If your organization uses Facebook or YouTube to reach the masses, then you should know that change is afoot. In March, Facebook will change all accounts to the new “timeline” profile style. Visitors to your organization’s page will see a whole new look. Make sure you’re ahead of the change by making updates to your page now. You can choose ...
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You’ve probably seen them before – that little black and white square on a magazine ad that looks vaguely like a barcode. It’s a Quick Response code, usually abbreviated QR code. These codes are matrix barcodes initially used by the automotive industry when shipping cars. Since the invention of the smartphone, QR codes have become popular in everyday life because ...
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Thousands of San Francisco property owners will find themselves in the tree maintenance business now that the city has begun transferring the responsibility for more than 23,000 street trees – and their upkeep costs – to local residents. Starting last week, homeowners across the city found notices taped to the trees outside their front doors announcing that the city’s Department ...
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Our City Forest is one of 17 organizations statewide selected to receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which is being administered by California ReLeaf. Our City Forest’s mission is to cultivate a green and healthy San José metropolis by engaging community members in the appreciation, protection, growth and maintenance of our urban ecosystem, especially our urban forest. ...
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The U.S. Forest Service and its partners released this morning the newest version of their free i-Tree software suite, designed to quantify the benefits of trees and assist communities in gaining support and funding for the trees in their parks, schoolyards and neighborhoods. i-Tree v.4, made possible by a public-private partnership, provides urban planners, forest managers, environmental advocates and students ...
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