Benefits of Trees

Trees Provide Amazing Benefits by Davey Tree; 5:19 minutes;  Trees are truly magnificent, and if we keep them healthy, we can enjoy the economic, environmental, social and emotional benefits that they provide.

Get Your Daily Dose of Tree-Health Benefits Video  Minnesota DNR 2:15 minutes; Published on Mar 17, 2016 Trees and forests create numerous health benefits: cleaner air that lowers childhood asthma rates, less heat exhaustion due to decreased summer air temperatures, blocking UV rays that cause skin cancer, and natural calming effect that decreases stress levels and increases focus. So, get your daily dose of trees.

We’ll See You in the Forest  by the National Forest Foundation; 1:08 minutes; This video showing the extent and value of our forests economically and socially.
 
The Importance of Trees  by Wordsmith001  5:33 minutes; A piece reminding us all how valuable trees are to this world. This piece from Britain visually shows the beauty of trees while sharing bits of important tree benefit information.  by Wordsmith001  5:33 minutes; A piece reminding us all how valuable trees are to this world. This piece from Britain visually shows the beauty of trees while sharing bits of important tree benefit information. 

Plants Help us Breathe by khan academy medicine:  for 9:29 minutes; Learn more about photosynthesis and cellular respiration through a classic story: Jack and the Beanstalk.

An Authentic Experience of Natural Systems by Deep Root; 5:26 minutes;  This video provides perspectives on trees it the ultra-urban environment  and focuses on the ideal for the future. 

Green Streets: The Road to Clean Water is newly released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - “Green streets” are natural and engineered methods for controlling stormwater that would otherwise gather pollutants and rush from hard streets into storm drains and out into local waterways. This video highlights green streets as a technique for managing stormwater and providing other economic and community benefits. Shown are examples of green streets in localities that have worked with EPA and other partners to incorporate green streets as part of their stormwater management plans. Green features include porous pavement, rain gardens, vegetative curb areas and sidewalk trees.

Forest Fast Breaks - Carbon Capture  by Dovetail Partners; Inc. 2:11 minutes.  This video from the series of forest fast break videos features carbon capture. Here is the link to other

Forest Fast Breaks - Sustainability  by Dovetail Partners; Inc. 1:50 minutes.  This video from the series of forest fast break videos features Sustainability. Here is the link to other Forest Fast Break Videos.

Forest Fast Breaks - Urban Forest Benefits  by Dovetail Partners; Inc. 1:37 minutes.  This video from the series of forest fast break videos features Urban Forest Benefits. Here is the link to other Forest Fast Break Videos. 

Forest Fast Breaks - Water  by Dovetail Partners; Inc. 1:37 minutes.  This video from the series of forest fast break videos features Water. Here is the link to other Forest Fast Break Videos

Impact of Trees on Urban Temperatures and Pollution  by American Society of Landscape Architects;  4:14 minutes. The American Society of Landscape Architects has developed an educational video that illustrates how increasing tree canopy in cities can fight both urban heat and poor air quality.

Hugging the forest, rather than the trees  by Kathy Abusow ; 9:34 minutes. Kathy Abusow is President & CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® Inc. (SFI), a non-profit that plays a central role in strengthening the vital links between sustainable forestry, responsible purchasing and thriving communities. Kathy is committed to raising awareness that well managed forests provide products and benefits that help society at large. These forests store carbon, clean the air we breathe and the water we drink, provide habitat for many species, and produce products that improve our quality of life. Forests certified to SFI Standards span a quarter billion acres from Canada’s Boreal to the US South, and millions of additional acres are positively influenced by SFI Standards and programs for the responsible procurement of forest products. Her talk emphasizes how we need not only to hug the trees, but the forests as well.