Cool the City

Cool the City has been a member of Linktree for 1 year and joined in July 2025. The social media accounts linked to from Cool the City are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube Besides social media accounts, coolthecity has populated their site with: • Happily Natural: Dirt Therapy • Happily Natural • Groundwork RVA • Groundwork RVA: Volunteer Opportunities • Southside ReLeaf • Southside ReLeaf: Volunteer Opportunities • Virginia Interfaith Power and Light • Virginia Interfaith Power and Light: Volunteer Opportunities • City of Richmond Office of Sustainability • Office of Sustainability: Upcoming Events • City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities • Department of Parks and Rec: Volunteer Opportunities • Cool the City Community Forum - Let’s Play a Game to Reduce Extreme Heat! — Southside ReLeaf • Roy West Park Tree Planting Party | Virginia Interfaith Power & Light Powerbase • Tree Watering Flyer - Spanish & English • All About Trees • How to Plant a Tree • Benefits of Trees in Communities • CFengage | International Day of Forests 2026 at Ernest Rd. Park • Tree Planting - Alice Fitz Playground — RVAgreen 2050 • Blackwell Community Garden Volunteer Workday — RVAgreen 2050 • Boushall Middle School Tree Maintenance Workday — RVAgreen 2050 • Richmond Tree Plan Pop Up — DPW - Urban Forestry • Plant Trees in Highland Grove — Groundwork RVA • Cool the City Tree Giveaway — Southside ReLeaf • Earth Day Tree Giveaway — Virginia Interfaith Power & Light Powerbase • Second Baptist Church Tree Giveaway — Virginia Interfaith Power & Light • Third Street Bethel AME Tree Giveaway — Virginia Interfaith Power & Light • Foro de Cool the City en Español – Southside ReLeaf • Green Infrastructure & Arbor Care Apprenticeship — Groundwork RVA • Here's What Being Outside Can Do for Your Health • Green Space is Good for Mental Health • Blackwell Park Maintenance Day — Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities • Community Tree Care Day - Bill Robinson Park — 8/1 • Community Tree Care Day - Roy West Park — 8/4 • Community Tree Care Day - Jefferson Park — 8/5 • Community Tree Care Day - Roy West Park — 8/8 • Community Tree Care Day - Bill Robinson Park — 8/20 • Richmond Cool Kit — RVAgreen 2050 • What Extreme Heat Means for State Budgets | The Pew Charitable Trusts • Climate change is making schoolyard play dangerously hot. California has a solution : NPR • Three Ways Schoolyards Address Climate Change - Trust for Public Land • The Problem with Hot Schoolyards and Classrooms | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation • Keeping kids safe in extreme heat — Harvard Gazette • It’s getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds, and schools aren’t ready - The Washington Post • innovation.luskin.ucla.edu • Heat and Learning - American Economic Association • Cool the City Website • City of Richmond Department of Public Works - Urban Forestry • Urban Greening Maintenance and Operations Crew Supervisor • Tree Giveaway at TMC Community Hub — 9/12 • Community Tree Planting in Highland Grove — 10/10 • Green space may improve young children's mental health • Cool the City Resources • Richmond Sustainability & Resilience Commission • Richmond Urban Forestry Commission