Help achieve tree equity in Rhode Island.
Discover how targeted tree plantings can improve health and well-being in neighborhoods and communities.
Launch AppDiscover how targeted tree plantings can improve health and well-being in neighborhoods and communities.
Launch AppTrees cool our air and clean our drinking water.
Trees offer beauty and improve our moods.
Trees create jobs and provide opportunities for recreation.
Trees help communities THRIVE.
The majority of low-income families and communities of color live in places surrounded by heat-trapping pavement and few trees. Excess heat and a lack of greenery can exacerbate existing chronic health conditions such as asthma and cardiovascular diseases. Having more greenery can lift moods and encourage more time spent outdoors. Without adequate tree cover, people are more exposed to air pollution and susceptible to flooding during downpours.
Childhood asthma burdens 11% of Rhode Island’s low-income communities.
The State’s temperature may increase 1.6°F by 2022, resulting in 378 more emergency department visits.
Rhode Island’s forests offset the annual carbon emissions of more than 100,000 passenger vehicles each year.
Intense rainfall events have increased 71% in Rhode Island since 1958.
This work is supported by a partnership between the state of Rhode Island, American Forests, and both the Environment and Child Well-being programs of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF).