What comes to mind when you think of South LA? Endless stretches of treeless streets sealed in sizzling pavement?
Imagine if we could convert concrete to canopy one block, one person, one tree at a time.
Our climate reality has left frontline communities vulnerable to devastating impacts– like crippling heat and harmful floods. Inglewood and Lennox are prime examples, tucked away within the concrete-laden, tree-poor neighborhoods of South LA.
Left without adequate resources or enough life-saving tree canopy, these neighborhoods are at risk of damage from climate change’s extreme weather events and public health impacts, including pollution-triggered asthma and heat-related hospitalizations.… Read more >>