Edwina Robinson was driving through the brown landscape of south-eastern NSW in 2019 when she was struck with just how dry it had become.

Inspired to do something constructive, she came up with an idea to future-proof her own inner-north neighbourhood of Canberra by creating a micro-forest, in a bid to offset global warming in her urban environment.

Two years later, $70,000 has so far been raised by the enthusiastic local community, who got behind Ms Robinson's crowd-funded project.

A micro-forest is now flourishing in the suburb of Downer, while another has been financed for nearby Watson.

Three others are also now on the cards for Holt, Casey and Kambah.

The project is being watched closely by climate scientists looking for ways to help us cope with a warming planet.

Read the full article on the ABC News website, featuring Prof Peter Kanowski 

Photograph - Martin Kníže, Unsplash