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April 12 tree planting project to help restore English landing park in Parkville, MO., in celebration of earth day and Arbor Day
Parkville, Mo., residents and city officials, along with local Girl Scouts and EPA Region 7 staff, will participate in a tree planting project April 12 at the city’s English Landing Park, which lost approximately 100 trees during last year’s flooding along the Missouri River. Parkville Mayor Gerry Richardson, Parkville Mayor-elect Jim Brooks and Adam Zink, Chairman of ...
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Tree campus USA continues TO expand throughout U.S.; Arbor day foundation, Toyota to mark the growth by holding tree-planting events on four campuses
A record number of colleges and universities received Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation for taking exemplary care of their campus forest. This spring, 115 colleges and universities were awarded Tree Campus USA status. To celebrate the growth of the program, the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota will hold large tree-planting events at four schools across the country this ...
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Americans say trees are important, but Where`s the Love? STRATHAM, N.H.
There's no doubt about it, trees are getting the short end of the stick, especially when it comes to celebrating the holiday named in their honor. According to the 2011 Timberland Arbor Day Survey, only 12 percent of respondents celebrate trees' national holiday -- although, 98 percent agree trees and tree planting are important. "If trees could talk, they'd be a bit sad about the lack of ...
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Water UK and Friends of the Earth call on Government to act on tree planting
Water UK has partnered with Friends of the Earth to call on the Government to do more to promote tree planting in England. The two organisations have written to Lord Zac Goldsmith, Minister of State for Pacific and the Environment, to call for the introduction of targets to increase tree planting across the country. The letter urges the Government to use the England Tree Strategy to set a target ...
By Water UK
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Rockefeller and Bloomberg plant US$10m in MillionTreesNYC
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and David Rockefeller Tuesday announced a joint Earth Day pledge of $10 million to the MillionTreesNYC initiative to plant trees in public spaces, including New York Housing Authority developments and at city schools. This donation of private funds made to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City by Mr. Rockefeller and Bloomberg Philanthropies will allow over 18,000 ...
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Small excavators for tree planting occupy half of the market
According to the statistical data of China Construction Machinery Industry Association, the sales and tonnage of China's excavator market from January to May 2018 have been released as shown in the figure. Sales volume Sales changes over the same periodTotal tonnage (Ten thousand tons) Total tonnage change over the same period Average tonnage Average tonnage changes over the same ...
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Commemorate the Royal Wedding with a Gift to the Earth by Planting Trees in the Arbor Day Royal Forests
The world's most anticipated wedding this year takes place on April 29 – Arbor Day in the United States – and everyone can commemorate the Royal Wedding by planting trees in the Arbor Day Foundation's Royal Forests. To honor the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Arbor Day Foundation will be working with partners around the world to establish commemorative ...
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How does tree planting help the environment?
Planting over one trillion trees could be the cheapest and most effective way of mitigating the current crisis facing our planet, according to one study published earlier this year. As part of their natural life cycles, trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and replace it with oxygen. Not only is this essential for us to live, but it could also alleviate global warming. The ...
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EPA participates in Blue Mountain tree planting project at Palmerton Zinc Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and three partner organizations are planting 5,500 new trees on 70 acres of mountainside at the Palmerton Zinc Superfund Site along the Appalachian Trail in Palmerton, Pa. that will be in place by Memorial Day. “EPA is proud to be part of this tree planting venture that helps transform a previously barren and contaminated site into a beautiful ...
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UN tree-planting campaign reaches 4bn mark
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced this week that its campaign to plant 7 billion trees worldwide – in a bid to pressure nations to “seal the deal” on an ambitious new climate change pact this December – has passed the halfway mark. More than 4 billion saplings have been planted as part of UNEP’s Billion Tree Campaign, which has mobilized thousands of people in 166 ...
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The First of a Million Trees Grows in the Bronx
NEW YORK, New York, October 11, 2007 (ENS) - Working together, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Restoration Project founder Bette Midler planted a tree in the Bronx on Tuesday as the first of one million trees to be placed throughout the five boroughs in the next decade. The mayor and the entertainer-environmentalist planted a Carolina Silverbell tree in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, ...
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Woodlands Trust Tree Initiative
Woodland Trust has launched an initiative to plant 50 million trees over 5 years to fight climate crisis. Unfortunately COVID has impacted the rate in which trees have been planted, resulting in a downfall. Therefore the conservation charity has made this pledge, which includes 600,000 free trees being sent to community groups and schools in November this year. The Woodland’s trust Darren ...
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EPA and boys and girls clubs to celebrate Earth Day April 20
EPA and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America will celebrate Earth Day on Friday, April 20, with an event at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City’s Wyandotte County Unit. The Boys & Girls Clubs has planned the event, which consists of outdoor activities designed to teach about energy and natural resource conservation, a tree planting and a presentation on solar panels. EPA ...
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Timberland commits five million trees in five years to help solve critical issues in high-risk environments
The Timberland Company (NYSE: TBL) believes it can help alleviate hunger, create jobs, protect wildlife and preserve the environment...all through the simple act of planting a tree. Make that five million trees - in five years. It's a bold pledge in support of a bold vision. And although the notion is pretty simple - plant some trees, do some good in the world - Timberland's global reforestation ...
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CNH Industrial kicks off A Sustainable Year story series on World Environment Day
On World Environment Day, CNH Industrial announces the first in a series of stories to be featured in its latest A Sustainable Year publication. This annual magazine charts the Company’s major social and environmental activities as well as its strategic sustainability targets. It follows the publication of our latest Sustainability Report. The story follows CNH Industrial’s ...
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The Police to help plant trees in NYC
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland of The Police to announce that the band's final concert will be in New York City and their commitment to MillionTreesNYC, the City's initiative to plant one million trees by the year 2017. MillionTreesNYC is a component of PlaNYC, the Mayor's plan to make the City more sustainable and reduce its carbon footprint 30 percent ...
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O2 Victorious as Overall Green Awards `Grand Prix` Winner 2006
The first Green Awards to reward business for communicating sustainability was a resounding success. The Guildhall in the heart of the City of London provided a historic backdrop to a packed house of senior industry professionals, journalists and the 'Greeneratti'. O2 scooped the Green Awards 'Grand Prix' which was presented by Ian Pearson MP Minister of State for ...
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Promoting small-scale planting of trees in dryland areas
This policy brief, published by the research network NCCR North-South, argues for policies that promote planting trees in drylands on a small scale, because large-scale projects can negatively affect local ecosystems. International aid agencies and governments have been promoting large-scale planting for more than a century. But the practice is becoming increasingly controversial. Advocates say ...
By SciDev.Net
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Arbor day foundation, in partnership with Toyota, awards tree campus USA distinction to record number of colleges and universities
More and more colleges and universities across the United States are being recognized for taking care of one of the most valuable resources on campus - trees. Today, the Arbor Day Foundation announced that the number of schools that have been named a Tree Campus USA college or university has more than tripled since the program began in 2008. Tree Campus USA, modeled after the Arbor Day ...
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US EPA joins UC Riverside students in tree planting ceremony
On Thursday, April 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will join the University of California, Riverside in a tree planting celebrating EPA’s year-old internship program that reaches out to diverse and underserved communities with internships, joint projects, and scientific research opportunities for students and faculty. EPA Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld and UC ...
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