non-profit organization is dedicated to educating communities about the environmental and social benefits provided by trees. They are also committed to planting thousands of trees throughout the state of Utah. The Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley has a high-school level course called Global Systems Science. The course focuses on a variety of topics including climate change and the greenhouse effect. The Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida, has previously offered a course, called "Systems sustainability: socially and economically viable environmental protection ". The course is an overview of connectivity, scales and networks, and various research methods, and includes a final research article & poster presentation. It is a service-learning class (students host a service event in addition to performing research funded by UCF Land Management & Natural Resources and the UCF Arboretum). One of the ongoing research projects executed by the class is the Urban Heat Island Study, as shown in this presentation from August 2015, and this presentation from November 2015 . Research is used by campus developers to ensure efficiency and sustainability on campus as the campus grows in attendance and area, and the UHI effect is recognized and discussed briefly in the UCF Urban Forestry Plan from 2015 (on page 11). Tree protection ordinances A variety of local governments have implemented tree and landscape ordinances, which will help communities by providing shade during summer. Tree protection is an ordinance that does not allow someone to prune or remove trees without a city permit. An example is the city of Glendale, California: Through the Indigenous Tree Ordinance, the city of Glendale protects the following species of trees, the California sycamore, the coast live oak, mesa oak, valley oak, scrub oak, California bay. Anyone who is planning on removing or trimming the trees has to obtain an indigenous tree permit. Within the permit they have to provide detailed information about the number of trees affected, trunk diameter and the health of the tree itself. They also have to submit photographs of the site, and a site plan sketch. Another example is the city of Berkeley, California. The tree protection ordinance prohibits the removal of coast live oak trees and any excessive pruning that can cause harm to the tree is also prohibited. The only exception is if the tree is poses a danger to life or limb and danger to the property. The city