Learn How to Access IRA Funds for Tree Equity! Friends for Tree Equity, Illinois, presents a webinar explaining the value and importance of trees and showcasing three Illinois organizations who, with the help of the Inflation Reduction Act, are ready to provide education, funding and logistical expertise to enhance urban forests in underserved areas of […]
The story is the same in nearly every city across the United States. With few exceptions, trees are sparse in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods and more prominent in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods. Redlining policies, dating back to the 1930s, laid the groundwork for this inequity. American Forests is laser-focused on addressing this inequity by greening all — […]
The global Tree Equity movement is growing! Since 2021, American Forests’ Tree Equity Score has been making an impact in towns and cities throughout the United States. Now, with our partners and friends at Woodland Trust and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, we’ve extended that reach across the Atlantic with Tree Equity Score UK. Over […]
