Here’s a fun fact for Arbor Day: Did you know tree canopy cover can reduce temps by 11-19 degrees Fahrenheit compared to communities with no tree cover? Planting trees helps combat dangerous heat islands in our cities. As a Funding Urban Forestry partner, we proudly join the the US Forest Service in helping strengthen our tree canopy and build a skilled workforce to steward critical urban forests with funds through the Inflation Reduction Act. Click here to learn more about our partnership with the US Forest Service! For more about the US Forest Service’s mission to help aid Stillmeadow, clic ..read more

This article was written by Sushma Subramanian and originally published here on theguardian.com website July 2021. For years, an elderly man stood as a regular fixture around his East Baltimore neighborhood for the way he would wander the streets in the summer, trying to stay outside his sweltering home until nightfall. This man, who suffers from dementia, lived in a row house that shared side walls with its neighboring homes. With windows only in the front and back, there was little air flow, which trapped the heat inside. It’s not unusual for the upper floors in such homes to be several de ..read more

This article was originally written by Lyn Stoler, Sonam Velani, and Anson Yu and published here at parachuteearth.substack.com in January 2023. “ It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words ..read more

This article was originally published here at www.howlifeunfolds.com in January, 2023. Faces of the Forest aims to show the real people behind responsible and sustainable forest stewardship around the country. And here that purpose takes us beyond the largely rural, commercial tree farmers that supply the paper and packaging industry. In this case, the community is the Stillmeadow Community Fellowship church on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland. Read Full Article ..read more