From jared at actrees.org Mon May 4 10:34:13 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:34:13 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Treebune News- Volunteer Time Worth $20.25 and TreePeople Addresses Water Concerns Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treebune_09may4.html May 4, 2009 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NATIONAL NEWS Volunteer Time Worth More Than $20/Hour (Washington, DC)- The average value of donated time by volunteers was $20.25 per hour in 2008, according to a new study by Independent Sector. The study based its data on average hourly earnings for all hourly-wage, nonfarm workers gathered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, increasing figures by 12 percent to estimate for fringe benefits. Read the full story LOCAL STORY Cisterns save rainwater, quench environmental thirst (Los Angeles, CA)- Exploding populations from Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, to suburban Los Angeles have turned the issue of water supply from problem to crisis. "There is so much demand for water, it already exceeds supply," says Andy Lipkis, President of TreePeople. Based in Los Angeles, the organization's primary purpose has been to educate communities on the planting and care of trees and to work with government agencies on issue No. 1 in the West: water. Read the full story 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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Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS GIVE TO ACT CFC#12402 SUCCESS STORY Citizen Pruner Tree Care Course (New York, NY) Trees New York offers a Citizen Pruner Tree Care Course that trains adults and teenagers in tree care and pruning. Participants take a final exam that certifies them to legally do certain work on trees owned by the City of New York. Find out how IN THE NEWS LEED-ND: Public Comment Period Opens 11,000 dead trees could cost $706,000 Aid for shade: Municipalities eyeing money to buy trees Arbor Day: Let's Plant More Trees In Hartford See more News RESEARCH Engaging Uninvolved Communities in Urban Forestry Manual for School Tree Nurseries Sustainable Sites Initiative Urban Tree Utilization and Why It Matters See more Research PUBLIC POLICY Green Infrastructure Summit and Urban Trees Forum Jensen named USDA Deputy Undersecretary Landscape Architecture Education Transportation Efficiency Act to Reduce VMT See more Public Policy EVENTS Green Infrastructure Summit and Urban Trees Forum Tree Campus USA Urban Forest Projects in the Climate Action Reserve California Urban Forests Conference See more Events FUNDING Home Depot Building Healthy Communities Grant Akonadi Foundation Strategic Opportunity Support Fund Blue Water Project Grants California American Water Funds See 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) 2009 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 To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Wed May 6 13:12:26 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:12:26 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Green Infrastructure Summit & Urban Trees Forum Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/leaflet_09may6.html May 6, 2009 Summit 09 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom SUPPORT ACT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT & URBAN FOREST FORUM May 14-15, 2009 Washington, DC Now is the time to harness the momentum of a new Congress and a new administration. It is critical that Members of Congress understand the implications of policy choices on the ability of our cities to sustain their economies and promote more sustainable development. The Alliance for Community Trees, working with various partners including the Sustainable Urban Forest Coalition, is organizing the first annual Green Infrastructure Summit and Urban Trees Forum. Cost: Free Deadline to Register: May 8, 2009 Read More and Register Now AGENDA We have an impressive lineup of speakers including: * Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3rd) * Anne Canby, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership * Kevin Gillen, UPenn Wharton School of Business * Zack Hill, Alliant Energy (invited) * Deborah Cohen, RAND Corporation Transportation & Water Jim Catella, Rep. Michael Castle's Office Lilly Shoup, Transportation for America Nancy Arazan, US Environmental Protection Agency Healthy Communities Ashley Futrell, National Recreation and Parks Association Dennis Greenhouse, CCDO, US Department of Justice Tyler Frisbee, Rep. Earl Blumenauer's Office Energy & Climate Sam Stefanki, Rep. Doris O. Matsui's Office Neelam Patel, US Environmental Protection Agency Jeffrey Williams, Entergy (invited) Revitalization & Green Jobs Alec Garnett, Rep. Ed Perlmutter's Office Corey Connors, American Nursery and Landscape Assoc. Lindsay Campbell, USFS Northern Research Station (invited) See the Full Agenda and 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) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: members at actrees.org The Hill Leaflet is an announce-only list for ACT members and Hill staff http://actrees.org/site/lists/members To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon May 11 15:47:53 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:47:53 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Treebune News- Anonymous Giving and Tree Report Card Message-ID: <9A03C2AB-65BF-44BC-8DB7-EBE737CC192F@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treebune_09may11.html May 11, 2009 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NATIONAL NEWS Anonymous Giving Gains in Popularity as the Recession Deepens (Washington, DC)- At a time when many charities are desperately looking for new donors, an increasing number of philanthropists seem to be trying just as hard not to be found. Data compiled by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and anecdotal reports from fundraisers and advisers to donors, suggest that a rising number of people are choosing to give anonymously. Read the full story LOCAL STORY First Annual Tree Report Card for DC (Washington, DC)- Casey Trees has just released their First Annual Tree Report Card and Urban Tree Canopy Goal. The Tree Report Card is the only independent evaluation of the District's trees and tree canopy and possibly the first such assessment in the Nation. For 2009, the Tree Report Card Grade scored Washington, DC a grade of B. Read the full story 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) 2009 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 To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Tue May 12 11:23:40 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:23:40 -0400 Subject: [ACT] May 14 Briefing- Achieving SmartGrowth Policies with Green Infrastructure Message-ID: <8FC9A38A-8542-4071-BDF4-4BFA21B1CCAD@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/leaflet_09may12.html Congressional Briefing 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom SUPPORT ACT CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING May 14, 2009 2:00-3:30pm 2226 Rayburn House Office Building (NEW LOCATION) Achieving SmartGrowth Policies with Green Infrastructure The Alliance for Community Trees (ACT), in cooperation with Congressman Blumenauer?s office, invite you to the briefing, Achieving SmartGrowth Policies with Green Infrastructure. Learn how trees and green infrastructure may be used to improve the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Even more so now as a recession encourages innovative thinking, urban forests offers cross-bottom-line solutions that impact neighborhood stabilization, highway safety, energy efficiency, public health, and investments in small business. This briefing will describe what makes green infrastructure essential when planning and implementing traditional infrastructure projects, and how early and collaborative designs that include green infrastructure are often safer, more efficient, and cheaper. Invited speakers for this event include: * Moderator Jared Liu, Director of Programs, Alliance for Community Trees * Enhancing State and Federal Highways Anne Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership * Determinants of Neighborhood Transformation Kevin Gillen, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business * Neighborhood Parks and Public Health Deborah Cohen, Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation * Energy Conservation through Trees Zack Hill, Manager of Federal Government Affairs, Alliant Energy This briefing is free and open to the public. No RSVP required. For more information, contact Jared Liu at jared at actrees.org or (301) 277-0041. Read 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) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: members at actrees.org The Hill Leaflet is an announce-only list for ACT members and Hill staff http://actrees.org/site/lists/members To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon May 18 12:42:35 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:42:35 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Treebune News- Green Cities Report and TreeVitalize Statewide Program Message-ID: <1A4ABF52-8366-4535-86C3-500E9E41BF02@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treebune_09may18.html May 18, 2009 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NATIONAL NEWS Green Cities Report- How Key Cities are Combating Climate Change (Washington, DC)- A new report released today called Green Cities is one of the first assessments of exactly how 40 of the country's largest cities are trying to limit their carbon footprints and take the steps needed to raise these efforts to the next level. According to the survey, cities have generally fallen short in their ability to create an equitable green economy- one that connects low-income people and under-invested urban communities to the economic mainstream. Read the full story LOCAL STORY Aid for shade: Municipalities eyeing money to buy trees (Johnsontown, PA)- Pennsylvania communities are lining up to take advantage of a state initiative to increase the number of trees along urban streets and in parks. The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is making available funds to purchase trees. Volunteers will be enlisted to plant and maintain the trees for years to come. Read the full story 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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Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS GIVE TO ACT CFC#12402 SUCCESS STORY LANO Standards for Excellence (Shreveport, LA)- Shreveport Green is working to achieve organizational certification that trains and recognizes well-managed and responsibly-governed non-profit organizations. Shreveport Green, like nonprofits nationwide, recognizes that major donors are sophisticated about their giving choices. Business leaders expect that nonprofit organizations follow corporate procedures for limiting risk, financial management, and accountability. Find out how IN THE NEWS Corporate Foundation Giving Will Decline in 2009 Alliant Energy provides $2,450 for Arnolds Park planting University of Maryland green credentials challenged Tree-Killing Hurricanes Could Contribute To Warming See more News RESEARCH City Trees, Nature, and Physical Activity STRATUM Tree Guides and City Analyses Urban Forestry Program for Public Works Public Response to Roadside Landscapes See more Research PUBLIC POLICY GREEN Act for Affordable Mortgages Reintroduced Career Conservationist to Oversee Forest Service American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 Obama Issues FY10 Budget Request for National Service See more Public Policy EVENTS Tree Campus USA Integrating Energy Efficiency into New and Existing Homes Urban Forest Projects in the Climate Action Reserve Sustainable Communities Lecture Series See more Events FUNDING Nickelodeon Big Green Grants Green Your School Contest Bank of America Foundation: Local Grantmaking Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship See 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) 2009 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 To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Wed May 20 13:47:04 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 13:47:04 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Root Issue Research- Resources on Water and for Architects Message-ID: <64037B6C-3110-4BDD-88AE-FD7682DD9FA6@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/rootissue_09may20.html May 20, 2009 Issue Audience 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom SUPPORT ACT SPOTLIGHT ISSUE Water The US EPA has launched a new initiative called "Healthy Watersheds" that emphasizes protection and conservation of aquatic ecosystems. The initiative is being introduced on a new website, which provides information on tools to identify and protect healthy watersheds and their components. Local governments, watershed practitioners, and regional agencies will also benefit from this initiative. Read more FEATURED AUDIENCE Architects Katrin Scholz-Barth and Susan K. Weiler have just unveiled their newest book, "Green Roof Systems: A Guide to the Planning, Design, and Construction of Landscapes over Structure." This is the designer's one- stop resource to green roofs that merges landscape and architecture. Green Roof Systems offers substantive and technical information on living green roofs, and landscapes over structure. Read 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) 2009 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 To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Thu May 21 16:27:36 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:27:36 -0400 Subject: [ACT] Tree Talk National Events- May 2009 Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treetalk_09may21.html May 21, 2009 Spotlight This Month Next Month ACT Webcasts 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 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NeighborWoods Month Registration October 2009 Nationwide National NeighborWoods Month is a united campaign to celebrate trees and raise awareness for the value of urban forests. Last year, NeighborWoods Month staged 412 events in 134 cities, engaging over 30,000 volunteers in hands-on service to care for city forests. We encourage you to share this year's event tools with your community partners to expand your city's celebration of NeighborWoods Month in 2009. Learn more THIS MONTH May 2009 * Urban Forest Projects in the Climate Action Reserve * World Environmental & Water Resources Congress * Neighborhoods USA Conference * Integrating Energy Efficiency into Homes Find out more NEXT MONTH June 2009 * Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference 2009 * Sustainable Communities Lecture Series * Urban Landscaping- Part I: Bareroot Trees * Adaptive Management of Water Resources II Find out more ACT WEBCAST SERIES Third Thursday of Every Month at 1pm Eastern * May09: Tree Campus USA * Jun09: Urban Landscaping- Part I: Bareroot Trees * Jul09: Urban Landscaping- Part II: Tree Stock * Aug09: 'Planning' Your Way to the Best Urban Forest * Sep09: Sustainability- Part II: Community Orchards 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 ? 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ABOUT WEBCASTS The Third Thursday Webcast 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 Urban Landscaping- Part I: Bareroot Trees June 18, 2009 1:00- 2:00pm EST A best management practice that is increasingly moving from research to the field is bare root planting. Whether from a nursery field to the city street or just from one place in your yard to another, it's the roots that suffer when trees are transplanted. Shade tree roots are found primarily in the top 12 inches of soil, and extend horizontally up to and beyond the dripline. An unbelievable 90% of tree roots are routinely left behind in the nursery at the time of harvest. In an industry where having a viable root system is the primary determining factor of whether trees survive and thrive in their new location, current practices must be reevaluated. Register now SESSION TOPICS Webcast attendees will learn: * Advantages and disadvantages of bare root stock. * Dealing with the narrower planting window. * Finding desired species. * Selling to and educating the public about bare root trees. Register now RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE Nina Bassuk, Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) Research by Nina Bassuk indicates that many tree species fare better when transplanted bare root as opposed to balled and burlapped (B&B) or containerized (grown in pots). When properly handled, the bare root method is less traumatic for the trees' roots, and can lessen transplant shock and recovery time. Bare root stock offers many benefits including up to 200% more root mass than B&B or container trees. Register now ON THE GROUND Patrice Sheehan, Delaware Center for Horticulture (Wilmington, DE) Last year, the Delaware Center for Horticulture started using bare root stock in their plantings, and have found that bare root stock makes for easier plantings. However, working with bare root stock requires careful coordination. Once they leave the nursery, bare root trees need to get in the ground within a week at the longest. With no soil, the roots can dry out and die if left exposed for any time. 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. 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