From jared at actrees.org Thu Oct 2 14:20:07 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:20:07 -0400 Subject: [ACT] ACT Brown Bag Urban Forestry Webcast Message-ID: <1BB2EB58-6AB6-4B2C-A580-CCF221057185@actrees.org> Trouble view this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/bbls_2008oct16.htm October 16, 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 Marketing & Communications- Part I: Marketing 101 October 16, 2008 2:00- 3:00pm EDT (new time for this session only) In the commercial business world of selling hamburgers, long-distance phone services, and other consumer goods, the most common definition of marketing is: product, price, and distribution. In other words, marketing defines the specific product or service being offered, establishes the pricing strategy, and identifies the channels of distribution to get the product to the right consumers. Conservation groups are not in the hamburger business, but they do offer specific services to a targeted audience. Translating that into the tree world, marketing is a series of strategic activities or decisions to create value in the mind of a specific customer. For most tree groups the focus is social marketing- influencing perceptions and awareness of specific audiences. Register now SESSION TOPICS Brown Bag attendees will learn: * Construct a Media Toolkit. * Increase media coverage and handle media relations. * Define product, price, place, and promotion. * Effectively plan communications campaigns. * Giving and getting credit. Register now TREEPEOPLE Laurie Kaufman, Director of Communications, TreePeople (Los Angeles, CA) Laurie Kaufman manages TreePeople's media, publications, public relations, and website activities. She has over 10 years experience working with nonprofit organizations in areas including community self- reliance, sustainable development, organic farming, homelessness, youth-at-risk, and children of incarcerated parents. Register now KEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL Shannon Forsell, Public Relations, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (Indianapolis, IN) Shannon Forsell is handles Public Relations for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. Under her guidance, the organization has expanded their public outreach within the community, the media, and public officials. In 2006, the organization announced a NeighborWoods partnership with then-mayor Bart Peterson to increase the city's tree canopy by 100,000 trees. Register now NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE Extended Learning- On the Ground 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! Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member. Register now REGISTER FOR ALL WEBCASTS: actrees.org/site/resources/events 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's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Oct 6 11:30:08 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:30:08 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Celebrate NeighborWoods Month Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/nwmonth_2008Oct6.html October 6, 2008 Week 2 Photo Contest Volunteer Award Planning Kit Promotional Gear 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. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS WEEK 2 200+ Volunteers to Revitalize Baltimore Park NeighborWoods Month rolls on! This week, 37 organizations will organize 61 events in 34 cities around the country. Week Two of NeighborWoods Month is headlined by Parks and People's Druid Hill Tree Planting, a massive effort to engage local universities, city officials, and more than 200 volunteers to reclaim this park and learn what it means to be a tree steward. This event is just one of 394 events this month. Register your event today or volunteer with one near you... there is at least one event every day! Join the campaign! SEND US YOUR SNAPS Win $500 This year, we're looking for great action shots that celebrate a spirit of volunteerism and stewardship for trees. Send us your inspiring, surprising, or amusing photos and we'll feature your images at the ACT Annual Meeting and Member Rally on Nov. 17 in Atlanta. The winning photograph will receive a $500 Home Depot gift card. Submit your photos VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Win a trip to Washington, DC for one of your volunteers! ACT is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for Volunteer of the Year. This is an opportunity for ACT members to share inspirational accounts of volunteers in action and have them gain national recognition for their local contributions! This award is open to any individual (board member, community organizer, pro bono consultant, etc.) whose volunteer efforts have made a contribution to urban forestry by improving community trees and the neighborhoods which they are in. Nominate a volunteer PLANNING & PROMOTION KIT Promote local efforts- Link to the national campaign The NeighborWoods Month Planning and Promotion Kit provides everything you need to promote your NeighborWoods Month event, including tools to attract new partners, ideas, helpful hints, and sample documents and forms. The kit will help you think through your NeighborWoods Month events. From tips on how to get started to post-event evaluations, the carefully designed tools and information provided in this kit support your ongoing efforts to present a consistent and compelling image of your organization?s value to your stakeholders. Download the Planning Kit FREE GEAR AND MATERIALS Order NeighborWoods Promotional Gear By registering your October event with ACT, you will receive free professionally designed marketing materials including T-shirts, posters, banners, door hangers, toolbelts, and kids' activity cards. See samples and order additional quantities! Order Free Gear REGISTER YOUR EVENT Join the Campaign! How can NeighborWoods benefit you? * Builds partnerships and recognition * Improves quality of life * Educates people about trees Help us promote your work. Register your event today. Register your event 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/Unsubscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Tue Oct 7 16:15:04 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:15:04 -0400 Subject: [ACT] ACT Network Update Message-ID: <97702A6A-0F83-4DD6-A74F-A5B6BC8DBF9C@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/Newsletter_2008Oct7.html October 7, 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 This year, ACT is on the organizing committee of a national, bipartisan campaign to greatly expand service opportunities for Americans, elevate service as a core element of citizenship, and create targeted service corps to address our nation's most important challenges. The campaign is called ServiceNation. GIVE TO ACT CFC#12402 IN THE NEWS ACT Webcast Recording Available- Technology in the Urban Forest If you missed ACT's recent webcast on Technology in the Urban Forest, you can view and listen to the presentation online. The session is one hour and available for free. Casey Trees and Davey Tree talk about available software and technology, as well as educational applications being used to set and achieve ambitious goals and extrapolate data into bottom line dollars and cents that can be a powerful tool for gaining the attention of public officials. Read the full story SUCCESS STORY Dealing with Drought and Water Restrictions Ensuring that trees receive adequate water is labor intensive and complicated by water shortages and drought conditions in many areas throughout the country. Trees Atlanta, in partnership with the city's Department of Watershed Management, recycles the water flushed daily from fire hydrants to soak 3,000 downtown trees and hundreds in surrounding neighborhoods. Find out how RESEARCH New Research Linking Invasive Species and Climate Change Washington, DC (July 1, 2008)- Interactions between climate and biological invasions were the theme of a special section in the June 2008 issue of Conservation Biology. The Environmental Law Institute's Invasive Species Program and the U.S. EPA's Global Change Research Program brought together leading experts to assess links between invasive species and the climate. Learn more PUBLIC POLICY Support the GIVE Act Washington, DC (August 6, 2008)- America's volunteers play a vital role in delivering services to communities through nonprofits. But a quirk in federal tax law has created a barrier that is preventing many volunteers from helping underserved communities. As a result, nonprofits have been losing volunteers because of high gas prices and unfair tax statutes. Fortunately, a bill was recently introduced to fix this problem: the Giving Incentives to Volunteers Everywhere Act of 2008 (GIVE Act, S.3429). Get involved EVENTS Marketing & Communications- Part I: Marketing 101 National Webcast: October October 16, 2008 This session kicks off a four part series on Marketing and Communications anchored by TreePeople's Director of Communications, Laurie Kaufman. This first session is on Marketing 101. Translating the commercial world of product, price, and distribution into the tree world requires marketing... otherwise known as a series of strategic activities or decisions to create value in the mind of a specific customer. For most tree groups the focus is social marketing- influencing perceptions and awareness of specific audiences. Register today FUNDING NASA Climate Change Education Grants 2008 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Education announced it is accepting proposals for its Global Climate Change Education project. The program is designed to improve global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels. Find out more 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's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Oct 13 11:00:00 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:00:00 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Celebrate NeighborWoods Month Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/nwmonth_2008Oct13.html October 13, 2008 Week 3 Photo Contest Volunteer Award Planning Kit Promotional Gear 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. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS WEEK 3 Focus Events in LA, Shreveport, and Sacramento NeighborWoods Month is at the halfway point, and there are still many ways to get involved! This week, 53 organizations will sponsor 81 events in 52 cities around the country. Week Three of NeighborWoods Month is headlined by three events: * Castle Heights Citizen Forestry Planting with TreePeople, 10/18, Los Angeles, CA. This is the third event for this neighborhood and they are looking to further improve their west side community by re- foresting several streets, about one every 6 months. * Greening of Grande Oaks II with Greenscape of Jacksonville, 10/18, Jacksonville, FL. This initiative, which utilizes the concept of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, is Mayor Peyton?s Growing Great Neighborhoods partnership with residents, neighborhood associations, business, and community and faith based leaders to drive meaningful, measurable, and visible change. * Oak Park Planting with Sacramento Tree Foundation, 10/18, Sacramento, CA. This is a partnership with the CA Conservation Corps to plant in underserved areas. These events are just three of 400 events this month. Register your event today or volunteer with one near you... there is at least one event every day! Join the campaign! SEND US YOUR SNAPS Win $500 This year, we're looking for great action shots that celebrate a spirit of volunteerism and stewardship for trees. Send us your inspiring, surprising, or amusing photos and we'll feature your images at the ACT Annual Meeting and Member Rally on Nov. 17 in Atlanta. The winning photograph will receive a $500 Home Depot gift card. Submit your photos VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Win a trip to Washington, DC for one of your volunteers! ACT is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for Volunteer of the Year. This is an opportunity for ACT members to share inspirational accounts of volunteers in action and have them gain national recognition for their local contributions! This award is open to any individual (board member, community organizer, pro bono consultant, etc.) whose volunteer efforts have made a contribution to urban forestry by improving community trees and the neighborhoods which they are in. Nominate a volunteer PLANNING & PROMOTION KIT Promote local efforts- Link to the national campaign The NeighborWoods Month Planning and Promotion Kit provides everything you need to promote your NeighborWoods Month event, including tools to attract new partners, ideas, helpful hints, and sample documents and forms. The kit will help you think through your NeighborWoods Month events. From tips on how to get started to post-event evaluations, the carefully designed tools and information provided in this kit support your ongoing efforts to present a consistent and compelling image of your organization?s value to your stakeholders. Download the Planning Kit FREE GEAR AND MATERIALS Order NeighborWoods Promotional Gear By registering your October event with ACT, you will receive free professionally designed marketing materials including T-shirts, posters, banners, door hangers, toolbelts, and kids' activity cards. See samples and order additional quantities! Order Free Gear REGISTER YOUR EVENT Join the Campaign! How can NeighborWoods benefit you? * Builds partnerships and recognition * Improves quality of life * Educates people about trees Help us promote your work. Register your event today. Register your event 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/Unsubscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Fri Oct 17 15:54:47 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:54:47 -0400 Subject: [ACT] ACT Annual Member Rally 2008- Atlanta Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/annualmtg_08nov17.html November 17, 2008 Register for ACT Rally 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. SIGNATURE SPONSOR SAVE THE DATE- ACT ANNUAL MEMBER RALLY November 17, 2008 Atlanta, GA ACT's Annual Meeting & NeighborWoods Academy will be held November 17 in conjunction with the Partners in Community Forestry conference November 18-20, sponsored by Arbor Day Foundation and The Home Depot Foundation in cooperation with ACT and many other national partners. Event Schedule: Nov 17 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ACT Annual Meeting Nov 17 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Reception at Trees Atlanta Nov 18 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Partners Conference Nov 19 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Partners Conference Nov 20 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Field Tours of Atlanta with Trees Atlanta All sessions will take place at the Sheraton Atlanta. Atlanta is a vital city with ambitious goals for sustaining its urban tree canopy through public and private cooperation. The ACT meeting agenda on November 17 features research about trees as a tool for community revitalization, nonprofit executive networking, grassroots program models, and NeighborWoods tools for community organizing. The 2008 NeighborWoods Luncheon sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation will recognize NeighborWoods award winners and exemplary nonprofit partnerships. Geared toward nonprofit executives, volunteer organizers, and community advocates, the ACT Annual Meeting & NeighborWoods Academy is a great way to energize and connect with others working to restore tree canopy and make communities better places to live. We are grateful for the assistance of The Home Depot Foundation in making this event possible. Scholarship A limited number of travel scholarships are available to help defray airfare and lodging costs for 501c3 ACT Member organizations. This scholarship is available through generous support from The Home Depot Foundation, National Tree Trust, and USDA Forest Service. Apply for an ACT travel scholarship Lodging A special conference rate of $155 single/double ($185 club level) has been arranged with the Sheraton Atlanta. Book your lodging ASAP. After the room block expires on October 28, prevailing rates apply. Call 800-833-8624 and mention the "Partners in Community Forestry" conference. Airfare ACT has arranged for a group discount with AirTran for our attendees. By calling 866-68EVENT and mentioning code ATL111708 ("Alliance for Community Trees Annual Meeting"), you will receive 10% off AirTran's lowest web fares and AirTran will waive the change fee on your reservation if you need to change it later. It's a great deal. Registration Full day registration includes breakfast, breaks, and lunch, followed by an evening reception at Trees Atlanta. $99 ACT Member Rate / $129 General Admission for registrations received by November 4. After November 4, registration rates are $120 ACT Members / $150 General Admission. ACT has reserved a limited number of travel assistance scholarships for nonprofit organizations to enable broad participation. Click below to register or call 301-277-0041 with questions. Register now!... Mention Priority Code 7003 We hope to see you this November in Atlanta! Register now!... Mention Priority Code 7003 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's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Oct 20 12:56:20 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:56:20 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Celebrate NeighborWoods Month Message-ID: <0E79BEDA-67C0-4715-BD80-30E393407C1B@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/nwmonth_2008Oct20.html October 20, 2008 Week 4 Photo Contest Volunteer Award Planning Kit Promotional Gear 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. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS WEEK 4 Focus Events in Des Moines, Shreveport, and Tucson NeighborWoods Month hits its stride with the busiest week of the campaign! This week, 50 organizations will sponsor 82 events in 49 cities around the country. Week Four of NeighborWoods Month is headlined by three events: * North High School Tree Plantings with Trees Forever, 10/22 and 10/23, Des Moines, Iowa. This is phase III of a large campus revitilization project, which will include street trees and trees on the school's campus, which was flooded in the June 2008 rainstorm. * South Highlands Neighborhood Plantings with Shreveport Green, 10/25, Shreveport, Louisiana. This massive effort to plant 100 trees in one neighborhood will make an immediate impact with the help of 200 volunteers. * NeighborWoods-Make a Differen Day with Trees for Tucson, 10/25, Tucson, Arizona. This volunteer event is a long-standing partnership with Tucson Electric Power to plant trees, clean-up parks, and recycle. These events are just three of 400 events this month. Register your event today or volunteer with one near you... there is at least one event every day! Join the campaign! SEND US YOUR SNAPS Win $500 This year, we're looking for great action shots that celebrate a spirit of volunteerism and stewardship for trees. Send us your inspiring, surprising, or amusing photos and we'll feature your images at the ACT Annual Meeting and Member Rally on Nov. 17 in Atlanta. The winning photograph will receive a $500 Home Depot gift card. Submit your photos VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Win a trip to Washington, DC for one of your volunteers! ACT is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for Volunteer of the Year. This is an opportunity for ACT members to share inspirational accounts of volunteers in action and have them gain national recognition for their local contributions! This award is open to any individual (board member, community organizer, pro bono consultant, etc.) whose volunteer efforts have made a contribution to urban forestry by improving community trees and the neighborhoods which they are in. Nominate a volunteer PLANNING & PROMOTION KIT Promote local efforts- Link to the national campaign The NeighborWoods Month Planning and Promotion Kit provides everything you need to promote your NeighborWoods Month event, including tools to attract new partners, ideas, helpful hints, and sample documents and forms. The kit will help you think through your NeighborWoods Month events. From tips on how to get started to post-event evaluations, the carefully designed tools and information provided in this kit support your ongoing efforts to present a consistent and compelling image of your organization?s value to your stakeholders. Download the Planning Kit FREE GEAR AND MATERIALS Order NeighborWoods Promotional Gear By registering your October event with ACT, you will receive free professionally designed marketing materials including T-shirts, posters, banners, door hangers, toolbelts, and kids' activity cards. See samples and order additional quantities! Order Free Gear REGISTER YOUR EVENT Join the Campaign! How can NeighborWoods benefit you? * Builds partnerships and recognition * Improves quality of life * Educates people about trees Help us promote your work. Register your event today. Register your event 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/Unsubscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Tue Oct 21 11:50:53 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:50:53 -0400 Subject: [ACT] ACT Network Update Message-ID: <8B49C2BE-18DA-4141-924A-19E8063F5383@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/Newsletter_2008Oct21.html October 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 This year, ACT is on the organizing committee of a national, bipartisan campaign to greatly expand service opportunities for Americans, elevate service as a core element of citizenship, and create targeted service corps to address our nation's most important challenges. The campaign is called ServiceNation. GIVE TO ACT CFC#12402 IN THE NEWS California Registry creates first Urban Forest Project Reporting protocol for the U.S. Los Angeles, CA (August 12, 2008)- The Board of Directors for the California Climate Action Registry, a private nonprofit organization committed to solving climate change through emissions reporting and reduction, approved the Urban Forest Project Reporting Protocol at its meeting today. This is the first California Registry protocol to benefit local governments and others through offset credits for planting trees in urban settings. Read the full story SUCCESS STORY Mobilizing Volunteers to Water Trees Casey Trees works with the District of Columbia's Urban Forestry Administration to water newly planted street trees with Ooze Tubes. Utilizing an extensive tree inventory and GIS mapping, Casey Trees has created an efficient method for mobilizing volunteers to install Ooze Tubes to water trees during the summer. Find out how RESEARCH Community-Based Forestry Study Baltimore, MD (September 1, 2008)- The Communities Committee undertook a two-part study to explore perceptions of and participation in Community-based Forestry in the United States. The aim of the study was to learn more about the priority issues that practitioners face, their vision for Community-based forestry in the years ahead, and how support organizations can help meet their needs in order to advance the movement. Learn more PUBLIC POLICY Why Sprawl is a Conservative Issue (Washington, DC)- Michael Lewyn, columnist, author and Associate Professor at John Marshall Law School argues that conservatives should fight sprawl as a threat to conservative values such as limited government, freedom, lower taxes, and social stability. Learn what conservatives can do about sprawl and how smarter growth can encourage conservative solutions, increase individual choice, free market activity, and economic development. Get involved EVENTS ACT Webcast Recording Available Trees and Transportation If you missed ACT's recent webcast on Trees and Transportation, you can view and listen to the presentation online. The session is one hour and available for free. Trees Forever and Trees Columbus talk about research linking transportation safety/mobility and street trees, transcending concerns expressed by public works officials innovative partnerships that are improving trees in public right-of- ways, and community benefits due to roadside landscaping. Register today FUNDING Wells Fargo Supports Bank Communities Wells Fargo is committed to improving the bank's local communities in 23 states through grants and volunteer activities. The funding priorities vary from state to state; however, the bank generally supports the following areas of interest: community development- including housing, job training, and economic development-, K-12 education, and civic projects. Find out more 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's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Oct 27 10:35:37 2008 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:35:37 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Celebrate NeighborWoods Month Message-ID: <596A5BB6-7EF1-4476-A4A5-320B806823D3@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/nwmonth_2008Oct27.html October 27, 2008 Week 5 Photo Contest Volunteer Award Planning Kit Promotional Gear 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. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS WEEK 5 Final Week of Focuses on Boston and Des Moines NeighborWoods Month enters the final week of the 2008 campaign with 28 organizations sponsoring 46 events in 27 cities around the country. Week Five of NeighborWoods Month is headlined by two events: * Members' Tree Planting with the Boston Urban Forest Coalition on 10/29 in the Southwest Corridor Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Coalition members, along with the State?s Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affair will plant 15 mature crabapple trees at this heavily-used, model environmental justice, urban park. * Hoover High School Planting with Trees Forever on 11/1 in Des Moines, Iowa. This is the third of three NeighborWoods Month campus revitalization projects with area high school environmental science classes. These events are just two of 400 events this month. Register your event today or volunteer with one near you... there is at least one event every day! Join the campaign! SEND US YOUR SNAPS Win $500 This year, we're looking for great action shots that celebrate a spirit of volunteerism and stewardship for trees. Send us your inspiring, surprising, or amusing photos and we'll feature your images at the ACT Annual Meeting and Member Rally on Nov. 17 in Atlanta. The winning photograph will receive a $500 Home Depot gift card. Submit your photos VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Win a trip to Washington, DC for one of your volunteers! ACT is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for Volunteer of the Year. This is an opportunity for ACT members to share inspirational accounts of volunteers in action and have them gain national recognition for their local contributions! This award is open to any individual (board member, community organizer, pro bono consultant, etc.) whose volunteer efforts have made a contribution to urban forestry by improving community trees and the neighborhoods which they are in. Nominate a volunteer PLANNING & PROMOTION KIT Promote local efforts- Link to the national campaign The NeighborWoods Month Planning and Promotion Kit provides everything you need to promote your NeighborWoods Month event, including tools to attract new partners, ideas, helpful hints, and sample documents and forms. The kit will help you think through your NeighborWoods Month events. From tips on how to get started to post-event evaluations, the carefully designed tools and information provided in this kit support your ongoing efforts to present a consistent and compelling image of your organization?s value to your stakeholders. Download the Planning Kit FREE GEAR AND MATERIALS Order NeighborWoods Promotional Gear By registering your October event with ACT, you will receive free professionally designed marketing materials including T-shirts, posters, banners, door hangers, toolbelts, and kids' activity cards. See samples and order additional quantities! Order Free Gear REGISTER YOUR EVENT Join the Campaign! How can NeighborWoods benefit you? * Builds partnerships and recognition * Improves quality of life * Educates people about trees Help us promote your work. Register your event today. Register your event 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 ? 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