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Amos White and 10K Trees

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Siobhan
Published
Tue 11 Jul 2023
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Amos and I talk trees and he breaks down how we can help save our environment and ourselves by planting trees. 

https://www.100ktrees4humanity.com/

Summary/Time Stamps: 

  • How did you get involved in trees? 0:00
    • Welcome to the duckling reality world.
    • Amos is passionate about trees.
    • Sugar maple in columbus, ohio.
    • The story of the first seedling.
  • The story of the tornado tree. 3:08
    • The story of the tornado tree.
    • Trees have always been part of her life.
    • The hurricane in Puerto Rico.
    • Climate change is the single largest driver of capitalism.
  • What is climate change like? 9:15
    • The number one killer in climate is urban heat.
    • The global strike for climate in 2019.
    • Climate change and climate anxiety.
    • Putting a tree in everyone's hand.
    • Dopamine and oxytocin have a motivational and healing effect.
    • One tree at a time, at scale.
  • Rinse and repeat. 15:46
    • There is no planet B until 2032.
    • 100k trees for humanity, a neurobiological theory of change.
    • Cool phenomenon of volunteers getting halfway through a hole.
    • Dopamine effect.
    • Nothing is ever simple.
    • One tree at a time, one person, one tree.
  • How many trees per person per day? 21:20
    • Scientists give us till 2030 to plant 1 trillion trees.
    • Trees per person per day.
    • The 80/20 rule in operation and why it happens.
    • West oakland and Fremont.
    • Climate emergency declaration in the city of alameda.
    • One new tree per capita resident.
  • We have to center nature first. 27:28
    • We have to center nature first.
    • How standing rock got its name.
  • Planting 100,000 trees per urban community. 29:32
    • Planting 100,000 trees per urban community.
    • Planting trees per 75,000 people.
    • 1200 trees a month, 1190 trees a week.
    • How many trees per hour.
  • Why are you chasing philosophy when you already have the answer? 34:37
    • Government is not throwing money at climate change.
    • Climate anxiety is still on the rise.
    • Planting a tree is the most important thing to do now.
    • Trees provide ecosystem services.
    • Evapo transpiration and microclimates in the bay area.
    • The microclimate in the Bay area.
  • Trees can lower temperatures by absorbing heat. 41:16
    • 400 gallons of water a day from ground water.
    • Latent heat and climate change.
    • Trees can lower urban heat temperatures 60 to 90 degrees.
    • Trees reduce air pollution.
  • What do trees do for our health? 45:49
    • Trees are the most treat communities.
    • The wealthiest zip codes have better health indicators.
    • The ashland area has the highest teenage maternal mortality r

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