Trees are Terrific… and Cool our Communities!

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Heat Island

• Discover what Trees Do for you and your community
• Discover How Trees Conserve Energy
• Reduce your utility costs
• Benefits including cooling our homes and communities from Wisconsin LEAF program
• ​ EEK! EE in Wisconsin, Trees and Air Quality
• The Nature Conservancy, Urban Trees Teachers Guide and Lessons
• One Tree Planted, up free on website to get the downloadable guides free
• Southwest Forests, Lesson 1 - Trees are Cool!

Trees and Cities

• USFS Finding my Forest, Particularly lessons 1 and lesson 3
• Resources and Ideas for mini-forests,Miyazaki method, food forests and more
• Natural Inquirer, i-9

Trees and Climate

• Weeklong curriculum with multiple topics and activities
• Thorough guide of activities related to climate resilience including trees and greenspace

Food Forests

• Kids Gardening

Planting Trees

• Wisconsin LEAF program lesson on properly planting trees
• Project Learning Tree