Public Services Careers (PSCD)
Child Care Professional
How will we facilitate a viable connection with trees for young children?
How can tree conservation and protection practices be modeled to children in our daily operations?
How will we create an environment for young children that fosters stewardship of the natural world?
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
How can we best meet the challenges that will result from our unsustainable tree practices (droughts, fires, and natural disasters)
How can we work with communities to build tree resilience?
The New American Landscape by
Gardeners are the front line of defense in our struggle to tackle the problems of global warming, loss of habitat, water shortages, and shrinking biodiversity. In The New American Landscape, author and editor Thomas Christopher brings together the best thinkers on the topic of gardening sustainably, and asks them to describe the future of the sustainable landscape. The discussion unfolds from there, and what results is a collective vision as eloquent as it is diverse. The New American Landscape offers designers a roadmap to a beautiful garden that improves, not degrades the environment. It's a provocative manifesto about the important role gardens play in creating a more sustainable future that no professional garden designer can afford to miss. John Greenlee and Neil Diboll on the new American meadow garden Rick Darke on balancing natives and exotics in the garden Doug Tallamy on landscapes that welcome wildlife Eric Toensmeier on the sustainable edible garden David Wolfe on gardening sustainable with a changing climate Elaine Ingham on managing soil health David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth on sustainable pest solutions Ed Snodgrass and Linda McIntyre on green roofs in the sustainable residential landscape Thomas Christopher on waterwise gardens Toby Hemenway on whole system garden design The Sustainable Site Initiative on the managing the home landscape as a sustainable site
Life Sciences (LIFD)
How can the Life Sciences be used to analyze information to conserve and protect trees?
How can the Life Sciences be used to design systems that conserve and protect trees?
How is society’s ability to understand and make good decisions about tree issues affected by its understanding of the Life Sciences?
Mathematics (MTHD)
How can mathematics be used to analyze information to create a sustainable society?
How can mathematics be used to design sustainable systems?
How is society’s ability to understand and make good decisions about water issues affected by its understanding of Mathematics?
Nursing & Allied Health (NHSD), Allied Health (ALHD)
How can nurses and health professionals be more sustainable in daily operations?
How nurses and health professionals educate people about sustainability?
Physical Sciences (PHYD)
How can the Physical Sciences be used to analyze information to create a sustainable society?
How can the Physical Sciences be used to design sustainable systems?
How is society’s ability to understand and make good decisions about water issues affected by its understanding of the Physical Sciences?
Academic and Career Skills (ACSD)
How can we live in a way that conserves and protects trees?
What careers will help assure tree quality?
Behavioral Science (BEHD)
How can people be motivated to change their behaviors regarding trees?
How can we build communities that will be resilient in the face of droughts, fires, floods, hurricanes, and natural disasters?
English/Writing (ENGD)
How can we build communities that will be resilient in the face of droughts, fires, floods, hurricanes, and natural disasters?
How can writing motivate people to change their behaviors with regard to trees?
What books and other writing have motivated you to conserves and protect trees?
Foreign Languages (FLGD)
In what ways do other cultures conserve and protect trees?
How do the forest practices in the U.S. affect other cultures?
How have other cultures dealt with tree crisis?
Humanities (HUMD)
How communication professionals educate people about trees?
Performing Arts (PERD)
How can music, dance and theater motivate people to conserve and protect trees?
What music, dances, and theater have motivated you to conserve and protect trees?
Social Science (SSCD)
How have cultures dealt with tree/forest issues in the past?
What kind of economic systems promote conservation and protection of trees?
How can the political system be used to conserve and protect trees?
Automotive Body (ABDD), Automotive Services (AUTD), Motorcycle Technology (MOTD)
How can we service and customize vehicles in a sustainable way?
What new technologies can help us work more sustainably?
Construction Institute (CIND), Heating, Ventilation and A/C (HVAD)
How can we do our jobs in a sustainable way?
What new technologies can be used that will give us a more sustainable end result?
Industrial Technology (INTD)
How can we make products in a sustainable way?
What new technologies can help us live more sustainably?
Welding and Fabrication (WAFD)
How can we do our jobs in a sustainable way?
What new technologies can be used that will give us a more sustainable end result?
State of the World's Forests 2014 by
Across the world, forests, trees on farms, and agroforestry systems play a crucial role in the livelihoods of rural people by providing employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services. They have tremendous potential to contribute to sustainable development and to a greener economy. Yet clear evidence of this has been lacking. This evidence is critical to inform policies on forest management and use, and to ensure that the benefits from forests are recognized in the post-2015 development agenda, not only with respect to the environment, but also for their contributions to broader social issues. This edition of FAO's State of the World's Forests report (SOFO 2014) addresses this knowledge gap by systematically gathering and analyzing available data on forests' contributions to people's livelihoods, food, health, shelter and energy needs. Crucially, the report also suggests how information might be improved and policies adjusted, so that the socioeconomic benefits from forests can be enhanced in the future.
Business (BUSD), Business Office Systems (BOS)
How can businesses operate in a way that conserves and protect trees?
How can the corporate culture be transformed to make decisions that include trees?
How would conserving and protecting the safety of trees affect a business’s bottom line (or triple bottom line?)
Computer Instruction (CISD)
How can computer professionals design computer systems that conserve and protect trees?
Culinary and Hospitality Management (CHMD)
Digital Media Arts (DMAD)
How can digital media arts be done in a way that conserves and protects trees?
How can digital media arts be used to educate people about trees?
Parks, Plants, and People by
An internationally renowned public garden designer, with 27 years’ experience and an artist’s eye, Lynden Miller has changed the face of New York City’s public places by providing a connection with nature for neighborhoods, rich and poor. Parks, Plants and People describes the elements of successful public space and tells how to design, improve and maintain year-round plantings, how to advocate for increased public funding and how to attract private dollars. She calls on the general public, gardeners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects and public officials—everyone who cares about the quality of life in urban areas—to create and support well-planted parks and gardens as essential urban oases that reduce crime and have positive effects on the economic welfare of cities and their citizens. Miller demonstrates the power of plants to soften and civilize public life and proves that beautiful public spaces, planted and maintained to high standards, have the power to transform the way people behave and feel about their cities. Her motto is: Make it gorgeous and they will come. Keep it that way and they will help.