Depaving and regreening desperately needed now! 👇
Europe’s heatwave is not showing signs of breaking. We can no longer debate whether or not to make drastic changes.
Paris’ Place de Catalogne is a perfect example of how heat-generating road space can be replaced with an urban forest for water capture, shade and cooling in this formerly hard space.
Paris’ Place de Catalogne is a perfect example of how heat-generating road space can be replaced with an urban forest for water capture, shade and cooling in this formerly hard space.
July 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Depaving and regreening desperately needed now! 👇
managed to get three TV stations out to this depaving event today, and I'm extra excited about that because i really like this project
Today we worked with Multnomah County Public Health to train a job skills crew of formerly unhoused neighbors from Cultivate Initiatives on how to depave for planting trees in parking lots.
Depave Event on Oct. 02, 2026 Photography by Motoya Nakamura/ Multnomah County
Multnomah County Health Department, Depave, and Cultivate Initiatives worked together to remove and haul away 500 sq. ft. (two to three parking spaces) of asphalt at Central City Concern’s Evergreen C...
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October 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
managed to get three TV stations out to this depaving event today, and I'm extra excited about that because i really like this project
depaving streets and parking spaces for micro forests and urban heat island mitigation ftw
April 15, 2026 at 11:50 AM
depaving streets and parking spaces for micro forests and urban heat island mitigation ftw
Needs depaving desperately.
July 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Needs depaving desperately.
#depaving is the only path forward
Paris plans to swap cars for trees in a bold climate push
By 2030, Paris aims to remove 60,000 parking spaces, replacing them with trees and green spaces to combat urban heat and reduce car dependence.
www.dailyclimate.org/paris-plans-...
By 2030, Paris aims to remove 60,000 parking spaces, replacing them with trees and green spaces to combat urban heat and reduce car dependence.
www.dailyclimate.org/paris-plans-...
Paris plans to swap cars for trees in a bold climate push
By 2030, Paris aims to remove 60,000 parking spaces, replacing them with trees and green spaces to combat urban heat and reduce car dependence.Feargus O'Sullivan reports for Bloomberg.In short:Paris’ ...
www.dailyclimate.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:56 AM
#depaving is the only path forward
I spoke to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes this morning and he told me that we need to ban cars, federally subsidize public transit and ebikes, and begin immediately depaving all road widening projects that happened in the last 50 years.
July 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I spoke to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes this morning and he told me that we need to ban cars, federally subsidize public transit and ebikes, and begin immediately depaving all road widening projects that happened in the last 50 years.
When we have the power to do so, I think the strategy should be to aggressively go after on-street parking. We should be depaving and reforesting the curb zone to see who’s a genuine tree advocate and who’s just using it to block housing.
September 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
When we have the power to do so, I think the strategy should be to aggressively go after on-street parking. We should be depaving and reforesting the curb zone to see who’s a genuine tree advocate and who’s just using it to block housing.
days like today are a great reminder that portland should be
a) planting as many shade-giving, low water trees as possible
b) setting annual targets for depaving asphalt
c) expediting getting heat pumps into homes, especially for seniors/others vulnerable
d) not spending billions to widen a freeway
a) planting as many shade-giving, low water trees as possible
b) setting annual targets for depaving asphalt
c) expediting getting heat pumps into homes, especially for seniors/others vulnerable
d) not spending billions to widen a freeway
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
days like today are a great reminder that portland should be
a) planting as many shade-giving, low water trees as possible
b) setting annual targets for depaving asphalt
c) expediting getting heat pumps into homes, especially for seniors/others vulnerable
d) not spending billions to widen a freeway
a) planting as many shade-giving, low water trees as possible
b) setting annual targets for depaving asphalt
c) expediting getting heat pumps into homes, especially for seniors/others vulnerable
d) not spending billions to widen a freeway
Depaving is called milling. :P
March 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Depaving is called milling. :P
@connectingcabra.bsky.social doing great work in Cabra depaving driveways and adding greenery and plants instead.
“By not opting for a tarmacked driveway or replanting the existing one, households can help cool their streets, protect vulnerable neighbours and reclaim a piece of Britain’s vanishing green heritage.”
How the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night-time heat
There’s a growing trend to pave over front gardens.
theconversation.com
July 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
@connectingcabra.bsky.social doing great work in Cabra depaving driveways and adding greenery and plants instead.
We are not prepared for all the climate impacts already happening and all the additional impacts still to come.
We need to start depaving as much as possible, because this flooding is worsened by all the impervious surface of roadways and parking lots.
We need to start depaving as much as possible, because this flooding is worsened by all the impervious surface of roadways and parking lots.
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We are not prepared for all the climate impacts already happening and all the additional impacts still to come.
We need to start depaving as much as possible, because this flooding is worsened by all the impervious surface of roadways and parking lots.
We need to start depaving as much as possible, because this flooding is worsened by all the impervious surface of roadways and parking lots.
CM Eddie Lin: "As I think about what is causing climate change and what we can do here, our top greenhouse gas emission in the city is transportation."
"I look forward to proposals for depaving many parts of our city."
"I look forward to proposals for depaving many parts of our city."
July 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
CM Eddie Lin: "As I think about what is causing climate change and what we can do here, our top greenhouse gas emission in the city is transportation."
"I look forward to proposals for depaving many parts of our city."
"I look forward to proposals for depaving many parts of our city."
Greening, depaving and placemaking at key greenway intersections.
May 28, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Greening, depaving and placemaking at key greenway intersections.
We don’t talk enough about the depaving work that’s going on cumberlandrivercompact.org/depave-consu...
September 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We don’t talk enough about the depaving work that’s going on cumberlandrivercompact.org/depave-consu...
"Depaving, to me is, like, one of those things too, where you can, in three hours, see the fruits of your labor."
www.alleghenyfront.org/depaving-cli...
www.alleghenyfront.org/depaving-cli...
"Depaving" the way to greener neighborhoods
People are digging up pavement to prevent flooding by giving stormwater a place to soak into the ground and to lower temperatures.
www.alleghenyfront.org
May 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"Depaving, to me is, like, one of those things too, where you can, in three hours, see the fruits of your labor."
www.alleghenyfront.org/depaving-cli...
www.alleghenyfront.org/depaving-cli...
Depaving Paradise's turn to parking lots.
Did you know you can grow a forest in a parking lot? 🌳
The Miyawaki method is a 50-year-old Japanese planting technique that speeds up forest growth by planting native species close together in prepared soil. What normally takes decades or centuries can happen in just a few years.
The Miyawaki method is a 50-year-old Japanese planting technique that speeds up forest growth by planting native species close together in prepared soil. What normally takes decades or centuries can happen in just a few years.
July 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Depaving Paradise's turn to parking lots.
Melrose is in an alluvial plain and crosses multiple seasonal waterways. Water Always Wins (and Uplift Melrose depaving could have alleviated the severity of this event)
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February 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Melrose is in an alluvial plain and crosses multiple seasonal waterways. Water Always Wins (and Uplift Melrose depaving could have alleviated the severity of this event)
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bike bus groups are a Trojan horse for depaving
June 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
bike bus groups are a Trojan horse for depaving
June 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
just got to chat about depaving with some folks in the NYC mayor's office, my message of course was GO BIG YOU HAVE MAMDANI DEPAVE YOUR ENTIRE CITY GO GO GO LFG
September 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
just got to chat about depaving with some folks in the NYC mayor's office, my message of course was GO BIG YOU HAVE MAMDANI DEPAVE YOUR ENTIRE CITY GO GO GO LFG
Every city should have a chief depaving officer whose annual salary is determined by how much he saved taxpayers in the past year by removing infrastructure burdens
December 5, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Every city should have a chief depaving officer whose annual salary is determined by how much he saved taxpayers in the past year by removing infrastructure burdens
Antwerp when depaving is rife
April 25, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Antwerp when depaving is rife
