Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting. Read more about Christine E. Carmichael & Maureen H. McDonough's important work (#SNR Volume 32, Issue 5). https://t.co/cBnm8MzsEZ and https://t.co/NtMz1AepR9.
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Carmichael & McDonough (2019) interviewed residents and found their resistance was rooted in “heritage narratives”—it’s not that they didn’t trust the trees; they didn’t trust the city. Residents linked reforestation with Detroit’s painful racist histo
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Residents often want more involvement in what types of trees are planted, where they're planted, and more decision-making power in general. Tree planting that does not shift power to communities represent environmental injustice: https://t.co/v3uvExxwhH
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New #UrbanForestry article on the drawbacks (perceived and real) of urban trees. Related: this 2019 article on why many Detroit residents refused a free tree-planting program. https://t.co/uAa73dfwDq