Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it’s hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city. That’s where micro-forests come into play — public forests on a smaller scale, filled with native plants.
Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But it’s hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city.
That’s where micro-forests come into play — public forests on a smaller scale, filled with native plants. They exist around the world, and producer Rachel Carlson went to visit the largest micro-forest in California in this encore episode. She joins host Emily Kwong to chat about what she saw.
Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5843175/nx-s1-mx-5843175-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">This tiny forest in Los Angeles, CA is one of many micro-forests around the world offering green space and contributing to local biodiversity. Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health.
But it's hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city. That's where micro-forests come into play — public forests on a smaller scale, filled with native plants. They exist around the world, and producer Rachel Carlson went to visit the largest micro-forest in California in this encore episode. She joins host Emily Kwong to chat about what she saw.
Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at This episode was produced by Hannah Chinn. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Tyler Jones checked the facts. The audio engineer was Jimmy Keeley.
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