Kansas City organization named Canopy Cover KC is giving away 1,000 free trees to its citizens to improve air quality and reduce heat. Their goal is to sell 10,000 by the Summer of 2026. Trees should be planted in this city.
According to Mongabay.com, “Everything humans have needed to survive, and thrive, was provided by the natural world around us”
The environment provides resources like oil, water, food and air. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the air, without them we would not have clean air to breathe. It takes about 15 trees to remove the carbon dioxide that one person releases in a day. A healthy environment is important for basic human thriving.
Canopy KC’s goal is to make a prettier city and also improve the quality of its environment. They predict that in 20 years, the annual value of Air Pollutants Absorbed will be around 11.1k pounds. Citizens can do their part in cleaning the air by being more mindful of the gas that they use, lessen the amount of open burning and caring for trees.
Canopy KC has a total of nine different types of native and climate-adapted trees to give away for citizens to plant at their homes.
“People need to care about the impact that they have on the environment, because it gives us all of our resources that we need to survive, without those, we wouldn’t be able to live as a human race,” AP Environmental Science Teacher Elise Carpenter said.
Liberty students can do their part by joining clubs like Key club or Edge RWL and sign up for community service. For example, picking up trash in parks. Edge RWL advocates for clean and healthy Missouri waters.
“It’s important for students to get involved because it can build a resume. It builds memories for yourself and for the kids,” senior Ramon Torres-Gomez said.
“You want to have a high school experience. You don’t want to be at home all day doing nothing. At least have a memory of you helping out the school or the community.”
Canopy Cover KC has already sold 5,500 trees previously in the Fall of 2023 and the Spring of 2024 and planted them. They have decided to continue on with their project to make KC the greenest city in the United States.
