TreePeople

Environmental education and outdoor access: provide opportunities to youth in environmental education and outdoor learning to help students explore local environmental systems and issues such as waste, water and forestry in a fun and engaging way. This includes engaging youth at every age level, offering age-appropriate projects, field trips, and hands-on learning experiences to empower future generations. This program expands across los angeles county and prioritizes communities that have not historically been able to access nature. This program was able to serve approximately 14,000 students across 200 schools through over one hundred of field trips and over one hundred service-learning projects. This program uplifts youth to build a connection with nature and understand that they have a role to play in improving our local communities and environment.

Urban and mountain forestry: the forestry programs expanded tree canopy, cared for young trees, reforested mountainous areas, and restored native habitat while engaging and activating thousands of individuals to participate and learn in the process. Treepeople's urban forestry teams planted trees in historically underserved communities across los angeles county and into the inland empire. Treepeople's mountain forestry team restored tens of project sites across the local mountains that have burned in recent fires. Treepeople engaged more than 10,000 volunteers, planted more than 10,000 trees and plants in mountain forests, planted 6,000 trees in urban parkways, and distributed more than 2,500 fruit trees to residents. In addition, Treepeople engaged and supported volunteers to ensure the survival of thousands of plants and trees across the region, including over 400 acres in the mountains. This program has directly contributed to the mitigation and adaptation of climate change, providing much-needed shade and eco-system benefits in our warming environment.

Policy & research: develop cutting-edge research to advance the implementation of nature-based solutions and advocate for policies that are guided by research and community feedback. The research conducted applies to all related issues in the urban environment, such as water, soil and green infrastructure. The research team advanced the region's understanding of the use of urban soils for water capture, the feasibility for schools to capture stormwater and synthesis data related to the localized benefits of urban forests. Policies at the state and local levels were advanced and improved by Treepeople's participation. This included historic funding for school greening and other policies that ensured the prioritization of historically underserved communities. This program has advanced the use and effectiveness of nature-based solutions in underserved communities.

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