S4E2 — Planting 500 Million Trees in Five Years in Neighborhoods and Forests of Greatest Need with Ben Wilinsky of the Arbor Day Foundation

Dr. Nadina Galle is joined by Ben Wilinsky, Director of Partnerships and Innovation at the Arbor Day Foundation, to discuss how the Arbor Day Foundation is planting 500 million trees in five years to celebrate its 50th anniversary, how they’ll target their tree-planting efforts in neighborhoods and forests of greatest need, the role NatureQuant’s NatureScore™ data will play, why Ben is optimistic about greening communities, and which technologies he thinks will realize the Arbor Day Foundation’s mission to “inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees”. This podcast episode was brought to you by The Nature Conservancy's global coalition — Nature4Climate. Follow Nadina and the Internet of Nature Podcast on all social platforms: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/internetofnature_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadinagalle/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/earthtonadina

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Can nature and technology — long viewed as opposing forces — work together to create liveable cities and improve public health? Dr. Nadina Galle is an ecological engineer on a mission to find out. Join her every Wednesday as she interviews top thought-leaders & entrepreneurs on their technologies for building greener, healthier, and smarter communities. Each episode contains powerful stories behind the innovator, delves into questions usually shied away from, and explores where the internet and nature converge.