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	<title>Growth Rings &#187; shade</title>
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		<title>Your thoughts on the I-205 project?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 75 volunteers and community members gathered Saturday to plant over 160 trees with Friends of Trees via its Green Space Initiative (GSI) program. The ceremonial planting&#8212;special dignitary shovels included&#8212;was the official start of a three-year project to plant along the I-205 Multi-Use Path. Special representatives from the Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The tree history of Portland</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2009/10/14/the-tree-history-of-portland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portland Canopy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Circa the 1990s, this video produced by PGE and featuring narration by the great James DePreist, outlines Portland&#8217;s street tree history from day one to the creation of Friends of Trees. Watch our other videos on our Youtube page. &#8211;TS]]></description>
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		<title>The small yard, small tree myth</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2009/10/13/the-small-yard-small-tree-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brightonw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Trees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it, city lots are small lots, but that doesn’t mean large trees won’t fit.  In fact, it means just the opposite. The problem with small trees is that the top of the tree (the wide part) is close to the ground. With a large tree, the small part (the trunk) is close to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How an engineer plants a tree</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2009/09/04/how-an-engineer-plants-a-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tree City Earth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC and London Times report this week that the Institute of Mechanical Engineers has a new study on geo-engineering. One main tenet of the report: artificial trees have the potential to remove CO2 thousands of times faster than real trees&#8212;those pretty green things that also absorb runoff, provide habitat, create shade and generally please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honk for shade, plant a tree</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2009/07/29/honk-for-shade-plant-a-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2009/07/29/honk-for-shade-plant-a-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOT Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As covered in The Oregonian, this event was a complete success, with hundreds of recorded honks and some general tree-benefit awareness garnered for good measure. Thanks again to the generous ice cream man! &#8211;TS]]></description>
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