Ashley D’Souza dives into how urban neighborhoods can improve their tree canopy

MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing student Ashley D’Souza reports on the challenges of growing trees in urban neighborhoods like North Brookline, Mass., where they’re not tied in to their native ecosystems. One successful approach? Create those native ecosytems in small spaces — as small as 3 square meters — and replicate the three-tier system of natural forests.

Listen at Brookline.News.