Growing a little goodness was never so easy. This Earth Month, Brentwood Academy and East Palo Alto residents can help turn over a new leaf for a local environmental project with the simple click of a mouse. Through its 2012 Plant a Tree program, Odwalla is donating...
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2012 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference – Submit a Presentation Proposal
by California ReLeaf | Mar 28, 2012 | Network, Resources, Updates
The Call for Proposals is now open for this year's Partners in Community Forestry National Conference, November 14-16, at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, California. With opportunities for presentations across a broad range of partnership themes and a...
Become a Tree Amigo with Our City Forest
by California ReLeaf | Mar 26, 2012 | Network, Resources
Our City Forest is planning a four-week training program to prepare tree lovers to take their passion one step further by becoming Tree Amigos. One need not be a Tree Amigo to volunteer with the nonprofit organization dedicated to urban forestry, but those who become...
Changes to Facebook and YouTube
by California ReLeaf | Mar 9, 2012 | Network, Resources
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...
What’s a QR Code?
by California ReLeaf | Mar 8, 2012 | Network, Resources
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...
A New Tree at the Capitol
by California ReLeaf | Mar 7, 2012 | Advocacy, Arbor Week, Network, Updates
Today, California ReLeaf, Sacramento Tree Foundation, and the Western Chapter of the International Society of Aboriculture joined Assemblymember Roger Dickinson and other members of the state legislature to dedicate a new tree in Capitol Park. The Valley Oak was...
California ReLeaf Speaks For The Trees
by California ReLeaf | Feb 28, 2012 | Network, Research, Resources
This weekend, thousands of local families will enjoy the new animated movie The Lorax, about the furry Dr. Seuss creature who speaks for the trees. What they may not realize is that there are real-life Loraxes right here in California. California ReLeaf speaks for...
California ReLeaf Announces New Board Member
by California ReLeaf | Feb 16, 2012 | Network, Press
Catherine Martineau, Executive Director of Canopy, joins the California ReLeaf Board of Directors Sacramento, Calif. – The California ReLeaf Board of Directors elected its newest member Catherine Martineau at its January meeting. The election of Ms. Martineau...
Tree Lodi Revitalizes New Park
by California ReLeaf | Feb 6, 2012 | Network, Resources
On Saturday, February 11, from 10 am to 2pm, our friends at Tree Lodi will be planting 180 trees in a 15-acre portion of the new DeBenedetti Park. The park is located at the corner of Century Blvd. and Lower Sacramento Road in Lodi. On Saturday, April 7th,...
$2.5 Million In Grants Available For San Gabriel Valley
by California ReLeaf | Feb 2, 2012 | Grants, Network
LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich announced a $2,500,000 County grant program to replant trees in parts of the San Gabriel Valley devastated by the December 2011 windstorm. Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded competitively to cities, other...