Dear , Canopy's work is having a profound impact in the community, transforming school grounds, creating a new generation of environmental stewards, caring and advocating for trees and the urban forest. Our highlights of the year include: - Planting over 300 new trees
- Tending and surveying over 3,500 trees
- Engaging 1,200 volunteers in 5,000 work hours
- Leading 20 educational classes at 11 schools
- Reaching 2,000 kids
Watch a quick video clip to see how we engage the community in our work.
Read more about our accomplishments and our plans in our 2013 Impact Report.None of this could happen without your generous support. I invite you to join us today on 'Giving Tuesday' and make your year-end tax-deductible gift now, if you haven't already. Click here to make a donation or mail your gift to us.
With gratitude,
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Study: Roadside Trees Cut Pollution by 50%
Researchers planted a row of 30 silver birch trees alongside a busy street in Lancaster England--they found that indoor pollution in nearby houses dropped more than 50%, as reported recently in Environmental Science & Technology. Canopy planted 1,000 trees along East and West Bayshore roads in East Palo Alto (which has the highest child asthma hospitalization rates in the region). Pollution capture was one of our primary goals. Our trees are now hard at work scrubbing the air along these polluted roadways.
Read more about the study here.
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Palo Alto Urban Forest Master Plan: Your Feedback Counts!
Palo Alto's Urban Forest Master Plan establishes long-term management strategies and goals to foster a sustainable urban forest in Palo Alto. Preparation of the Urban Forest Master Plan began in 2010 when the City began work with HortScience, Inc. and Canopy to develop a plan for our city's urban forest.
Click here to read the report and provide feedback. Your opinion is important. (Deadline for feedback is Feb.28th)
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Palo Alto's New "Specimen" Tree: Aurora
Now on display in front of Palo Alto's City Hall, Aurora is a public art installation originally created for Burning Man and was recently brought to Palo Alto by a group of admiring residents. At night, the tree lights up, rotating through the spectrum of colors. The branches and leaves are all LED-driven. There will soon be an app that allows observers to control the colors of the tree.
Click here to learn more about Aurora or visit the tree in front of Palo Alto's City Hall.
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Stanford Soon to Become a Tree Campus USA
Canopy recently helped Stanford, the Arbor Day Foundation, and members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) plant 40 trees along the trails of Escondido Village, a Stanford graduate student community. The young women of AKA are working to qualify their campus as an Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus USA.
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Favorite Urban Forest Photos
East Palo Alto Charter School kids talk about why they love their school trees during a recent assembly. (Photo by Canopy staff)
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