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Alliance for Community Trees (College Park, MD)

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:55:22 -0500

Introduction: The purpose of ACT's Internship Program is to develop graduate and undergraduate students' knowledge and work experience through urban forestry related programming, community-based projects, and nonprofit management. By interweaving experiences in policy, economics, and organizing, interns leave prepared for leadership positions in nonprofit organizations as policy implementers, problem solvers, and effective programmers. All interns are provided hands-on opportunities to build capacity and sustainability. Interns benefit from exposure to and guidance from professionals at the most innovative and established urban forestry nonprofits organizations throughout the country. ACT attracts highly motivated and diverse students with broad perspectives for solving increasingly complex environmental and urban development problems through community development.

ACT Webcast Series

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:31:34 -0500

First and Third Thursday of Each Month, 1:00pm Eastern
National Webcast

The Webcast Series is a bimonthly webcast held at the lunch hour. The goal is to provide informal training opportunities for local urban and community forestry practitioners. The trainings highlight successful programs and practices that you may want to adopt in your community.

Become a Friend of ACT

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:26:21 -0500

Do you like clean air, green streets, and healthy neighborhoods? We do!

ACT member organizations engage thousands of volunteers nationwide to transform cities for the better. Together, members of Alliance for Community Trees have planted 14.9 million trees in cities, with help from 4.3 million volunteers. We're proud of our collective achievements, but there is much more work to be done to make our cities healthy, sustainable, and successful.

Planned Environmental Conservation

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:21:59 -0500

Trees make good neighbors.

Clean, Green, and Beautiful

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:10:19 -0500

Trees make good neighbors.

Green Roofs & Buildings for Healthy Cities

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:06:48 -0500

Greenroofs and green buildings return many benefits for residents, owners, and the larger community through energy efficiency, profitability, and, environmental health. Greenroofs are an attractive and energy-saving alternative to a conventional rooftop. They can keep buildings cooler, save energy, and extend the useful life of the roof, while adding beauty and useable space.

Green Streets & Sidewalks

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:28:26 -0500

Trees and landscape features located within the public right-of-way and adjacent to roadways in urban environments are often perceived by transportation officials as a safety risk. However, evidence from national and local studies reveal that the inclusion of trees and other streetscape features actually reduces crashes and injuries on urban roadways.

Urban Forest Water Resources

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:44:48 -0500

A collaborative effort is underway to promote the benefits of using green infrastructure to protect drinking water supplies and public health, mitigate overflows from combined and separate sewers, and reduce stormwater pollution. Thank you for your interest in finding solutions to urban water quality, supply, and protection issues.

Small Business

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:11:31 -0500

Shoppers like to stroll among the urban trees as they browse for purchases. And they're willing to spend more to do so. Also, properties along tree-lined streets rent for higher prices and with less turnover.

Affordable Green Housing

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:55:26 -0500

By helping families and individuals secure dependable, healthy, affordable housing, we increase their chances of success in all areas of their lives. Part of that equation calls on housing developers to go beyond just addressing the affordability issue to include a focus on the health and environmental impacts of housing design and construction. Housing should be built in a sustainable manner that also allows for immediate operating efficiencies to keep the housing affordable over the long-term.

Green Jobs

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:28:10 -0500

In some sectors of the economy, such as urban forestry, there is a job for every trained worker. So why aren't more people talking about real green jobs (jobs that are actually about greening)? Job seekers click here... Everyone else, read on to find out about local training and how to get involved.

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:20:34 -0500

Say you are a musician on tour, a researcher who needs to attend a conference on the opposite coast, or you are just making your daily Beltway commute, you're probably more aware of your carbon impact these days. Since 'An Inconvenient Truth' and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many of us have become more sensitized to the serious threats of climate change. With the dramatic weather patterns that most of the country is feeling- both in the winter and summer (and shortening of spring and fall), you're probably all too aware of the amount of energy you're using to stay warm or cool, respectively. Luckily, there are several carbon curbing solutions. One is to plant a tree.

Donate a Tree

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:12:34 -0500

Urban forestry is simply about trees in places where people live.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:39:14 -0500

The business model is one in which corporate, social, and environmental interests increasingly overlap in the provision of services. Through integration and collaboration, businesses can not only increase profits, but also satisfy customer's needs and solve environmental and social problems.

Urban Forestry Research

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:23:30 -0500

ACT members include the most innovative nonprofit tree conservation organization in the country.