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I’d learnt in TreePeople’s seminar(培训班) about the critical role of trees in removing smog from the
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, cooling our homes and preventing water runoff.
Strange
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it may seem, some people are afraid of trees. “The roots destroy sidewalks,” one neighbor said, “
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will ruin my pipes. And I don’t want leaves.”
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told me.
When I called Andy about the
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I was getting from my neighbors, he encouraged me to keep trying. So my son and my wife delivered cookies while I went door to door. It
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us half a year to sign permission forms from 16 neighbors for 21 trees.
When the big day arrived, I was excited and
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. What if I threw a planting tree and
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else came? But as I set out shovels(铁铲), my son and wife made cakes and doughnuts,
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started to gather. Friends brought friends. Neighbors came with cousins and grandchildren. A local middle school even
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with half the seventh grade. More than 300 people joined us.
Then Andy led us in a
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: welcoming each tree into the world and
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