Here are some links to reading, video and audio material about the environment and trees. 

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ARTICLES

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"America Needs More Starter Homes. So Why Are Perfectly Good Ones Torn Down?" - The New York Times

2022, October 6

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"Whatever Happened to the Starter Home?" - The New York Times

2022, September 25

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"Lake Oswego City Council upholds commission's decision over tree removals" - Lake Oswego Review (Pamplin Media)

2022, September 22

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"Lake Oswego neighborhood works to prevent tree removals for new housing development" - Lake Oswego Review (Pamplin Media)

2022, July 1

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"This 500-Year-Old Tree in California Has a Story to Tell" - NYT

2022, July 20

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"Association between residential green cover and direct healthcare costs in Northern California: An individual level analysis of 5 million persons" - Environment International

2022, May

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"Residential Nature Tied to Hundreds of Dollars of Savings in Healthcare Costs" - Matthew Browning also contributed to the article/research "Association between..." - Arbor Day Blog - 

2022, May

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"In Your Enthusiasm for Planting, Don’t Forget About the Trees" - NYT - 

2022, July 6

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"Why old-growth forests are an ally in fighting climate change" - CBC Radio

2021, July 2

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"Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees" - Newscientist

2021, April 28

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"The Social Life of Forests" - New York Times 

2020, Dec. 2, Ferris Jabr

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"How London Trees Are Saving the City Billions" - Bloomberg

2020, March 9

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"Conserving the Oregon White Oak Tree" - Damian Fagan

2019, Dec 16

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"How much oxygen does one tree produce?" - ThoughtCo

2019, Nov 19

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​"Trees are key to fighting urban heat - but cities keep losing them"  - NPR

About the disadvantage of cities that don't have big trees. Areas without them tend to be poorer and unhealthier.

2019, Sept. 4

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"The Power of Trees" - Climate Central

2018, October 24

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Articles by a Lake Oswego Resident

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"Paralysis, madness and confessions from an unrepentant 'nimby'" - 9/28/22

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  "Facts and the Future" - 10/27/21

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  "Of Sparrows, Zombie Fires and the Tipping Point" - 9/15/21

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   "The Magic We Borrow"

   

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   "Peacocks and the River of Life" - 7/25/19

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   "Lasers in the Jungle" - 10/17/19

 

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   "So Finally, the Carnage Begins" 6/17/2019

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Reports/Studies

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"Association between residential green cover and direct healthcare costs in Northern California: An individual level analysis of 5 million persons" - Environment International

2022, May

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"The Social and Economic Values of Canada’s Urban Forests:
A National Synthesis" - about the benefits of trees

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About how trees, and especially giants, as here, provide significant psychological and social benefits.

2015, April 16, University of British Columbia and Canadian Forest Service

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FILM & TV

 

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"A Life on Our Planet" - Netflix 

2020, David Attenborough 

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"Kiss the Ground" - website and trailer 

This special premiered on Netflix on 9/22/20. 

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"An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power"

2017

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"An Inconvenient Truth"

2006

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"The Lorax"

1971, Dr. Seuss

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List of "the best" Animated Environmental Movies

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List of "the best" Environmental Films

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BOOKS

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"Walking the High Desert"

2020, Ellen Waterston

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"The Overstory: A Novel"

2019, Richard Powers

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"Climate-A New Story"

2018, Charles Eisenstein

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"Forest Blood"

1999, Jeff Golden

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"The Hidden Life of Trees"

 

By Peter Wohlleben

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"To Speak for the Trees" 

2019, Diana Beresford-Kroeger

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Douglas Fir: The Story of the West’s Most Remarkable Tree

2020, Stephen Arno (Author), Carl Fiedler (Author), Zoe Keller (Illustrator)

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Money Trees : The Douglas Fir and American Forestry, 1900-1944 

 

2015, Emily Brock

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"Real Gardens Grow Natives"

2014, Eileen Stark

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"Bottled and Sold - The Story Behind our Obsession with Bottled Water" 

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2010, Peter Gleik 

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VIDEOS

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"Climate activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot" - Nature Now

2020

"Judi Dench My Passion for Trees" - BBC and YouTube

2017

​"Timber Wars" - OPB Podcast Episodes

Announcer - Dave Miller? 

"Timber Wars" - Trailer Episode Guide and additional links at bottom 

 

"How Trees Talk to Each Other" 

2016, Suzanne Simard, Ph.D.

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"Nature's Internet: How Trees Talk to Each Other in a Healthy Forest" 

2017, Suzanne Simard, Ph.D.

 

OTHER

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"The Secret Life of Trees" (audio course)

2018, By the Center of Excellence

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Resources List - Lake Oswego Sustainability Network

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Resource List - Oswego Lake Watershed Council

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