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‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a local story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 2 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Gieß den Kiez app shows trees in critical need of watering and can be adopted by other heat-stressed cities around the world Amanda Gläser-Bligh sometimes attracts puzzled looks when she goes to water the eight-year-old street tree she has adopted outside her door in Charlottenburg, Berlin.
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty
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- The Guardian