Technology innovator Toshiba is currently sponsoring a Facebook contest for charitable nonprofits that includes a grand prize valued at $100,000. Toshiba’s Helping the Helpers Technology Makeover Video Contest is open to all qualifying tax-exempt charitable...
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EPA Announces Solicitation of Applications for $1 Million in Environmental Justice Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Agency is seeking applicants for $1 million in environmental justice small grants expected to be awarded in 2012. EPA's environmental justice efforts aim to ensure equal environmental and health...
Ready your Crayons! Pick up your Cameras! Plant a Tree!
NEWS RELEASE California ReLeaf Contact: Ashley Mastin, Program Manager 916-497-0037 December 12, 2011 Ready your Crayons! Pick up your Cameras! Plant a Tree! California Arbor Week Contests Highlight the Importance of Trees Sacramento, Calif. – Two statewide contests...
Online Urban Forestry Classes at Oregon State University
The following online urban forestry courses are being offered through the Oregon State University Ecampus Program: FOR/HORT 350 Urban Forestry - Winter Quarter 2012 This introductory urban forestry course is ideal for anyone working in urban natural resources, parks...
New Grant Program for ACTrees Member Organizations
Alliance for Community Trees is pleased to announce the Alliance for Community Trees People's Garden Grants, a new program designed to explore and deepen the connections between community trees and urban agriculture. Now in their pilot year, the ACTrees People's...
EPA Requests Proposals for Urban Waters Small Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expects to award between $1.8 to $3.8 million in funding for projects across the country to help restore urban waters by improving water quality and supporting community revitalization. The funding is part of EPA’s Urban Waters...
California Arbor Week Photo Contest
In honor of California Arbor Week, March 7 – 14, 2012, California ReLeaf is pleased to kick off a California Arbor Week Photo Contest. This contest is an effort to increase awareness of and appreciation for the trees and forests in the communities where Californians...
Forest Service Chief Talks About Meeting Challenges
USDA Forest Service Chief, Tom Tidwell, recently spoke at the Society of American Foresters annual meeting. This is what he had to say about urban and community forests: "With over 80 percent of Americans living in metropolitan areas, the Forest Service is expanding...
City of Palo Alto Job Opening – Urban Forester
Urban Forester This Tree City USA is endowed with a large population of trees composed of magnificent native and non-native trees on public and private properties, and trees are one of the cities greatest natural resources. A community of approximately 64,000...
Four Los Angeles Nonprofits Unite to Plant Trees
The Hollywood/LA Beautification Team (HBT), Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC), Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC), Northeast Trees (NET) are co-hosting a local tree planting event to celebrate the multiple job creation and community health benefits that...