life for Christmas Trees - NYTimes.com

Getting the Dirt on Hurricane Sandy - NYTimes.com

Here's an interesting piece that deals with the notion of  Citizen Science as a greening response to red zones, in this case a natural disaster. For more on Citizen Science in disaster contexts, see: http://tinyurl.com/citscidisaster.

Getting the Dirt on Hurricane Sandy - NYTimes.com

Richard Louv: Restoring Peace: 6 Ways Nature in Our Lives Can Reduce the Violence in Our World

Richard Louv: Restoring Peace: 6 Ways Nature in Our Lives Can Reduce the Violence in Our World

Cornell Chronicle: Veterans given access to green space

See here for an article in the Cornell Chronicle about veterans and the value of green space in their reintegration after deployment.

Cornell Chronicle: Veterans given access to green space

How A Community Created A Garden From Sadness

here is an excellent example of GRZ from Tucson

How A Community Created A Garden From Sadness : NPR