Come grow with ACT! Join our vital coalition of organizations dedicated to the same cause - restoring community forests for the benefit of all people. ACT is the only national organization solely focused on the needs of nonprofit and community organizations engaged in urban forest protection. Our work is improving the environment where 86% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from 450,000 volunteers.
Membership Benefits
ACT is a membership association. Our independent, community-based members are planting, preserving, and maintaining the tree canopies of all major metro markets and many towns in between.
Influence: ACT serves as a collective voice in urban forestry.
Education: ACT provides formal training seminars and workshops.
Networking: ACT is the perfect venue for giving advice, making new contacts, and sharing ideas.
The Alliance for Community Trees is pleased to invite you to the second-annual Green Infrastructure Summit, to be held on April 20-21 at Washington, DC's Stewart Mott House and adjoining United Methodist Building. The two-day event will feature conversations with the country's top authorities on forward-thinking solutions to urban environmental health and livability.
Washington, DC (February 4, 2010)- In the fall of 2009, the American Standards Committee A300 (ASC A300), the committee that writes the A300 standards, voted to provide the General Interest Consumer/Community seat on the committee to ACT. This is the first time in the history of the standards that nonprofit tree groups have been represented on the committee. ACT is being represented by Mike Galvin from member organization, Casey Trees, in Washington, DC.
Reauthorization recognizes that trees and green space are good for business
College Park, Md. (January 27, 2010)- The Alliance for Community Trees (ACT) today commended Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) for introducing H.R. 4509, the Small Business Environmental Stewardship Assistance Act of 2010. 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. By reauthorizing the Small Business Administration's (SBA) National Small Business Tree Planting Program, this legislation would provide timely assistance to beautify retail storefronts and rental housing and parks, turn Main Streets into Green Streets, and jump-start many municipal tree canopy initiatives.
