WEBVTT 00:00:02.780 --> 00:00:09.700 Trees. You love their beauty. You love the clean air they provide. And maybe most of 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:14.160 all you love their shade. But did you know we have a big problem here in 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:19.680 Albuquerque? We are losing the trees that provide our shade. 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:21.060 The last major tree 00:00:21.060 --> 00:00:26.640 planting effort happened in the 1930s with Governor Tingley. He sent out seeds 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:32.040 and seedlings all across the state to increase shade and mitigate heat, which 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:37.079 was a great idea. The problem was he was sending out an invasive species and 00:00:37.080 --> 00:00:40.260 those trees are nearing the natural end of their lifespan. 00:00:40.300 --> 00:00:43.100 All those trees are dying. 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:50.160 Why is this a problem? Heat. Our city is getting hotter. We have what is 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:54.510 called the urban heat island effect - hotter temperatures during the day, less 00:00:54.510 --> 00:00:57.700 cooling at night and a lot more air pollution. 00:00:58.160 --> 00:00:59.620 I think some of the things 00:00:59.620 --> 00:01:02.940 that we have inadvertently done in the last couple decades have a residual 00:01:02.940 --> 00:01:07.320 effect to what's being encountered now. You know hotter weather, longer hotter 00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:10.280 weather and it can be really uncomfortable as well. 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:11.280 We're in a crisis 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:15.600 right now with climate change. We all have to be diligent about every single 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:19.500 thing we're doing with respect to our environment. 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:21.440 What's the solution? 00:01:21.440 --> 00:01:23.820 Plant a tree. 00:01:23.820 --> 00:01:29.180 And then, plant another one. You can join The Nature Conservancy and its 00:01:29.189 --> 00:01:34.630 partners in a citywide urban forest initiative to plant 100,000 trees in 00:01:34.630 --> 00:01:40.990 the next ten years. That's one tree for every child in Albuquerque. Our tree planting 00:01:40.990 --> 00:01:46.330 campaign is a real opportunity to bring everybody together, all hands on deck, to 00:01:46.330 --> 00:01:50.799 plant the right tree in the right place. And transform our landscape to make sure 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:55.539 that our trees are providing shade, they're creating wildlife habitat and 00:01:55.539 --> 00:01:59.140 they're also going to save us water in the long run. 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:00.280 Communities are coming 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.330 together and planting trees in their public spaces, creating a healthier 00:02:04.330 --> 00:02:06.800 future for their neighborhoods. 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:11.000 [In Spanish] I do this mostly for the kids so they spend more 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:16.440 time outside playing and have shade when it's hot. 00:02:16.440 --> 00:02:19.500 Oh it's an amazing feeling. I mean I just feel wish 00:02:19.510 --> 00:02:24.010 that we just had more trees to plant today because we'd just plant all day and I 00:02:24.010 --> 00:02:25.720 hope that they have more events. 00:02:25.720 --> 00:02:29.280 I like that we get to bond and it helps the environment. 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:30.480 It was fun. 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:35.040 This is one of like the only opportunities we have here to 00:02:35.049 --> 00:02:42.370 bring nature back into our culture, in our urban areas. And with all the 00:02:42.370 --> 00:02:48.700 industry and everything it's good to add some new green into the area. 00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:51.489 The planting events that we've had have been amazing. 00:02:51.489 --> 00:02:56.440 We've had several hundred people come out over multiple days. All of these 00:02:56.440 --> 00:03:00.100 partners are coming together and we're all lending a hand because this problem is 00:03:00.100 --> 00:03:03.760 larger than any one of us can tackle alone. 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:05.599 Our citywide tree planting effort 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:07.580 is off to a great start. 00:03:07.580 --> 00:03:10.080 All we need is you. 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:11.689 If everybody could just take and 00:03:11.689 --> 00:03:16.360 plant one tree imagine what it could do for Albuquerque. 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:19.200 Plant a tree today. 00:03:19.720 --> 00:03:25.520 Visit nature.org/abq to learn how.