Join Families for Climate and 350PDX’s Forest Climate Manager Brenna Bell TONIGHT – Wednesday, April 13, at 5pm PT – to learn how you can take action for shade equity in Portland! Street trees are life-saving, and will be even more critical in the coming years of Climate Crisis. 🌲🌲🌲

👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/mv2mkcep

Portland neighborhoods that were redlined in the past still face deep systematic injustices today. These neighborhoods now lack street trees, adequate infrastructure, and other forms of support, leading to some of the hottest average temperatures in those areas. Increasing tree canopy is a key strategy for cooling these “urban heat islands,” improving livability and making communities more climate resilient. 

But there are currently barriers to planting and maintaining street trees in Portland – a key one being that local residents bear the costs. While the City acknowledges that lower income residents bear more financial burden in increasing Portland’s tree canopy, they aren’t seeking a solution.