Guardian Australia · Trees and forests

‘Like caring for a pet’: the open-source tree map inspiring Berliners to water their urban forest

· By Emma Snaith
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Gieß den Kiez app shows trees in critical need of watering and can be adopted by other heat-stressed cities around the worldAmanda Gläser-Bligh sometimes attracts puzzled looks when she goes to water the eight-year-old street tree she has adopted outside her door in Charlottenburg, Berlin.“I named her Linda the lind…

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