And that comes from eliminating the Car Model of urbanism. Cars and car infrastructure are a fundamental problem, and nothing is going to change that.
And stop trying to put lawns under trees, it’s abhorrent.
Absolutely. The article suggests that tree planting in LA is impossible because it’s too built up. Complete nonsense. If we took even a small fraction of the car infrastructure and turned it to planting space, LA could have ample tree cover.
Why don’t we just roll down the car window of the outdoors. Checkmate climate scientists.
You’re saying trees fight global warming?
Shade has a meaningful local impact.
On a broader scale, conversion of agricultural land back into natural ecosystems can be a piece of what we need to do, but it’s nowhere near the whole thing.
Calling shade “like AC for the outdoors” gives off a “child trying to swipe a book to get to the next page” vibe
