Events

We're pleased to highlight events that may be of interest to those in the urban greening community.  For a full list of events and, in some cases conference proceedings, please visit the Events Archive.

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November 14-18, 2010
Chattanooga, TN

The theme of the American Trails National Symposium evokes the benefits of trails to America's economy and environment.  This year, ACT is sponsoring a day-long workshop on Fundraising for Your Mission on November 18 with professional fundraising consultant Andy Robinson.

November 8, 2010
Philadelphia, PA

The Alliance for Community Trees annual gathering features fundraising strategies, nonprofit executive networking, grassroots program models and volunteer success stories, and National NeighborWoods Program tools for community organizing. Geared toward nonprofit executives, volunteer organizers, and community advocates, the ACT meeting is a great way to energize and connect with community organizers working to restore tree canopy in cities across the nation.

November 1-4
Philadelphia, PA

The 2010 AWRA Annual Conference program begins on Monday with an outstanding plenary session, featuring Mike Richter, former New York Rangers hockey player and current water resources advocate. We will continue with 75 concurrent technical sessions on a wide range of water resources research, policy, management, education, and technical topics that will provide you with lessons and tools to apply in your own watershed.

October 19-22, 2010 and March 8-11, 2011
Reisterstown, MD

The Institute for Conservation Leadership offers this opportunity to discover your unique capacity to lead! Develop a leadership style that takes advantage for your unique personal traits. Be ready to tackle any situation through greater awareness of your individual strengths and confidence to impact others.  Develop life-long leadership skills to create productive teams, address conflicts, and build the trusting relationships we all need to succeed.

October 7, 2010
1:00 - 2:00pm EDT
National Webcast

The volume of information we'd like to track can be overwhelming. Which volunteers will attend this weekend's events? What are the demographics of my supporters? Am I properly leveraging the time, talents, and financial support of my members? Why does someone donate to my organization? Etc. etc. Similarly, there are a variety of methods to track it such metrics. A commercial sector strategy for consolidating constituent data into one place and making systems work together has been gaining popularity in the nonprofit sector recently. It's called Constituent Relationship Management (CRM). CRM is the set of processes and supporting technologies used to acquire, retain, and enhance constituent relationships. Ultimately, enhancing the constituent relationship can mean increasing event attendance, overall volunteerism, supporter satisfaction, and even donation amounts and frequency, which all help to advance your mission.

October 6, 2010
Lancaster, PA

"Planning the Urban Forest" is a hands-on training workshop for professional planners on integrating best practices in urban forest protection and development into the planning process. It will introduce participants to concepts of the urban forest and how planners and allied professionals can quantify its benefits in social, environmental, economic, and other terms.

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.

October 3-6, 2010
Albuquerque, NM

The Society of Municipal Arborists 46h Annual Conference and Trade Show, "Tree Economics: A $mart Investment" will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Hyatt Regency this October 3-6.

October 3-5, 2010
Morgantown, WV

This year, the 2010 MAC-ISA Annual Meeting "Arboriculture: For the Trees, For the People" will take place at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown, West Virginia.

September 24, 2010
Woodstock, VT

This daylong conference on the Return of the American Elm will take place at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock Vermont. Running from 9:00am to 3:30pm with lunch provided, the conference will feature seven fascinating sessions with presentations from leaders of the forestry community.

September 18-26, 2010
Nationwide

Roll up your sleeves and play! Host a KaBOOM! Play Day, presented by Mott's, in your neighborhood and be part of a national celebration to save play in the lives of children. A Play Day is your chance to gather at your community’s favorite place to play for fun games and projects that celebrate and improve your play space.

September 16, 2010
1:00 - 2:00pm EDT
National Webcast

Reaching across language barriers to build relationships with different constituencies in your community can be difficult, but likely your mission drives you in that direction.  Being closed off to any segment of the community can adversely impact your volunteer corps, donations, broad reach, or- even more basically- your ability to get trees in the ground and the public better educated.  Having a diverse base can bring new perspectives to your organization, and can give you better information about what your community needs and how best to provide it. The more inclusive your organization is, the better equipped it will be to reach and help the greatest number of people.

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.

September 11, 2010
Nationwide

The 9/11 National Day of Service initiative is organized annually by MyGoodDeed Inc., in close partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, HandsOn Network, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum ("9/11 Memorial"). Together we annually encourage all Americans and others to voluntarily support charitable causes, perform good deeds and engage in other service activities in observance of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

September 2, 2010
1:00 - 2:00pm EDT
National Webcast

Once you've put a tree in the ground, the heavy lifting of ensuring its long-term health is only just beginning. Proper planting, mulching, and watering are essential and sometimes overlooked. From diseases to pests to human-caused harm, there are many dangers that may cause the demise of a tree. Trees in cities must endure poor soil, little growth space, pollution, and other threats from their urban setting. It is necessary to give urban trees special care, not only for their survival and well-being but also to protect people and property from the hazards trees can become when abandoned to a hostile environment. After all, we all much prefer trees that shade homes, landscape streets, and flower in the spring than fallen limbs, barren landscapes, and empty tree pits.

August 30 and September 2, 2010
2:00 - 4:00pm EDT
National Seminar

This seminar will provide an overview of the FY11 application guidelines for the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants - formerly known as the "Brownfields Job Training Grants." Eligibility and ranking evaluation criteria will be covered, as well as information on formatting and key building blocks of a successful proposal. A questions and answers session will be held at the end.

August 19, 2010
1:00 - 2:00pm EDT
National Webcast

Planting and caring for the right tree in the right place is critical to optimizing benefits, reducing threats from invasive plant species, and minimizing conflicts with other aspects of the urban infrastructure. The right tree, right place viewpoint emphasizes matching the best tree species to the unique dimensions and circumstances of each planting site. Planting with these considerations in mind will help ensure that trees remain healthy, grow appropriately, increase property value, reduce energy bills, and won't require expensive trimming or removal to prevent interference with power lines or pipes. When done right, trees will grow in value and pay you back, year after year.

August 5, 2010
1:00 - 2:00pm EDT
National Webcast

Trees in the landscape might be most famous for their fall foliage, but thoughtful planting can produce multiple seasons of interest. In addition to leaf color, other features like bark, limbs, fruit, flowers, scent, and overall form contribute to the visual appeal of trees. Many features become noticeable only in winter, after leaves have fallen and exposed the bark and branch structure underneath. Some trees retain their fruit through the winter, some flower in the summer, and many blossom in the spring. Carefully selecting the trees for your landscape with an eye to seasonal characteristics can help ensure that the trees will attract people's attention and appreciation exactly when they're supposed to.

February 3-5, 2011
Charlotte, NC

Today, more than ever, we are faced with environmental and economic challenges that will define our generation, shape our future, and test our resilience as cities, regions, states and a nation. Join leaders from across the U.S. as we tackle these challenges head-on and demonstrate solutions to curbing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, creating a green economy, and building more livable, walkable, and healthier communities.