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Meet Boston's future tree ambassadors

Meet our teens...

Elijah

"My favorite activity was tree inventory... I liked exploring different places and learning how to identify trees."

Elijah has also developed an interest in the tree maintenance through his work with us this summer.

Tiantao

Tiantao has enjoyed being able to spend his summer outdoors and breathing fresh air, especially when identifying trees.

He has developed an interest in tree identification and tree maintenance through his work with us this summer.

Jack

Jack is most interested in the maintenance of trees and would love to learn more about how the city budgets its money in regards to its urban forest.

...and meet the rest of the crew this
Friday, 8/13 at 1pm

Join us to celebrate our teens from this summer's Teen Urban Tree Corps program! They will be presenting their summer projects in which they will have share their tree planting and maintenance proposal for their communities. Come learn about how Boston's next generation of tree advocates and ambassadors hope to grow our city's Urban Forest.

The event will be in person AND streamed online. You will receive a zoom link once you register.

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We're on TV!

As we face another heat wave, our Executive Director was featured on Boston25Fox to discuss a solution to cooling Boston: planting more trees. Click below to learn about how shade and evapotranspiration from trees can help reduce heat amidst Boston's increasingly hot summers.

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Speak for the Trees
1452 Dorchester Ave, 4th Floor
Dorchester, MA 02122

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