When Summer Heat Strikes, Where’s Your Shade?
On a July afternoon in north Tulsa, temperatures soared past 95°F, baking asphalt until it felt like walking on a griddle. Beneath that relentless sun, a group of high‑schoolers knelt in the dirt along Peoria Avenue, sweat dripping from their brows as they gently lowered tiny tree saplings into fresh holes. They were part of GreenTree Tulsa, a youth‑driven program dedicated to expanding Tulsa’s canopy, and making our streets livable again.
