Trees are phenomenal. Not only do they look lovely, bringing bursts of color to your morning walk, but they support your home, your health, your neighborhood, and your environment. As the seasons change to fall, think about planting a tree, for it’s the best time of year to do so. The following are three benefits of planting a tree:
Cool the earth and your home
Trees, and the shade they provide, have the power to decrease surrounding temperatures by several degrees. When you plant a tree, not only do you lower the financial costs associated with higher temperatures, such as air conditioning, you lower the urban heat-island effect causing rising temperatures in urban areas.
Boost the health of your neighbors and local wildlife
In addition to lowering surrounding temperatures, trees absorb excess carbon dioxide, making the air healthier to breathe. Trees also filter out noise and light pollution, making your space, and your neighbor’s, more peaceful.
As for your local critters, trees contribute to the very habitat in which they live. When you plant a tree, be sure to choose one that is native to your area, for these will be most suitable for the native species.
Bring peace and privacy
In this article, you’ll learn that even smelling the chemicals that trees release, or shinrin-yoku as it is called, has the capacity to lower stress hormones (and increase white blood cells). Trees promote peace on a chemical level, and in a physical sense; they bring us closer to what is concrete and real and promote privacy and calm when placed where needed on a landscape.
Trees are powerful in their ability to improve the lives of those around them. From a cellular to global, trees can create change, it just takes one person to plant one for that change to come into effect.