Trees! Trees! Trees!
• Trees placed around a retail business can enhance shopping experiences and increase revenue by 10% to 17%
• A single mature tree can capture between 2000 to 4000 gallons of rain water each year reducing stormwater run-off.
• Trees reducing soil erosion helping prevent water pollution created from runoff containing sediment and chemicals that end up in streams, lakes, and oceans; and ultimately our drinking water.
• Trees and shrubs decrease noise pollution along streets and intersections. A row of trees can reduce the noise levels approximately in half.
• Trees provide natural cooling in the summer and insulation in the winter. The effects from trees mean less energy use from dams, coal mining, power
plants, and nuclear generators.
• Trees help reduce complications for children with ADD and ADHD.
• Shade from mature trees can reduce air conditioning utility bills in residential and commercial buildings by 20% to 50%
• A single tree planted to shade an AC unit can allow it to operate 10% more efficiently reducing energy bills.
• Tree windbreaks around homes can shield against cold winter winds and snow reducing heating costs by as much as 30%
• Tree shade prevents streets, parking lots, and roof-tops from heating our cities. Heat maps show urban environments
lacking trees are 7 to 12 degrees hotter than surrounding rural areas with tree canopies.
• Research indicates that trees help reduce stress at home and in the workplace. Studies show that trees even speed recovery of hospital patients and reduce complications of children with ADHD.
• Trees protect children from cancer causing UV rays the most common and rapidly growing form of cancer in the country.
Plant trees in playgrounds!
• Trees remove carbon dioxide at a rate of 45 to 95 lbs. each year. Trees also remove carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide from the air.
• Trees replenish the oxygen in the air we breathe. A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs. each year.
• Many people enjoy trees simply to see them change with the seasons.
• Trees provide habitat for animals.
• Trees provide habitat for Bees and other important bugs and cool critters.
• Trees planted on a residential lot increase property values. (Estimated 7% to 20%)
• A single mature tree can capture between 2000 to 4000 gallons of rain water each year reducing stormwater run-off.
• Trees reducing soil erosion helping prevent water pollution created from runoff containing sediment and chemicals that end up in streams, lakes, and oceans; and ultimately our drinking water.
• Trees and shrubs decrease noise pollution along streets and intersections. A row of trees can reduce the noise levels approximately in half.
• Trees provide natural cooling in the summer and insulation in the winter. The effects from trees mean less energy use from dams, coal mining, power
plants, and nuclear generators.
• Trees help reduce complications for children with ADD and ADHD.
• Shade from mature trees can reduce air conditioning utility bills in residential and commercial buildings by 20% to 50%
• A single tree planted to shade an AC unit can allow it to operate 10% more efficiently reducing energy bills.
• Tree windbreaks around homes can shield against cold winter winds and snow reducing heating costs by as much as 30%
• Tree shade prevents streets, parking lots, and roof-tops from heating our cities. Heat maps show urban environments
lacking trees are 7 to 12 degrees hotter than surrounding rural areas with tree canopies.
• Research indicates that trees help reduce stress at home and in the workplace. Studies show that trees even speed recovery of hospital patients and reduce complications of children with ADHD.
• Trees protect children from cancer causing UV rays the most common and rapidly growing form of cancer in the country.
Plant trees in playgrounds!
• Trees remove carbon dioxide at a rate of 45 to 95 lbs. each year. Trees also remove carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide from the air.
• Trees replenish the oxygen in the air we breathe. A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs. each year.
• Many people enjoy trees simply to see them change with the seasons.
• Trees provide habitat for animals.
• Trees provide habitat for Bees and other important bugs and cool critters.
• Trees planted on a residential lot increase property values. (Estimated 7% to 20%)