Yard
Your lawn can be part of the solution. Our yards and open spaces have the potential to capture and store greenhouse gas emissions — or act as “carbon sinks” – and can serve as critical eco-system connectors for birds and wildlife.
Our trees provide shade and absorb thousands of gallons of stormwater per tree.
BRING YOUR YARD TO LIFE:
QUICK FACTS:
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ROOT FOR TREES.
A single mature White Oak tree has the potential to store about 2,000 pounds of greenhouses gases and intercept nearly 24,000 gallons of stormwater each year. It also gives us oxygen.
RAKE IT IN.
One analysis found that a commercial gas-powered leaf blower emits the same pollutants as a Toyota Camry on an 1100-mile drive.
THE PRINCETON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
Trees are the lungs of our earth.
Every year, the growing trees in Princeton capture and store about 4% of our emissions — let’s keep them healthy so they can do their job.
We’ve paved paradise.
As of 2012, 14% of Princeton’s landscape is impervious, or unable to effectively absorb rainfall. All of our driveways, roads, parking lots, rooftops and sidewalks add up, leading to increased floodwaters during heavy rains. Fortunately, there’s an answer, and it’s called green infrastructure.
Learn more.
The Princeton Climate Action Plan identifies multiple strategies to protect and enhance local natural resources and our tree canopy.
