Trees for Cities 2023

Registration Eligibility

registered LAs

Start Date

02/01/2025

End Date

02/01/2027

Description

This course starts with an article listing great urban trees to be considered by landscape architects due to their resilience and past success thriving in urban conditions. This is followed by a discussion about the effort in Paris to prepare for the 2024 Olympics with major tree planting initiatives. Their goal of planning for new ‘urban forests’ and planting more than 170,000 trees by 2030 is discussed. And finally, this article discusses the importance of urban trees in fighting climate change, understanding forest edges and carbon storage. This is all information that can be used by landscape architects in their current practice.

Distance Learning

Yes

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Development Trends
Horticulture / Plants
Parks & Recreation
Sustainable Development & Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

1.Readers will discover and be able to use six proven city tree with confidence
2.The efforts in Paris will encourage LAs to look at city tree plantings on a larger scale and combine this with other efforts to fight climate change
3.LAs will have a better understanding of carbon storage and release by trees. This will reinforce the argument to plant more urban trees for their clients

Instructors

Edited by Len Phillips with sources cited

Course Codes

GCE #1-2304

Provider

gibneyCE.com

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