http://trees.soundprint.org A radio series on how trees are impacting a city near you. en-us Copyright 2008 SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc. SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc. Public Radio Public Radio 1440 http://trees.soundprint.org.org/img/podcast.jpg http://trees.soundprint.org/ 300 295 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=16 Urban forests provide economic, social and cultural value to neighborhoods and cities. But what are the needs and expectations different ethnic and racial groups have for green space? And how does understanding those needs draw tighter communities? Producer Judith Kampfner compares the cities of New York and London, and the approach new and old ethnic racial and immigrant groups have towards green space. This program airs as part of our ongoing series, Tales from Urban Forests. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2006_06_09_16 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 28:30 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=15 Urban forests in desert settings -- no, this is not about transferring Central Park to L.A. Arid environments have their own "green" cover, and cities destroy and ignore that vegetation to their peril. Veteran producer Bill Drummond travels out West from mountains to shore to ask: when are trees beneficial and when are they not? This program airs as part of our ongoing series, Tales from Urban Forests. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2006_06_02_15 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 28:30 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=14 Code Green explores the impact that hurricanes have on urban greencover, from integrating trees and wetlands into a city's infrastructure and disaster plan, to post-hurricane damage assessment of city trees and coastal marshes, to recovery and rebuilding. Hear from scientists, city planners and urban foresters about their work to establish, protect and restore the green infrastructure in the wake of catastrophic hurricanes, in coastal cities from Charleston to New Orleans. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2006_04_14_14 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 28:30 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=2 From the time he wrote 'Walden -- Life in the Woods' philosopher Henry David Thoreau understood the restorative value of trees to the human soul. More than 100 years later researchers are discovering that a pleasurable walk among trees and green space can calm an active child, refresh a tired mind, and make all of us feel better. The view of a tree outside a window can make an office worker more productive, a hospital stay shorter, or a prison sentence more bearable. Even in the most deprived inner city, trees and green space around buildings reduce crime and violence as well as promote a sense of community and well-being. Producer Jean Snedegar explores the power of trees to restore us, body and mind. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2006_01_27_2 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500 Public Radio no 28:30 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=1 Numerous times in American history, reformers have sought to help the poor by putting them amidst nature -- the belief being that physical beauty can make beautiful people. It seems like an odd idea. But Thomas Jefferson believed it fervently. And it's also the reason Central Park exists in New York and the town of Greenbelt exists in Maryland. This program, from Producer Richard Paul, looks at a time in our past when nature was used to uplift the poor. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2006_01_20_1 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500 Public Radio no 28:30 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=6 In urban areas across the country, we've replaced trees and grass with pavement and concrete. Storm water runoff from these paved surfaces in cities can be saturated with harmful substances such as gasoline, oil and trash. We head to the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland where partners have joined forces to clean up the runoff flowing into the harbor and into the Chesapeake Bay. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_14_6 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 26:11 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=3 The Chespeake Bay is the largest estuary in the U.S., spanning from New York to Delaware. But the health of the Bay is on the down swing, facing high levels of pollution that threaten the life of many species we've come to enjoy. At the same time that pollution is rising, urban development along the Bay is increasing, and the number of trees is decreasing. Can replacing some of those trees help to save the Bay? SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_3 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 04:01 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=4 We visit an inner city high school where students are learning how software tools can be used for urban planning, right on their school grounds. They are using Geographic Information Systems software in their efforts to increase tree canopy in the nation's capital. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_4 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 04:46 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=5 In Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, partners are trying to address the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the country's largest estuary. There's a lot of pollution in the Bay and solutions along the shores of the Bay are obvious. What's not so obvious are solutions 105 miles inland, but that's where there's a real success story. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_5 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 05:13 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=7 In urban areas across the country, we've replaced trees and grass with pavement and concrete. Storm water runoff from these paved surfaces in cities can be saturated with harmful substances such as gasoline, oil and trash. We head to the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland where partners have joined forces to clean up the runoff flowing into the harbor and into the Chesapeake Bay. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_7 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 04:42 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=8 As cities across the country increase the amount of paved surfaces, they are also increasing the core temperature of the city itself. We take a look at one Southern city, Atlanta, Georgia, and what it's trying to do to cool off. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_8 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 04:02 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=9 Since the 1970s, Atlanta, Georgia has grown from a city of about a million people - to a city of four million. The increase has also led to an increase of pollutants, mainly from automobiles. And even though Atlanta recently met the federal standards that specify how high pollutant levels can be at any one-hour period, the city -- admittedly - has a long way to go. We take a look at life in Atlanta as it grows in popularity, but also in pollutants. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_9 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 03:51 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=10 As the population in cities across the country continues to grow, increased housing and development seems inevitable. Atlanta wants to make sure that such development doesn't mean the total loss of trees in the city. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_10 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 04:12 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=11 The Pacific Madrone - a beautiful and distinctive tree of the northwest found from California to British Columbia. It likes sandy soil, and grows near cliffs and along the seashore. But it's highly sensitive to human activities - road building, development, even kids climbing on it. The Pacific Madrone can't thrive in an intense urban setting. It's a tree best left alone and perhaps that's incompatible in a city. What happens to a tree that doesn't like human company? SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_11 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 05:33 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=12 In nature, salmon and forests go together. Trees provide shade for salmon bearing streams and dying salmon provide fertilizer for the forest. But when wild forests become subdivisions, both trees and fish suffer. One northwest city is embarking on an ambitious effort to restore a forest and a salmon stream. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_12 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 04:22 http://trees.soundprint.org/readMore.php?ID=13 In an age of big-box retailers and soul-less shopping malls surrounded by acres of parking, the idea of a timeless Main Street lined with mature trees is positively nostalgic, right? Well, not quite. According to one researcher, shoppers like to stroll among the urban trees as they browse for purchases. And they're willing to spend more to do so. SOUNDPRINT_TREES_2005_10_07_13 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400 Public Radio no 05:15