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Public Health & Urban Greening: Integrated Approaches…Multiple Solutions
by California ReLeaf | Jul 7, 2010 | Advocacy, Network
What: The benefits of urban greening go far beyond the obvious aesthetic qualities. Come learn how urban greening can help improve public health by improving our physical, psychological, and social well being. Who: Learn from one of California’s experts in urban...
City Teams Partnership Program
by California ReLeaf | May 13, 2010 | Network
Submit a City Teams application through ACT to attend the Partners in Community Forestry National Conference The Arbor Day Foundation and The Alliance for Community Trees are pleased to announce the City Teams partnership program. Through a grant from the U.S. Forest...
The Value of Volunteers Increases in 2009
by California ReLeaf | May 10, 2010 | Network
We all know how valuable volunteers are to the nonprofit work done in urban forestry. Many of us would say that volunteers are priceless. But for accounting purposes on many financial forms, grant proposals and annual reports, we have to assign a monetary value to the...
Quarter of Nonprofits to Lose Tax-Breaks
by California ReLeaf | Apr 29, 2010 | Network
At midnight on May 15, as many as 400,000 nonprofit groups will lose their tax exemptions, thanks to a 2006 federal bill aimed at pension reform. For the full article from the New York Times.
Mountains Restoration Trust
by California ReLeaf | Mar 31, 2010 | Network
By Suanne Klahorst Life just happens. “It was never my grand plan to become an advocate for the Santa Monica Mountains, but one thing led to another,” said Jo Kitz, co-director of Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT). Her childhood hikes near Mt. Hood put her at ease in...
Tree Musketeers Win Award
by California ReLeaf | Nov 9, 2009 | Network
Tree Musketeers was awarded the California Urban Forestry Award for Outstanding Urban Forestry Project of the Year for their "Trees to the Sea" project. The award, given by the California Urban Forests Council, is presented to an organization or community which...
Dos Pueblos High School Neighborwoods Event
by California ReLeaf | Nov 3, 2009 | Network
On October 17, Goleta Valley Beautiful hosted a tree care and landscaping event at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta. Twenty-one volunteers contributed 67 service hours to plant six Coast Live Oak trees, extend the irrigation system and move a truckload of mulch to...
Tree Partners Foundation
by California ReLeaf | Oct 27, 2009 | Network
By: Crystal Ross O’Hara A small but dedicated group in Atwater called the Tree Partners Foundation is changing the landscape and changing lives. Founded and headed by the enthusiastic Dr. Jim Williamson, the fledgling organization has already formed partnerships with...
Orange for Trees
by California ReLeaf | Oct 27, 2009 | Network
By: Crystal Ross O’Hara What began 13 years ago as a class project has become a thriving tree organization in the city of Orange. In 1994, Dan Slater—who later that year was elected to the Orange city council—took part in a leadership class. For his class project he...