Trees
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Project looks to map saplings given to Alberta first-graders
For more than 60 years, the government of Alberta has distributed nearly 70,000 tree saplings to Grade 1 students during Alberta Forest Week. Now two local tree enthusiasts want your help to map those generations of lodgepole pine and white spruce.
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For Edmonton, a sustainable future depends on trees
Even though a council committee has put off passing a bylaw to protect trees on private property, the Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future is encouraged to see progress on a file that is vital to the city's ability to lessen and mitigate the effects of climate change.
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How to grow a climate change solution
In Episode 20 of Bloom, the founder and CEO of Wild + Pine outlines his company's efforts to maximize the use of a powerful tool to regulate the carbon cycle and mitigate the effects of climate change: the tree.
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Edmonton's disappearing green space needs replacing as the climate heats up
Edmonton is steadily losing its urban green space, making the city significantly hotter than the surrounding area as temperatures rise due to climate change.
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Emerald ash borer could wreak havoc on Edmonton's boulevard trees
With just a handful of species making up Edmonton's boulevard trees, the biodiversity of the tree canopy has room for improvement.
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