Aso: Aso Gafua, Aokuso 20, 2012, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Nofoaga: 3268 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, Kalefonia
Talia e: Urban Releaf
Fa'afeso'ota'i: Joann Do, (510) 552-5369 sela, info@urbanreleaf.org
O le a asiasi atu le Ofisa Sili o Auaunaga o Vaomatua a Amerika Tom Tidwell i Oakland i le Aso Gafua, Aokuso 20, 2012 e matamata ai i taumafaiga a le Urban Releaf mo le fausiaina o meamata ma le fausiaina o nuu.
O le a tu'uina atu e le Chief Tidwell le Urban Releaf ma le $181,000 siaki tupe a le USDA Urban Community and Forestry funds e lagolago ai le matou Green Street Research, Demonstration and Education Project fa'apea ma le totoina ma le tausiga o la'au i le taulaga atoa o Oakland.
O failauga mo le sauniga e aofia ai le US Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, Regional Forester Randy Moore, CALFIRE Director Ken Pimlott, City of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, ma le City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.
I le faʻaaloalo i le asiasiga a Chief Tidwell, Urban Releaf o le a faʻatautaia se totōina o laʻau i le nofoaga o loʻo taʻua i luga ma volenitia mai le faʻalapotopotoga o Causa Justa :: Just Cause.
Urban Releaf ose fa'alapotopotoga o vaomatua i le taulaga e leai ni tupe mama 501(c)3 na fa'atuina i Oakland, Kalefonia e fa'atatau i mana'oga o nu'u e itiiti pe leai ni laula'au lanumeamata po'o se fa'alava o la'au. Matou te taula'i atu a matou taumafaiga i pitonu'u e le'o maua le tautuaina o lo'o mafatia i le tulaga le lelei o le si'osi'omaga o le olaga ma le leaga o le tamaoaiga.
Urban Releaf ua tuuto atu i le toe faaolaolaina o latou nuu e ala i le totoina ma le tausiga; a'oa'oga i le si'osi'omaga ma tausimea; ma fa'amalosia tagata nonofo e fa'amatagofie o latou pitonu'u. O le Urban Releaf o lo'o fa'afaigaluegaina ma a'oa'oina talavou e lamatia fa'apea fo'i ma tagata matutua e faigata ona fa'afaigaluegaina.
O le 31st Street Green Street Demonstration Project o lo'o i totonu o le pitonu'u o Hoover i West Oakland, i luga o poloka e lua i le va o Market Street ma Martin Luther King, Jr. Way lea e le o iai nei le fa'alava o la'au. Ua fausia e Dr. Xiao ni vaieli fou o laau e faaaoga ai maa faapitoa ma eleele e faasaoina ai le vai i ni auala se lua: 1) o le fefiloi o le maa mumu ma le palapala e fesoasoani e taofia ai le vai o le afa lea semanu e tafe sa'o atu i totonu o le alavai o le Aai, ma aveesea ai le avega. faiga a le Aai i le lumana'i 2) o laau ma eleele e fesoasoani e faamama ai mea filogia i vai afā ma taofia ai mai le ulufale mai i lo tatou nofoaga taua i Faga. E tusa ai ma le Center for Urban Forest Research, o laʻau i totonu o taulaga e faʻaitiitia ai le filogia o le ea, faʻamatagofie le pitonuʻu e ala i le faʻaopopoina o le lanumeamata ma le paolo, faʻasaoina i tau faʻamafanafana ma le malulu, fausia se lagona o tagata lautele, ma maua avanoa mo aʻoaʻoga galuega lanu meamata - faʻaopoopo uma. i le faasaoina o le vai.
O paaga o le poloketi e aofia ai mea nei: US Forest Service, California Releaf, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CALFIRE, CA Department of Water Resources, City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Odwalla Plant a Tree Program