I wrote this summary for English 100 on Amy Flemming’s article \u201cThe importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 2016 Guardian article \u201cThe importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees\u201d, Amy Flemming observes the multiple positive attributes trees have on our communities and physical and mental health. Flemming reviews a point Jones\u2019s stated about \u201cthe ecological services that trees provide\u201d including \u201c[cutting] down air conditioning use [and] heating energy\u201d significantly, leaving communities an invisible, cheaper alternative. (Flemming, 2) Public health expert William Bird elaborates the positive effects trees have on our brains and how \u201cthe parts of our brain we use change when we connect with nature\u201d. (Flemming, 4) Studies produced with an MRI found that natural outdoor settings \u201clight up\u201d the parts of the brain \u201cwhere empathy and altruism happen\u201d creating a positive experience and sense of peace. (Flemming, 4) Research forester, Geoffrey Donovan discusses the fact that whether trees are in your general vicinity could be \u201ca matter of life and death\u201d. (Flemming, 5) Donovan looks deeper into areas that have lost a magnitude of trees and detected \u201ca corresponding increase in human mortality\u201d (Flemming, 5) Amy Flemmings article provides insight discussing the multiple positive attributes trees have on our communities and physical and mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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