TreePeople has always imagined our conference center here at Coldwater Canyon Park as a space that fosters important conversations around sustainability. Over the years, it has held a host of events including a State Assembly Committee hearing, collaborative discussions on infrastructure, to name a couple. Last Saturday’s event, the kick-off forum for the Neighborhood Council…
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Boys and Girls Club Youth Care for Local Park Trees
February 25, 2015Engaging youth is a cornerstone of TreePeople’s values, dating back to when our founder Andy Lipkis started replanting forests at just 15 years old. In the spirit of our roots, we offered a group of teens from a local Boys and Girls Club a series of workshops leading up to a tree care event in…
What Small Stowaway is Killing California’s Trees?
February 20, 2015Have you ever heard of a little beetle named the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB)? Despite their small size, these little terrors (stowed away from Asia) are now packing a big punch, killing trees in droves in Southern California. How Trees Die Pregnant female beetles attack hundreds of tree species, boring under the bark and…
Committees Pass LA Councilmember Felipe Fuentes’ “Green Streets” Motion
February 19, 2015We’re proud to have helped LA City Councilmember Felipe Fuentes’ Green Sustainable Streets Motion (Council File 14-0748) that yesterday was approved to move on to the full City Council. Streets have been part of LA’s water problem for too long. They’ve been built as conduits to funnel stormwater quickly out into storm drains, creating polluted…
KCET SoCal Connected: Capturing Rainwater One Rain Barrel at a Time
February 18, 2015Last month during the height of the scant LA rainfall, KCET SoCal Connected’s Val Zavala interviewed our Founder and President, Andy Lipkis on the importance of capturing every drop that falls to wean our city off imported water and strengthen our local water supply. Read on for the full story and be sure to watch…
4 Ways to Spread the Tree-Love on Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2015No matter if you’re celebrating “Single’s Awareness Day,” or if you’re spending the day with your sweetie, TreePeople has your tree-love needs covered! Get Some Fresh Air: Take a Trip to Los Feliz for a Park Tree Planting! In honor of St. Valentine, we’re spreading the love in the heart of LA at a…
I Am TreePeople: Maya Alarcon
February 10, 2015I Am TreePeople: Maya Alarcon TreePeople has a legacy of mobilizing communities. But it’s the stories of the people at the roots of our work that inspire us every day to keep greening our city for generations to come. Meet Maya Alarcon, a TreePeople volunteer and the first in the lineup for our story series,…
Where did 356 sq ft of Asphalt go at El Dorado Elementary School?
February 6, 2015Across two weekends last month, more than 200 volunteers, kids, parents, teachers and TreePeople staff gathered to put 46 trees in the ground at El Dorado Elementary School in Sylmar, deep in the San Fernando Valley. Volunteers watch a tree planting demonstration at El Dorado Elementary School. We primed the location ahead of the big…
Cómo Colocar Estacas para un Árbol
February 5, 2015Ya que has sembrado su nuevo árbol, ahora ¿qué? Mira este video para ver como estacar correctamente su árbol para que crezca fuerte mientras es protegida del viento y otros daños. ¡Debemos cuidar nuestros árboles, así nos cuidan a nosotros!
TreePeople Hosts 70 Fullbright Scholars
February 4, 2015I’ve shared our park on hundreds of tours in my six-year tenure at TreePeople including curious residents, City Council staff, State Legislators and even the Mayor of a Mexican city. All these experiences have been rewarding. However, this past week, we had the unique pleasure of hosting 70 Fulbright Scholarship students. The group was having their annual…
3 Things You Can Do with TreePeople to Cool LA
February 4, 2015If you’re reading this, it’s likely you know that climate change is humanity’s most urgent challenge. And you likely have an inkling that TreePeople has some viable solutions to offer. You’re correct. With the announcement that 2014 was the Earth’s hottest year in recorded history, it’s clearer than ever that we must get planting, and…
California ReLeaf: Real Conversations About Working Within Disadvantaged Communities
January 28, 2015Working with low-income communities on pathways to sustainability has been a cornerstone of TreePeople’s work for decades. Here, our Director of Forestry, Rachel Malarich shares some of her hard-won insights in this important conversation linking the success of urban forestry to building strong relationships inside underserved populations. Read on for the full story from California…