Youth collected their own and family member’s stories about their favorite trees as they consider the roles of trees in climate change and in our daily living and wellbeing.
D: “My favorite tree is a hickory tree. And I liked the tree because I could climb it and have lots of fun. There used to be a hickory tree near my grandma’s house, but she decided to cut the tree down because it might fall on her house. One old lady in my neighborhood died because a tree fell on her house and her tree was taller than her house from the storms.”
C: “Hi my name is C and my favorite tree is the apple tree. Why my favorite tree is the apple tree because we get to pick up it and after I wash up and then we get to eat it. I go to my aunt’s house mostly on Sundays. She has an apple tree at the backyard. We go to the backyard to pick them and then we wash them and sometimes we send them away or we eat them. Apple trees give me funny memories and that’s why I love the apple tree.”
