TreePeople, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to planting and preserving the city's leafy canopy, started a Citizen Arborist program last Saturday. Thirty-one people signed up to take four-hour courses for seven straight Saturdays in such topics as...
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Fruit for Families
by California ReLeaf | Jul 9, 2012 | Network
The Sacramento Tree Foundation has been branching out of Sacramento since the introduction of its Greenprint Initiative in 2004. The Greenprint is the organization's vision to enhance the quality of life of the Greater Sacramento region, not just those area's within...
Green Your Scene with Ross Lynch & Laura Marano
by California ReLeaf | Jun 19, 2012 | Network, Resources, Updates
Ross Lynch and Laura Marano of Disney's Austin & Ally are connecting kids to nature. Friends for Change will be greening campuses at over 25 Los Angeles schools affecting thousands of students. The goal? To revitalize urban school settings to grant kids...
Stewards of the Coast & Redwoods Hiring
by California ReLeaf | Jun 18, 2012 | Jobs, Network
Field Operations Manager Guernville, CA Application deadline: 6/29/12 CLASSIFICATION: Part-time to Full Time/Exempt REPORTS TO: Executive Director ESSENTIAL FUNCTION: Stewards is seeking a highly qualified candidate to serve as Field Operations Manager to...
Palo Alto Artist Gathers Tree Photos
by California ReLeaf | Jun 13, 2012 | Network
One of the last remaining fruit orchards in Silicon Valley inspired photographer Angela Buenning Filo to turn her lens toward trees. Her 2003 visit to an abandoned plum tree orchard, beside the San Jose IBM campus on Cottle Road, led to a monumental project: a three...
Sacramento Tree Foundation Hiring
by California ReLeaf | Jun 12, 2012 | Jobs, Network
Job Opening: Project Manager Blue Heron Trails Visitor Contact Center (Grant Funded Project) Apply by Friday, June 22, 2012. Position Overview: The Project Manager works within the Native Trees in Urban and Rural Environments (NATURE) program and performs all...
California ReLeaf and Canopy Win a Grant from Odwalla
by California ReLeaf | Jun 6, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
In April, California ReLeaf and Canopy teamed up to enter the Odwalla Plant a Tree competition. Over the course of two months, supporters were asked to choose their favorite tree planting project by voting for one of twenty entries. The top ten vote recipients will...
Benicia Branches Out to Improve Air Quality
by California ReLeaf | Jun 4, 2012 | Grants, Network, Resources, Updates
Understanding And Valuing Benicia’s Urban Forest Jeanne Steinmann Before the gold rush in 1850, Benicia’s hills and flats made for a rather barren landscape. In 1855, humorist George H. Derby, an army Lieutenant, is reported to have liked the people of Benicia, but...
We Need Your Vote NOW
by California ReLeaf | May 30, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
Tomorrow, May 31st, is the last day to vote in the Odwalla Plant a Tree Contest. The top ten vote recipients will each win $10,000 to plant trees. Right now, California ReLeaf and Canopy's planting project at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto is in 10th place and in...
Vote with Your Mission
by California ReLeaf | May 24, 2012 | Network, Resources, Updates
Vote with Your Mission is a new campaign to have 100% of eligible nonprofit staff, board members, and volunteers vote. We call on nonprofits in California to sign on to the Vote with Your Mission campaign. Vote with Your Mission aims to galvanize the power of...