
Eva Kunzova




There is absolutely no shade here!






People loved to spend time here, especially in summer when they could escape the heat and rush of city life.
And spend afternoons playing and picnicking in the crisp air of the forest.

Leaving only solitary trees here and there.



FX: Screech
Kiki: Well, maybe nobody knows about it.
Maybe nobody got the idea! Maybe you should do it!





Kiki: Wait!





Luna: Couldn’t you tell me on the bus?

Luna: no, I actually say …
Kiki: … we are going to solve this heat problem by bringing back trees and providing this cool tree shade to everyone on this bus stop.


…and I don’t think you can just walk around planting trees with no plan.
Kiki: But I actually have a plan.

Kiki: Come on, I know where to start…
Luna: but…

Garden Center



step 2 plant a tree,
step 3 enjoy our new cool bus stop

Luna: …sigh…
Only you can call that a plan.
Do you at least know what kind of tree we should get?


I’m sure any kind will do.

It will change our bus stop into one from folk tales.

Cap: Back on the bus stop

but once it grows a bit…
Kiki: …people will really enjoy it.
Luna: I wish. But I see a couple of problems with this plan.





Kiki: Oh, no! What’s happened?!!



I’ve been reading about trees in cities…

Luna: Turns out, cities are quite a specific type of habitat.
It gets really hot in summer and freezes in winter..

Luna: And rainwater just washes over concrete…
… if there aren’t any other trees to hold it in the ground, it’s gonna mean drought for most of the plants.

We just need to pick species that can tolerate these extreme conditions.



Plus you didn’t even give me a chance to look it up.

Do you know which tree we should buy this time?

Luna: I have also found out that city…
Kiki: Great! You tell me on a way!
Luna:Where we going?

Cap: One trip to Garden Center later…

You know, when we work together, we can get stuff done.
Luna: You know, I was thinking…

Neighbor: Finally, someone taking the matter into their own hands.






Luna: Well, that was nice to hear. But I still feel like you are getting me into trouble.






Policeman: Well, in that case, I have to ask you to remove it.

Kiki: But we are planting it for the public! So, everyone can hide in its shade. Did you know that trees in cities can….

Kiki: But… but how it is gonna change then?

Policeman: Well… I guess I can give you a week before I report it.
If you have a permit by then, it stays.



Luna: Me? I’m going with you, but isn’t this your plan?
Kiki: But you know so much about cities and governing. Please, you are so much better at speaking with officials.
Luna: Oh, come on. You can do this. Just be calm and reasonable and you’ll be fine.





Bureaucrat: How far trees can be from roads, buildings, wiring.

Bureaucrat: And so on. As you can see, it can be quite complex and we would really appreciate if you would stop your random planting mission.

Luna: fine

Luna: But the city does not use the bus stop, people do!




Burraeucrat: Fine.









Kiki, Luna: Hey! Hey!
FX:Vrrrrrrrrr

Hey! Stop!

Guy: Oh, what’s going on?


Guy: What tree? oh…

It must have been so small that I didn’t notice.


Luna: Kiki!
Kiki: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WORK WE PUT INTO THIS….
Luna: Kiki, don’t!



Kiki: Go ahead. Tell me what I’ve done wrong this time.
Luna: I.. don’t know.


Little boy: Dad? Why did they cut the tree?

Old Lady: Unbelievable! Everytime someone tries to bring a bit of life here some blockhead has to destroy it.

Neighbor: Who’s done this? We finally could have some shade here! Only if I would have known.


Luna: yeah..

We found the right species.
We got the permit but…
Kiki: …we forgot to include them!


Kiki: Where you going?
Luna: To plant a tree!


Cap: Only a few animal species can comfortably live in the cities, most of the local wildlife usually avoid them.
Cap: But well-connected green infrastructure can provide shelter and food even for more sensitive species and increase local biodiversity.

Cap: Might be hard to escape constant city noise, however, dense tree and shrub growth can serve as effective noise barriers to not only deflect but also absorb the sounds of streets.





Neighbor: I’ve been saying this the whole time. The whole street should have been green street




Kiki: Luckily, I had someone who knew how to actually do it.



