It’s going to be another green school year thanks to these teens! Last month, 35 youth leaders from all over LA gathered on our hilltop for our annual Youth Leadership & Eco Club Summit. It was a great day watching students build leadership skills and network with other like-minded teens. Our goal was simple. The…
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A New Planting Season Takes Root on National Public Lands Day
October 2, 2017Every year in late September, hundreds of thousands of people head outside for National Public Lands Day. The observance first started in 1994 to raise awareness and protect the spaces maintained by federal, state and local governments for public use– over 30% of the US landmass. The event has grown into the single largest volunteer…
Our Summer Institute: 40 Teachers, a Landfill and a Wastewater Plant
September 20, 2017What happens when you have TreePeople’s Education Department, 40+ educators, a two-day Generation Earth workshop and the Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Center? A whole ton of fun and learning–that’s what! Earlier this summer, the Generation Earth program delivered yet another successful Summer Institute focusing on waste, water and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in LA. The…
TreePeople Fellows Strive to Save Urban Forests
September 19, 2017TreePeople is blessed with an array of amazing minds that come through Yurt Village, and this past summer, we had two bright young minds join our Policy & Research Department. Erik Ndayishimiye and Matthew Stieg were brought on at the beginning of the summer through our fellowship program to work on issues surrounding LA’s urban…
Meet TreePeople’s Huntington Park Dream Team
September 19, 2017Just three 3 miles from the trendy shops and construction cranes of Downtown LA’s Arts District, there’s a different kind of change at work in the community of Huntington Park. Where not that long ago only sun-baked sidewalks sprawled through the city, now there are blocks and blocks of tree-lined streets and a small army…
Photo Essay: TreePeople Soars High with Olympian Shaun White
September 19, 2017TreePeople Joins the Air + Style Music and Sports Festival Earlier this year, TreePeople teamed up with two-time snowboarding Olympic gold-medalist, Shaun White, his team at Air + Style, along with partners at Change the Course and Clif Green Notes for the Air + Style Music and Sports Festival in Exposition Park. Air + Style’s design…
Climate Conversations for Beginners
September 13, 2017Massive wildfires engulfing the west coast and extreme hurricanes bludgeoning our neighbors in the east have left a lot us scared and wondering ‘Is this the future of our climate?’ Media doesn’t always help either. Alarming reports and frightening statistics can sometimes make you feel like all you can do is curl up in a…
Slow It. Spread It. Sink It.
September 6, 2017With last year’s record breaking rain, it is more important than ever to prepare for another onslaught of moisture heading toward LA this winter. Did you know 3.8 billion gallons of polluted water is sent into the ocean for every inch of rain that falls on the City of Los Angeles? This isn’t how it…
Collecting Seeds, Collecting Hope
August 11, 2017Every year as Southern California heats up, the threat of wildfires becomes ever more present. All it takes is a wayward ember for generations of green to be transformed into a charred moonscape overnight – trees to lonely carbon ghosts, and rolling hills to dusty ash. Even though these post-blaze landscapes may appear dead and…
ACTION ALERT: Make Your Voice Heard. Protect our City’s Trees!
August 9, 2017Angelenos, a huge opportunity exists right now for you to take action to protect our City’s urban forest! Did you know, the City of LA has launched a 30-year sidewalk repair program? This was triggered by a city settlement that secured more than $1.4 billion to make our sidewalks more accessible for all Angelenos. TreePeople…
Parting Thoughts of a Volunteer Manager
July 19, 2017I’ve been reflecting on my time as TreePeople’s Volunteer Manager as I prepare to take on life’s next adventure to pursue my graduate degree in Urban Planning at UCLA this Fall. Over the past two years, I’ve been moved by the community of volunteers I get to work with every day. I’ll never forget the…
Jim & Eileen: The “It” Couple of Once Upon a Canyon Night
July 19, 2017Our Director of Park Operations, Jim Hardie and his wife, Eileen Knight have been the “it” couple around TreePeople for many years and contributed so much to the organization, but their real pride and joy has been our summer entertainment series, Once Upon a Canyon Night. After 15 seasons of beautiful music, hysterical comedy and…