Posted on February 28, 2011 at 8:37 am
This amazing story on CNN is about a 13-year-old boy who’s quickly becoming the world’s spokesperson for planting trees. Both he and Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, who was featured on National Public Radio a week ago, addressed the United Nations about the importance of planting trees earlier this month. Felix Finkbeiner is eloquent and persuasive. His own [...]
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Tags: education, planting
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 7:06 am
By Shelli Romero, ODOT Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 135 volunteers came out to the I-205 Multi-Use Path for a tree planting in the Montavilla neighborhood on January 17. Many of the volunteers included high school and college students, who worked alongside other volunteers to put a total of 173 trees in the ground. [...]
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Tags: Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, ODOT
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:31 am
This engaging episode of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Field Guide features Portland’s Heritage Tree program. A Heritage Tree is one of nearly 300 trees in Portland that are protected from future development because of special qualifications such as age, size, shape, botanical value, and history. Started in 1993, the Heritage Tree program selected the first Heritage Tree in 1994. [...]
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Tags: education, PP&R, street trees, video, yard trees
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:39 pm
By Brighton West Want to see your name on the big screen? Friends of Trees is partnering with Ascending the Giants, a group dedicated to ascending and documenting all aspects of champion trees, on a new short film called Treeverse. Treeverse will follow arborists Brian French and Will Koomjian of Ascending the Giants on an [...]
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Tags: canopy, education, video
