Images from the book "Racist Roots" by Dr. Christine Carmichael
Figure 4. A neighborhood with a very low tree equity score in Detroit (34 out of 100 possible points). Looking at the left part of the map, you’ll see that this low score is because this neighborhood’s residents are 96% people of color, 79% of residents live in poverty (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau), the average surface temperature in this neighborhood is 93 degrees Fahrenheit, and their
Figure 5. A Jamboard created by tree-planting organizations in Rhode Island during a workshop on Zoom
Figure 6. To be truly equitable, it is important to leverage both in-person and virtual methods, as depicted in the Venn diagram.
Figure 7. Equity advantages of in-person and virtual methods of community engagement.
Figure 8. Example public survey questions to understand community members' perspectives on tree benefits and problems from TreePittsburgh.
Figure 9. Example of how to share community stories with trees with a wider audience. In this case, the National Association of State Foresters published videos of peoples' "Tree Stories" on their website.
Figure 10. Example of how to share community stories with trees with a wider audience. Tree Pittsburgh recorded and posted community members' tree stories on their YouTube channel.
Figure 11. Example of how to share community stories with trees with a wider audience. This image is from Holyoke, Massachusett's Urban Forest Equity Plan and depicts a resident with his favorite tree. He submitted this selfie as part of a "selfie contest" that city facilitated through their social media pages.
Figure 12. Image from TreePhilly Program, designed by AL McCullough (2019).
Figure 13. Percent of people living in nature-deprived areas, based on presence of children in the family.
Figure 14. To truly adapt to emerging challenges will require qualitative and quantitative indicators of success.
Figure 16. An illustration on how communities “spiral down,” starting with loss of jobs, and then how they can “spiral up,” starting with bringing together “outside expertise” and “internal wisdom” of community members (Emery and Flora, 2006).
Figure 17. Future advocacy efforts must focus on the intersection of social justice and environmentalism.