[ACT] Treebune News- Playspace Guidelines and The Greening of Detroit

[Jared Liu]

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	June 22, 2009	 	
		
  	


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NATIONAL NEWS
Guidelines for Eco Friendly Service Projects
(Washington, DC)- KaBOOM! and The Home Depot Foundation are excited to  
present the first comprehensive guidelines on how to make playspace  
service projects as eco-friendly as possible. The guidelines are the  
result of interview research, workshops, and surveys including  
dialogue with ACT. As part of a broader partnership with KaBOOM!, we  
hope that these guidelines are a useful tool in your outreach locally.

  	


  	
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LOCAL STORY
Nonprofit works to restore green canopy to Detroit
(Detroit, MI)- A batch of trees that will soon be planted on a wild,  
overgrown patch of land near a Detroit neighborhood is expected to be  
a step toward bringing back a vibrant, green canopy to the Motor City.  
The nonprofit group Greening of Detroit is pushing urban  
reforestation- even during a tough economy. "The need is expanding, so  
we're trying to keep pace," said Rebecca Salminen Witt, the  
organization's president.

  	



  	
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