If a child’s health and well-being can be improved with just a couple of trees, imagine what a whole school campus and a neighborhood with extra canopy coverage could do. Heather McMillen of the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — All tree shade may not be equal. For Alex Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, ...

As an urban runner, V. Kelly Turner is always looking for some shade. She doesn’t want to overheat. Most weekday mornings, her usual route takes her down the shadiest stretch of Los Feliz Boulevard, ...

CRITICAL ISSUE. SACRAMENTO’S KATE RILEY PLANTED THE TREE OUTSIDE HER HOME NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. IT’S ONE OF THE TALLEST TREES ON THIS BLOCK. IT PROVIDES SHADE. IT KEEPS MY LIVING ROOM FRIGID THROUGH ...