10. Trees increase property values and enhance business in commercial areas.

9. Trees make the urban environment much more appealing by softening building lines, reducing noise, and breaking up large expanses of pavement.

8. Trees provide habitat for birds and other wildlife and help keep nature in our cities.

7. Trees enhance the attractiveness and livabilitly of neighborhoods.

6. Trees filter pollutants like carbondioxide and ozone from the air, making it healthier to breathe.

5. Trees reduce the amount of polluted runoff from our streets and human waste from district's combined sewer system, which flows into rivers.

4. Trees cool city streets and reduce energy cost.

3. Tree-lined communities have lower levels of crime and violence.

2. Tree-planting connects people with their neighbors and creates a sense of community.

1. A beautiful city starts with trees!

 

-Casey Trees Endowment
Washington DC

 

Centuries
Come and go,
But nature-
Not Caring about the
Way we humans keep
Track of time-
Goes about it's
Business as it always
Has done.