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urban tree canopy

Published: November 07, 2022 | Updated: August 16, 2023

An Urban Tree Canopy is the layer of trees which cover the ground when viewed from above.

In urban areas, the tree canopy provides an important function of stormwater management in which the canopy absorbs rainfall that would otherwise run off of paved surfaces.

The Urban Tree Canopy also helps to protect cities from extreme heat while they improve air quality. It is an example of green infrastructure. 

pathways:

27.10.2022 / Metro / L.A. Metro Board approves new tree policy for construction program, transit properties

31.7.2015 / Center for Watershed Protection / Urban Tree Canopy

Nature is the original artist. Everything else is a response.

The Frame That Started Everything
Pale Blue Dot — NASA Voyager 1, 1990
Pale Blue Dot NASA Voyager 1 · 1990
1
Frame
195
Countries
8.3B
Human Beings
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That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.

Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

From 3.7 billion miles away, Earth is a pale blue dot.

Up close...

it's a tide,

a forest floor,

a field of spring flowers.

Earth Week Photo Journal
One week.
One white frame.
One collective exhale.

This upcoming Earth Week, Project White Frame is seeking artists, land stewards, and community members to document and celebrate what they love in their everyday Nature. The ask is simple: find a part of Nature you love — or something designed to protect it — and surround it with a white frame.

Somewhere along the way, Earth Day became a marketing tagline. A hashtag. A limited-edition product drop. This event is a small act of reclamation, designed to remember the why...

Nature is the art.
The white frame is a mark of unity and solidarity.
A border that says: this matters. Look here.
Remember this...
How to Participate
Find: a part of Nature you love or something designed to protect it.
Frame: surround it with a white frame. Get creative, a frame is anything that supports the subject.
Share: post and tag #ProjectWhiteFrame2026
Earth Week · April 18–26, 2026
Project White Frame
Find. Frame. Share.
Documentary Camera Initiative · Earth Week · April 18–26, 2026
frames@framesforchange.org