Boy Scouts plant trees for achievement, environment   By Ashley Archibald, Santa Monica Daily Press     A stand of young California sycamores, supported by poles nearly as tall as the trees themselves, line what used to be a dilapidated asphalt pad, sentinels against the waves of invisible chemicals and particulates emanating from the cars below.   The trees represent ...
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Self-proclaimed tree hugger, Julien Levy, started planting trees when he was just five-years old. Today, at the age of 13, he’s leading volunteers in an effort to replant trees that were lost or damaged by the San Bruno Fire. Levy started with a goal to plant at least 100 ornamental and fruit trees in the Crestmoor community before June. In ...
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One of our ReLeaf Network members, Urban ReLeaf in Oakland, was featured on the NBC Nightly News last night. Check out the great work that Kemba and Greg are doing in their city! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

The Western Growers Foundation, a trade association of Arizona and California farmers who grow, pack, and ship almost half of the produce found in grocery stores across America, is offering grants of up to $1,500 for California and Arizona schools to educate students about nutrition and nature by creating their own school garden. Fruit tree plantings are eligible to receive ...
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Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22. To learn about how Earth Day started and how it’s grown, visit this site. How will you celebrate and protect the planet that we live on? All of us at California ReLeaf hope that you’ll plant a tree! Trees do so much to help our planet. To learn how they benefit our soil ...
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