Put the trees
back in the
streets.

I.

A street without trees is not a street.

It is an open-air oven. We are taking it back, meter by meter, root by root.

II.

Shade is infrastructure.

It cools cities by ten degrees. It saves lives. It costs less than asphalt. Plant accordingly.

III.

A tree is a hundred-year promise.

We plant for future generations. This is the opposite of an air conditioner.

IV.

Beauty is not optional.

A city worth living in is a city worth walking through. The tree is the oldest, simplest, most honest piece of urban furniture we have.

V.

The forest must not hide the tree.

Urban forests are good. Parks are good. But they do not shade the pavement where you walk.

VI.

No more excuses.

The pipes. The leaves. The neighbours. The listed facades. No reason holds in a city at fifty degrees.

VII.

There is no time to wait.

A tree takes twenty years to cast shade. Plant today, your children will thank you. Wait, and they will blame you.

VIII.

This is a question of justice.

Heat hits hardest those with no garden, no air conditioning, no country house. The hottest streets are almost always the least green. That is not an accident. Every street deserves its trees.

IX.

Plant now, not tomorrow.

Not when everything is perfect. Not when budgets allow. Not when a full plan exists. Now. Here. Because every year lost does not come back.