Plant Happy New Trees for your Christmas tree with Urban Street Forest!
Urban neighborhoods with high-rise concrete buildings are often gray and drab. Urban Street Forest works to color cities with the planting of vertical forests. We do this by planting trees on the balconies of high-rise apartment buildings. We accomplish this by involving the people who live there, local shops, and local organizations.
For every tree planted on a balcony in your neighborhood, a tree is planted in the developing world to combat desertification. We do this together with the local farmers to help make their lands fertile again. In effect farmers can improve their living and bring more products to market.
First recording in the USF Camper (video)
Amsterdam 2018
Spain 2018
Spain 2018 (video)
Amsterdam 2017
Barcelona 2017
Berlin 2016
Berlin 2016 (video)
Adis Abeba 2016
Rotterdam 2016
Amsterdam 2016
Arnhem 2016
Arnhem 2016 (video)
Amsterdam 2014
Amsterdam 2014 (video)
TEDx Maastricht (video)
Do you want a tree on your own balcony and at the same time help combating desertification?
For every tree you buy, we plant a tree in dry areas.
The inspiration for the project came from Friedensreich Hundertwasser, this Austrian artist came up with the concept 'The Tree Tenant'. This is a tree that grows outwards from an inner balcony and improves the living environment in the city.
trees are essential for the health of man, animal and environment
trees attract birds & butterflies
trees produce oxygen
trees purify the air
trees add colour to the neighbourhood
more green reduces stress
trees reduce street noise
Loss of fertile soil is a major problem around the world. About 30% of the Earth’s surface is degraded.Natural areas along with farmland both suffer due to the washing away of the fertile topsoil, caused by deforestation. Loss of topsoil results in failed crop harvests and food insecurity.
But our situation is not hopeless. Planting trees is the first step in the right direction to restoring healthy soil. With the strategic planting of trees along with the building of small dams, fertile soil will be rebuilt and retained. Areas once vacant of plants can become productive again within 10-15 years.
By working together with nature and farmers to address both their needs, we help to reclaim local economies by reclaiming the fertile soil.
We are proud to partner with Trees for the Future. They plant trees in developing countries, together with local communities. This enables them to restore the landscape, grow more food and build a sustainable future.
Visit www.treesforthefuture.org for more information.
trees planted by Urban Street Forest since 2015
Raymond
Co-founder, Concept & Landscape Restoration
Jochem
Chairman & Technical Advisor
Nina
Treasurer & Management
Andrea
Secretary & Project Organisation
Hanna
Project organization & Education
Harm
Project organization & Carbon Karma
Chris
Graphic Design
Luc
Web development
Anouk
Filmmaker & Communication
Beatrice
Co-founder
Melissa
Social Media
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We Love Recycled provides sustainable printing on recycled and FSC certified paper.
Van Hall Larenstein University educates high quality, ambitious and innovative professionals who contribute to a sustainable world.
Inspires and supports municipalities to the implementation of sustainable development goals.
Sustainable, social and accessible screen printing in Amsterdam.
Donkergroen designs, realises and manages living environments with sustainable respect for people and the environment.
Location management for film & TV.
Foundation Urban Street Forest uses vertical greening in cities as a tool to plant as many trees as possible in developing countries for the benefit of large-scale landscape restoration in the fight against desertification.
Vertical greening in cities is realised by means of trees and plants on balconies. For each tree on the balcony, at least one is planted in a developing country. Planting in developing countries is done together with local farmers in Agroforestry projects.
Foundation Urban Street Forest
info@urbanstreetforest.com
+31 (0)6 50883834
Bestevâerstraat 24 - 4
1056HE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
