From jared at actrees.org Thu May 1 10:11:53 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:11:53 -0400 Subject: [ACT] ACT Brown Bag Lunch Series Message-ID: <2F1252E8-22AB-4502-939A-A5CC75231F9C@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/bbls_2008may15.html May 15, 2008 Session Topics First Segment Second Segment Network Exchange Register 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 Tree Sales and Giveaways May 15, 2008 1:00- 2:00pm EST Tree giveaways and sales are a great way to engage a broad segment of the community including individual residents, neighborhood organizations, affordable housing agencies, schools, and civic groups. They're also a profitable way to raise funds for efforts to work with these same constituencies. Partnership opportunities don't stop there, though. Businesses can be a distribution point, university agricultural programs can partner as holding stations, volunteers can run the event, and elected leaders may want to link-up on canopy cover goals. Register now SESSION TOPICS Brown Bag attendees will learn: * How to start a similar program and what partnerships are key. * Stocking a variety theme (ex. drought-tolerant shade trees). * Sighting and landscape inspections. * Municipal requirements such as spacing and planting locations. * Cost and coverage. * Financial sustainability. Register now TREE SALE AS A FUNDRAISER Greg Levine, Program Director, Trees Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) This October, Trees Atlanta will host their 9th Annual Tree Sale. The event, which raises $12,000- 25,000 annually to benefit NeighborWoods projects in Atlanta, offers more than a thousand plants with 200 species of trees, shrubs, and tree-friendly vines for purchase. On the day of the sale, Trees Atlanta incorporates volunteers in the roles of cashier, tree expert, shopping assistant, information table, pickup areas, hold areas, tree reorganizing, and traffic. Register now TREE GIVEAWAY WITH MUNICIPALITY Patrick Hayes, Executive Director, The Park People (Denver, CO) Denver Digs Trees provides low-cost and free (for low-income residents) trees for planting along the streets of the city and county of Denver. The program has added more than 28,000 public trees to Denver since 1989. In 2007, the project planted and cared for 2,500 trees. They offer bareroot and balled-and-burlap varieties of about twenty species for pickup at one of six parks or nurseries. Register now NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE Extended Learning- On the Ground at Trees Atlanta There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour, and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance! Trees Atlanta has offered to host up to five ACT members to their organization for a week. Details will be available at the webcast, and only webcast participants are eligible to apply. Register now REGISTER FOR THE WEBCAST: http://actrees.org/site/stories/tree_sales_and_giveaways.php Register now Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2008 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT affiliates http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alice at actrees.org Tue May 6 14:45:35 2008 From: alice at actrees.org (Alice Ewen Walker) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:45:35 -0400 Subject: [ACT] NeighborWoods Network Update May 6 2008 Message-ID: <897CC5E3-A3DF-4D6B-BECD-A2B1113A1CCC@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/Newsletter_2008May6.html May 6, 2008 In the News Success Story Research Public Policy Events Funding 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. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS EARTH DAY PARTNER IN THE NEWS Click to Donate $1 for Trees with Kudzu Give your opinion and get fresh air! Now through May 9, the website Kudzu.com is donating $1 for every consumer review written at kudzu.com/act. Reviews are short and easy to write. Write a review and tell a friend! Read the full story SUCCESS STORY Send Us Your Success Story Do you have a successful program, project, or partnership that you'd like to share with the larger ACT community? Over 2,000 urban forestry leaders want to know what works in your community. Tell us about your most successful program, best fundraiser, greatest advocacy victory, most innovative partnership, or smartest management decision. ACT will turn your stories into: case studies, newsletter articles, webcasts, and more. Tell us what you're most proud of, and help the alliance grow stronger, together. Send us your story RESEARCH Strip Mall Retail: Public Response to Roadside Landscapes Seattle, WA (January 13, 2008)- Kathy Wolf's latest research about how trees support the success of retail districts focuses on shopping plazas and mini-malls. A ubiquitous land use across the country, thousands of small shopping plazas are reaching the end of their lifespan and present a prime opportunity for redevelopment. As these shopping areas are redeveloped, the University of Washington researcher offers a convincing argument for additional investment in landscaping. Similar to patterns found among main street retailers, Wolf found that consumers are willing to pay 8.8% more for good and services in well landscaped malls. Learn more PUBLIC POLICY Congresswoman Doris Matsui Introduces Energy Conservation Through Trees Act Washington, DC (April 22, 2008)- In celebration of Earth Day, Congresswoman Doris Matsui introduced the groundbreaking Energy Conservation Through Trees Act. The act would create a Department of Energy program to encourage utility companies to plant shade trees to provide direct energy savings to consumers. ACT urges Congress to support the Energy Conservation Through Trees Act and applauds Congresswoman Matsui for her extraordinary leadership and vision in crafting the legislation. Get involved EVENTS ACT Hosts Fundraising Seminar at the Urban Ecosystems Conference May 28, 2008- Orlando, Florida If you?re traveling to Orlando in May for the National Urban Ecosystems Conference, ACT and the Arbor Day Foundation invite you to attend an outstanding full day workshop with conservation fundraising expert, Andy Robinson. Supported by a grant from the USDA Forest Service, the workshop is a must for all urban forestry advocates. Register today FUNDING EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants- Deadline: June 30, 2008 The EPA Office of Environmental Justice established this grant program to support and empower communities working on local solutions to local environmental and/or public health issues. The program is designed to assist recipients in building collaborative partnerships that will help them understand and address those issues in their communities. Find more funding Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2008 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT affiliates http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Thu May 8 11:05:30 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:05:30 -0400 Subject: [ACT] ACT Brown Bag Lunch Series Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/bbls_2008may15.html May 15, 2008 Session Topics First Segment Second Segment Network Exchange Register 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 Tree Sales and Giveaways May 15, 2008 1:00- 2:00pm EST Tree giveaways and sales are a great way to engage a broad segment of the community including individual residents, neighborhood organizations, affordable housing agencies, schools, and civic groups. They're also a profitable way to raise funds for efforts to work with these same constituencies. Partnership opportunities don't stop there, though. Businesses can be a distribution point, university agricultural programs can partner as holding stations, volunteers can run the event, and elected leaders may want to link-up on canopy cover goals. Register now SESSION TOPICS Brown Bag attendees will learn: * How to start a similar program and what partnerships are key. * Stocking a variety theme (ex. drought-tolerant shade trees). * Siting and landscape inspections. * Municipal requirements such as spacing and planting locations. * Cost and coverage. * Financial sustainability. Register now TREE SALE AS A FUNDRAISER Greg Levine, Program Director, Trees Atlanta (Atlanta, GA) This October, Trees Atlanta will host their 9th Annual Tree Sale. The event, which raises $12,000- 25,000 annually to benefit NeighborWoods projects in Atlanta, offers more than a thousand plants with 200 species of trees, shrubs, and tree-friendly vines for purchase. On the day of the sale, Trees Atlanta incorporates volunteers in the roles of cashier, tree expert, shopping assistant, information table, pickup areas, hold areas, tree reorganizing, and traffic. Register now TREE GIVEAWAY WITH MUNICIPALITY Patrick Hayes, Executive Director, The Park People (Denver, CO) Denver Digs Trees provides low-cost and free (for low-income residents) trees for planting along the streets of the city and county of Denver. The program has added more than 28,000 public trees to Denver since 1989. In 2007, the project planted and cared for 2,500 trees. They offer bareroot and balled-and-burlap varieties of about twenty species for pickup at one of six parks or nurseries. Register now NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE Extended Learning- On the Ground at Trees Atlanta There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour, and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance! Trees Atlanta has offered to host up to five ACT members to their organization for a week. Details will be available at the webcast, and only webcast participants are eligible to apply. Register now REGISTER FOR THE WEBCAST: http://actrees.org/site/stories/tree_sales_and_giveaways.php Register now Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2008 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT affiliates http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Tue May 13 11:00:27 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:27 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Community Tree Leadership Forum Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/ctlf_08mar27.html May 28, 2008 CTLF 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. HOSTED BY SPONSORED BY FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WITH CONSERVATION FUNDRAISING EXPERT ANDY ROBINSON May 28 2008 Orlando, Florida Hosted by the Alliance for Community Trees and the Arbor Day Foundation, this all day seminar will help you improve your skills and confidence level in approaching individual donors and in developing grant proposals. With generous support from the USDA Forest Service, the Community Tree Leadership Forum is a training series developed to suit the needs of community groups and nonprofits engaged in urban and community forestry. Learn from expert trainers among a group of outstanding peers engaged in community greening issues. Andy Robinson provides training and consulting for nonprofits in fundraising, grantseeking, board development, marketing, earned income, planning, leadership development, and facilitation. Over the past twelve years, Andy has worked with organizations in 46 US states and Canada. He specializes in the needs of groups working for human rights, social justice, environmental conservation, and community development. Andy's engaging, highly interactive teaching style will challenge you to apply the concepts you learn and have fun doing it. 85% percent of charitable funds come from individual donors- not foundations or corporations. Learn how to build a fundraising program that honors your mission. The seminar will feature: * Grassroots Grants * Big Money for Small Groups * The pros and cons of chasing grants * Designing fundable projects * Grants research: how to find the money * Developing relationships with funders * Building your proposal, piece by piece * Why people give * The basic principles of fundraising * Raising major gifts through the mail * Identifying prospective donors * "The ask" -- face to face solicitation 2008 Urban Ecosystems Conference The Community Tree Leadership Forum is a pre-conference workshop being held in cooperation with Nature and the Network, the 2008 National Conference on Urban Ecosystems. Registration is separate. The fee is $55 for ACT members and $75 for non-members. Lunch is included in the one-day registration fee. Lodging and Hotel Information The training will be held at the Caribe Royale Hotel in beautiful Orlando, Florida. Ask for the conference lodging rate of $149 and mention "Nature and the Network." Register for the Community Tree Leadership Forum Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ?info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2008 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT affiliates http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alice at actrees.org Wed May 21 16:14:39 2008 From: alice at actrees.org (Alice Ewen Walker) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:14:39 -0400 Subject: [ACT] NeighborWoods Network Update May 21 2008 Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/Newsletter_2008May21.html May 21, 2008 In the News Success Story Research Public Policy Events Funding 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. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS GIVE TO ACT CFC#12402 IN THE NEWS ACT Launches NeighborWoods Network Exchange There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour, and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance. In partnership with our members, ACT is launching the NeighborWoods Network Exchange, a program to facilitate site visits and peer learning among our members. Trees Atlanta has offered to host up to five guests for a week of fun and learning. Read the full story SUCCESS STORY Project ReLeaf Tree Sale St. Louis, MO): Forest ReLeaf, through its Project ReLeaf tree sale program, offers large-caliper quality trees at a reduced cost to municipalities, schools, churches, parks, nonprofits and neighborhood groups. Since its inception in 1994, Project ReLeaf has provided more than 29,000 low-cost trees for planting on public or nonprofit land throughout Missouri and southern Illinois. The program also results in earned income for the nonprofit organization. Find out how RESEARCH Tree-lined Streets Cut Asthma New York, NY (May 1, 2008)- Children who live on tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma, a New York-based study says. Columbia University researchers found that asthma rates among children aged four and five fell by 25% for every extra 343 trees per square kilometre. They believe more trees aids air quality and encourages children to play outside. The study appears in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Learn more PUBLIC POLICY ACT Submits Testimony Regarding the FY 2009 Forest Service Budget Washington, DC (April 25, 2008)- The Alliance for Community Trees provided written testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies regarding the FY 2009 federal budget. Get involved EVENTS ACT Hosts Fundraising Seminar at the Urban Ecosystems Conference May 28, 2008- Orlando, Florida If you?re traveling to Orlando in May for the National Urban Ecosystems Conference, ACT and the Arbor Day Foundation invite you to attend an outstanding full day workshop with conservation fundraising expert, Andy Robinson. Supported by a grant from the USDA Forest Service, the workshop is a must for all urban forestry advocates. Register today FUNDING National Public Lands Day Tour Grants- Deadline: June 23, 2008 The National Environmental Education Foundation is seeking grant applications for the 4th annual National Public Lands Day Tour. Grantees will be awarded $1,000.00 to assist with planning and materials for their upcoming National Public Lands Day project on September 27, 2008. Find more funding Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2008 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT affiliates http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: