[ACT] ACT Brown Bag Lunch Series

[Jared Liu]

	January 17, 2008	

		
  	

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ABOUT US
  	Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of  
Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's  
national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million  
trees with help from 450,000 volunteers.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch  
hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban and  
community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local  
successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations'  
methods, materials, and approaches.

NATIONAL SPONSOR



CONTRIBUTOR

  	


PARTNERING WITH UTILITIES TO PLANT TREES
January 17, 2008
1:00- 2:00pm EST

  	
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SESSION DESCRIPTION
A Sensible Partnership

The utility sector is the largest single source of greenhouse gas  
emissions in the U.S. today, where heating and cooling homes accounts  
for nearly 60 of residential electricity usage. Needless to say, the  
utility sector is a major focus of climate change and energy security  
discussions. However, if you think that markets, incentives, prizes,  
and entrepreneurs are the answer to energy efficiency, then the  
partnership between tree organizations and utility companies makes  
sense. Trees clean ozone and CO2 from the air while providing shade  
and ultimately cutting energy usage by up to 30%. Trees also cool  
cities by 10-20 degrees, helping cities to meet air quality standards  
for federal highway dollars..


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SESSION TOPICS
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
* How the programs got started.
* What partnerships were/are key.
* Design and maintenance.
* Cost and coverage.
* Financial sustainability.

  	
  	
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RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANTINGS
Joan Lionetti, Executive Director, Trees for Tucson (Tucson, AZ)

Since 1993, Trees for Tucson has planted 55,000 trees through their  
partnership with Tucson Electric Power. Through this $90,000 annual  
program, Tucson metropolitan area residents can receive up to two  
trees (five and fifteen gallon), delivered directly to their homes,  
for $6.00 each, if they agree to plant them on the east, west, or  
south side of their home. As a result of this partnership, Trees for  
Tucson went on to host the first Cool Communities Conference in 1998,  
talking about parking lots and rooftops.

  	



  	
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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Patty Petersen, Field Coordinator, Trees Forever (Marion, IA)

In 1991, Iowa established a law that energy companies had to dedicate  
a certain percentage of their conservation dollars to trees. While  
some companies do tree giveaways, Trees Forever established a  
relationship with Alliant Energy and Acrilla Gas that continues  
today. The programs are called We Dig Your District and Branching  
Out. Through this program, the energy companies support Trees Forever  
with funds that are passed-through in increments of $500-10,000 to  
municipal committees (nonprofit or governmental) to plant trees.  
Trees Forever provides the expertise and support.

  	



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