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Hello Urban Forestry
Advocates,
Here's what's happening in
urban and community forestry:
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Research shows:
Correlation
between
income level
and tree cover
For every 1% increase in
per capita income,
demand for forest cover increased by 1.76%.
But when income dropped by
the same amount,
demand decreased by 1.26 percent resulting in
a
demand curve more typical of demand for luxury goods
than
necessities. Showing lack of
appreciation for many of the valuable and life-giving benefits
of trees like cleaning our air and water,
providing shade, reducing stress and more.
Click HERE to
read more
Plus
click HERE to view great satellite imagery visuals
of income equality demonstrated through urban trees cover
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Innovative New App Allows
Korean Mobile Users
to Plant
& Care for Trees Virtual
Leading
to over 250,000 Trees So Far in Reality
A free new app by Tree
Planet lets users plant real trees through a moblile
game. Users can choose which part of world they would like your tree
to be planted in: Currently Mongolia, South Korea or the Republic of
Sudan.
Users virtually plant and care for trees
but through corporate funders real trees are planted.
Users then receive email updates about their trees every few months.
Click HERE to
learn more about this
innovative program
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Job opportunity:
Project
Manager for the City of Palo Alto Tree Section
The City of Palo Alto
Public Works Department
is currently recruiting for a Project Manager
who will work in the City's Tree section.
The Project Manager is the first line management
position to: plan, organize, direct and supervise the
City's Urban Forestry program and related tree
maintenance operations.
Click HERE for
the Full Job Description & Application
Deadline: 10/3/12
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Olive Trees Green
Richmond, Calif.
1,000 organic olive trees were donated from McEvoy Ranch to the
Richmond, Calif. community members.
The donation was coordinated by Self-sustaining
Communities, a non-profit that aims directs donations to
underserved
neighborhoods in the East Bay.
Over the last three years, the
organization has negotiated donations of more than 10,000 fruit and
nut trees to East Bay low-income areas
Click HERE
to read more
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Thanks for all you do in
support of urban forests!
Sonali Shah
Communications and Outreach Manager
California Urban Forest Council
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