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Urban Forests Session 1 30 SECONDS What is a tree? a woody - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Urban Forests Session 1 30 SECONDS What is a tree? a woody - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Lesson Plan: Urban Forests Session 1 30 SECONDS What is a tree? a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground Many
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What is a tree?
30 SECONDS
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“a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground”
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Many unnoticed benefits
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Try this: which are trees?
Shrub Tree! Vine Tree! Dogwood Mangroves Wisteria Maple
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Try this: Street trees… or garden trees?
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What is an ‘urban forest’? What does it mean to you?
Indicators of Climate Change Vulnerability
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What is an ‘urban forest’? What does it mean to you?
Indicators of Climate Change Vulnerability
urban forest: includes a variety of vegetation and landscape types such as parks, streetscapes, natural areas, and private yards, which together form a complex system of urban greenery (Citizens Coolkit, 2018)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCy_m-u0VEM
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Example: Community Gardens
- Provide food to local residents
- Support habitat for wildlife
- Increase biodiversity
- Increase storm water infiltration
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WHY DO YOU THINK URBAN FORESTS ARE IMPORTANT? HOW DO THEY RELATE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
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Adapted from Sara Barron
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Session 2
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Exercise: Urban Forest Quest
Profile the urban forest!
Page 14 in the Coolkit
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You are employed by your school to conduct some research on the urban forest near your school.
Exercise: Urban Forest Quest
Profile the urban forest!
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Your employers want a brief report on:
1. The number of trees 2. The approximate size
- f the trees
3. Quality of the tree canopy Bonus: – Identify tree species! – Provide recommendations on how to improve the current situation
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Instructions
- Groups of 4-5 people
- Each group has 1 copy of the Quest and 1 D-tape
- Prize for the fastest and the most accurate group
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Outdoor Quest Discussion
Why are large tree canopies important to us, and not just to squirrels?
– Create shade with canopies – Filter air through photosynthesis – Beautify houses and gardens with flowers and fruit – Increase habitat with leaves and branches
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Session 3
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Urban Forests in Vancouver
- Vancouver Urban Forest Strategy
- 90% of residents live within 5 minutes of a
green space
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What is tree canopy? Tree canopy is the space that the tree’s canopy takes up
11% on street 27% in parks 62% on private property 18% of Vancouver is covered by tree canopy
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How ever, w e are losing healthy trees everyday…
5 healthy mature trees removed everyday
City canopy cover target: 22%
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Vancouver’s Tree Canopy Cover
- Currently 18% but the goal is to increase it to 22% by 2020
- Plant 150, 000 trees
- The location of where these trees are planted is important
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Habitat Mapping
- Squirrel habitat
- Worm habitat
- Car habitat
- Pigeon habitat
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Squirrel habitat Car habitat Worm habitat Pigeon habitat
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Assess GREEN or GREY neighbourhoods
Squirrel habitat Worm habitat Car habitat Pigeon habitat
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Squirrel habitat Worm habitat Car habitat Pigeon habitat
GREEN GREY
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What are the dominant habitats? Squirrel? Worm? Car? Pigeon?
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Consider this:
- For GREY sites, how will you become more GREEN?
- For GREEN sites, how will you stay or become more GREEN?
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2.3 Visioning Activity
Example
Signs of Climate Change
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2.3 Visioning Activity Some possibilities to consider:
LOW CARBON FUTURE
- More hard surface is converted to green space
- A community garden/orchard is developed
- Solar panels are installed
- More bike lanes are in place
HIGH CARBON FUTURE
- Mature trees are gone (because of climate
change
- Streets are wider to allow for more cars
- More street parking at or near your place
- Potential flooding if close to sea-level
OR
Signs of Climate Change
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+ vegetation
Food gardens Bee farms
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walk + bike
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–fossil fuel cars
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2.4 Visioning Activity
Find a partner and take turns interpreting each
- ther’s visioning exercise.
- What did they add or take away?
- Is their imagined future more or less resilient than
the present image? Why?
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Visioning Examples
Before After
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Visioning Examples
Before After
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GREY to GREEN – trees
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