Announcements

College Park, MD (April 23, 2012)- The Alliance for Community Trees network is growing. ACTrees announces that TreeLink and its iTreeBank Program are now a part of Alliance for Community Trees. This is a result of many months of deliberation and collaboration by the leadership of both organizations.

March 6-7, 2012
Washington, DC

Alliance for Community Trees held its fourth annual Public Policy Summit on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Washington, DC. This year's event on Capitol Hill focused on national public policy and educating Congressional leaders about green solutions to environmental, health, and economic challenges facing cities.

College Park, MD (December 19, 2011)- During the November meeting of the Board of Directors and our Annual Member Meeting, ACTrees leadership reflected on the many reasons for our successful 2011. The primary reason is ACTrees' network of member organizations and their remarkable leaders and volunteers.

College Park, MD (December 12, 2011)- Alliance for Community Trees (ACTrees) is pleased to announce the Alliance for Community Trees People's Garden Grants, a new grant opportunity designed to explore and deepen connections between trees and community agriculture.

Read Chief Tidwell's message and learn more.

This October is National NeighborWoods Month, the annual celebration of trees in our communities. From coast to coast, thousands of volunteers will join forces to plant and care for trees, learn about the environment in their neighborhoods, and take action to make their communities cleaner, greener, and healthier. Learn more at www.NeighborWoodsMonth.org.

November 14, 2011
Orlando, FL

Alliance for Community Trees (ACTrees) is the national nonprofit alliance of volunteer and community organizations engaged in urban and community forestry. This year's speakers will be members, partners, educators and business professionals. The diverse range of topics will include:

Washington, DC (June 3, 2011)- The Alliance for Community Trees strongly supports the Energy Conservation Through Trees Act introduced yesterday by Rep. Doris Matsui. This legislation, H.R. 2095, would support programs run by electric utilities that use targeted planting of shade trees in order to reduce residential energy demand. ACTrees staff and board members worked closely with the Congresswoman to develop the Act, which would encourage utility companies to partner with local nonprofit tree organizations to plant shade trees.

Bensenville, IL (April 22, 2011)- Boise Inc. is launching Project UP, a new civic sustainability initiative through its Boise ASPEN brand of recycled papers. Project UP seeks to transform distressed urban spaces throughout North America into revitalized, usable parks for communities to enjoy. To achieve this, Boise has partnered with the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). ACT is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the environment where people live and work through tree planting, care, conservation and education.

College Park, MD (March 14, 2011)- Carrie Gallagher has been named Executive Director of Alliance for Community Trees (ACT), effective April 4, 2011, announced Ray Tretheway, President of ACT's Board of Directors. ACT is a national nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and livability of cities by planting and caring for trees. With nearly 200 local affiliates in 41 states, ACT is a national leader in creating greener, cleaner, and healthier communities.

April 14, 2011
Washington, DC

The Alliance for Community Trees' third annual Green Infrastructure Summit was a day-long event to educate Congressional leaders about solutions to urban environmental health and livability. With over 100 new members in Congress, there was much work to be done to educate our leaders on the value of trees in our communities.

College Park, MD (August 9, 2010)- In her new book, The American Way to Change:  How National Service and Volunteers are Transforming America, author Shirley Sagawa chronicles the impact of service, and sets out a path for the national service movement to achieve a greater impact.

October 5-7, 2010
Temecula, CA

Join municipal arborists, public works managers, urban forest managers, landscape design professionals, planners, non-profits, public health advocates, and those interested in community trees from across California and the nation for the 2010 California Urban Forest Conference.

College Park, MD (July 21, 2010)- Several Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) member organizations are participating in the 2010 All At Once fundraising campaign sponsored by musician Jack Johnson. As part of the All At Once campaign, Jack Johnson's 2010 To The Sea concert tour is collaborating with over 150 community groups focusing on environmental issues and hands-on community projects, including tree planting.

September 14-16, 2010
Raleigh, NC

The year's conference theme, addresses the critical concerns to sustaining our urban forest landscapes. In addition, ACT is sponsoring a day-long workshop on Marketing Trees on September 14 with Kristian Darigan Merenda, Senior Vice President at Edelman.

College Park, MD (June 1, 2010)- Our much respected Director of Programs, Jared Liu, will be departing Alliance for Community Trees at the end of the month. While I am sad to see Jared leave after five years of dedicated service to ACT in which he accomplished so much for our organization, I am happy that he is making a move that he and his family have been working toward.

Deadline: June 25, 2010

The EECBG Program provides Federal grants to States, units of local government, Indian Tribes, and consortia of these entities to reduce energy use and fossil fuel emissions, and for energy efficiency programs and projects.

Reauthorization recognizes that trees and green space are good for business

College Park, Md. (April 30, 2010)- The Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) today commended Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) for introducing S. 3279, A bill to reauthorize the national small business tree planting program. This legislation recognizes the critical role that the built environment- including green infrastructure- plays in order for small businesses to be able to create jobs, promote energy efficiency, and provide positive customer experiences.

College Park, MD (April 22, 2010)- The original Earth Day events were attended by 20 million Americans- to this day among the largest participation in a political action in the nation's history. On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, we celebrate a movement that is more diverse, with partners coming together from across all sectors, to solve problems that are more complicated than ever.