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How can communities manage their landscapes to make them more resilient to climate change? Can native plants and fungi remediate contaminated soil? And how can we better understand soil health in the aftermath of the LA fires? These are just a few of the big questions researchers tackled at TreePeople’s 4th Los Angeles Urban Soil…
How has climate change impacted your life in Southern California? Have you experienced severe weather events like fire, extreme heat, or flooding? Altered your day-to-day routine because of the changing climate? Or noticed climate-related changes in your community or neighborhood? TreePeople wants to hear YOUR stories for a new research project! We’re looking for submissions…
TreePeople is extremely proud of all the work we are currently doing at schools around Southern California. For more information about all of our School Greening projects, click here. Curriculum update Last quarter, we shared a brief preview of the curriculum that TreePeople is bringing to the schools in our implementation grants. For the past…
Recent shifts in federal funding policy have caused widespread confusion and disruption for many nonprofits, including TreePeople. Our projects rely in part on federal grants. And while the government’s original “funding freeze” is no longer in effect, distributions from some public agencies remain paused, which has forced us to halt some of our crucial environmental…
On February 1st, we kicked off our first tree planting event under the CAL FIRE implementation grant, and what a day it was! Hosted at Sparks Middle School in the Hacienda La Puente School District, the event was a huge success, bringing together 29 volunteers from the local community to help make the campus a…
The recent wildfires took a devastating toll on Southern California, impacting both our urban communities and the wilderness areas surrounding them. For nature lovers, it can be heartbreaking to see once-lush ecosystems in areas like Eaton Canyon and the Pacific Palisades reduced to ash. But while recovery will likely be a long road, it’s comforting…
Dear TreePeople Community, As I step into my new role as Board Chair at TreePeople, I am filled with gratitude and excitement for what lies ahead. I am honored to work alongside such an inspiring group of individuals, united by a shared mission: to create a greener, more sustainable future and nurture the connections that…
Have you ever wondered how the plants we grow can help combat climate change? How factors like soil health can play a role in making our communities greener and cooler? And what we can do to design better landscapes for a more climate-resilient world? As we experience the very real impacts of climate change in…
The wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this month devastated so many of our local communities, as well as some of our region’s most beloved wilderness areas in the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains. In the wake of this disaster, we’ve understandably received many questions about what restoration might look like in those ecosystems—and…
Wind and fire have always been part of California’s ecosystem, and many of our native plants are well-adapted to withstanding or recovering from blazes. But as our region has grown denser and more urbanized, major, fast-moving fires have become more common and more dangerous—in large part due to human activity. Humans are responsible for about…
Life in the big city isn’t so easy for trees—and helping our urban canopy thrive and grow takes a lot more planning, care, and resources than you might expect. Here’s how TreePeople makes sure the trees we plant in our urban environment stay happy and healthy for years to come: 1. Trees need propagation In…
Christmas trees are a great way to infuse your home with cheer during the holiday season. But farming real trees just to cut them down isn’t ideal—and producing a bunch of brand new plastic trees is even worse. So how can you make sure you’re celebrating in the most sustainable way possible? Here are a…