There's an army taking to Mexico City's streets — the Tree Army. And its goal is to protect and enhance Mexico City's urban canopy. The Tree Army is an offshoot of work by a longtime activist who built up a social media following with humorous videos tackling the irritations of everyday life in the city.
There’s an army taking to Mexico City ’s streets — The Tree Army. Founder, Arturo Hernández, cruises the city on his skateboard looking for acts of tree vandalism that can range from illegal cutting to people pouring concrete on a tree’s roots. Arturo Hernandez, second from right, poses next to members of The Tree Army, a group that works to improve the urban forest, after breaking concrete placed on the roots of a tree in Mexico City , Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.
This is El Ejercito de Arboles — The Tree Army — and Hernández is El Comandante, its commander. Hernández, a community activist who developed a following over years of tackling the city’s problems in humorous online posts, launched The Tree Army in May in response to growing complaints from his followers about vandalized trees in their neighborhoods.
He said he’s responded to about a dozen cases of tree vandalism since starting the group, and now fields more than 15 messages a day from people reporting vandalized trees throughout the city. Common complaints include businesses cutting down trees to improve their visibility, people incorrectly trimming trees and people pouring concrete over the soil at a tree’s base, perhaps to add parking or to avoid maintenance headaches like picking up after dogs or clearing out litter.
“Do one of you guys want to take a swing?” Hernández said to the observers. “The people that are most affected by this is you.” Fanny Ruiz Palacios, a spokeswoman for the city’s Secretariat of the Environment, said the city has developed programs to care for trees, but that care along secondary roads depends on the various borough governments.
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