After five years of intense drought, LA’s hills are finally alive with a vibrant blanket of lush green grasses and wildflowers! I love living in LA, but I spend too much time in my car or in air conditioned buildings. But as a volunteer and intern with TreePeople, I get the perfect getaway from city…
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LA Sidewalks Reach The “Tripping Point”
April 12, 2017Calling all urban forest advocates: Join the movement for safer, more accessible streets! LA’s sidewalks are at a tripping point! On June 10th, TreePeople, Investing in Place, Los Angeles Walks and AARP California are hosting “The Tripping Point,” a half-day advocacy summit for LA’s streets! “The Tripping Point” is a forum for community members from…
4 Tips for Your Climate-Ready Yard
April 12, 2017Do you feel the following symptoms? Constant urge to be outside An itch to dig in the soil A need for a garden that turns heads? If so, you could be suffering from Planting Fever! Now is a great time to get out into your yard and plant! But before you get your hands dirty,…
Be Prepared: Eagle Scout Digs In
April 11, 2017An Eagle Scout is always prepared– especially in the face of climate change. Last month, Eagle Scout Wesley Wu worked with me, TreePeople’s Service Learning Manager and Youth Leader Specialist of Environmental Education, and a group of his peers to care for our park. Wesley lead by example using his Eagle Scout training to rally…
3,500 Join Us at the LA Environmental Education Fair
April 10, 2017Our youth are the key for a climate-ready LA. Last month, TreePeople’s Generation Earth team joined environmental education partners and agencies at the Los Angeles Environmental Education Fair (LAEEF) to educate and be inspired by LA’s next generation of climate champions. It was a packed day of fun at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic…
Mulching: Less Mowing, More Growing!
March 15, 2017It’s that time of year! Winter rains have come, the air is fresh, flowers are beginning to pop, and the days are warm and crisp. It’s the perfect time to look out over your yard and wonder: “Is it time to finally ditch the turf and bring on the mulch?” Not only does ditching turf…
Concrete to Canopy: Green Dreams for Inglewood & Lennox
March 14, 2017What comes to mind when you think of South LA? Endless stretches of treeless streets sealed in sizzling pavement? Imagine if we could convert concrete to canopy one block, one person, one tree at a time. Our climate reality has left frontline communities vulnerable to devastating impacts– like crippling heat and harmful floods. Inglewood and…
Viewpoint School Teacher Talks Trash and Compost
March 7, 2017A sustainable future is in reach, but to get there we must plant the seeds of change in our youth today. This is why TreePeople has always invested in schools. LA is one of the most wasteful cities in the country. But we know we can be better– through empowering kids to take action on…
UPDATE: $1.2 Million to Retrofit Homes to Capture and Infiltrate Rain
February 22, 2017Yesterday, the LA County Board of Supervisors awarded TreePeople $1.2 million to pilot an innovative approach to home rainwater capture projects in unincorporated areas of LA County, with a focus on underserved communities. The project will help protect vulnerable communities from flooding, contribute toward our region’s water supply, improve water quality and offer water storage…
Growing “Calles Verdes”: Restoring the Pacoima Wash
February 15, 2017Nothing inspires me more than seeing people come together to make change. Over the past couple months, TreePeople has worked to restore the Pacoima Wash with the help of our volunteers and the City of San Fernando. When we started, the area was overgrown with weeds and littered with trash, but after just a couple…
Working Together for Safer LA Sidewalks
February 15, 2017Over the next 30 years, the City of Los Angeles plans to spend $1.4 billion dollars to make our sidewalks more accessible in response to a lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Far too many Angelenos struggle just to move around our city. Our broken sidewalks present some of the biggest obstacles for…
Standing Rock: The Spirit of Resilience
February 15, 2017The Friday after Election Day, I traveled to Standing Rock with my mom and TreePeople Board Chair, Ira Ziering, to join our water protector brothers and sisters in North Dakota in defense of water, people and planet. As soon as we arrived at the wintry camp, our spirits were lifted by the strength, peace and…