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Join us next week for our annual celebration

We hope you can join us - in person or virtually - at our Annual Celebration on Wednesday, November 30th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. We'll be gathering to recap our year and recognize all the amazing work of our staff and volunteers in growing Boston's urban forest. This event is a kickoff to our 5 year anniversary year (half a decade!) as well as our End of Year campaign.

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Celebrate with us on 11/30

#GivingTuesday is next week

Next week is GivingTuesday. (Yes, we know - you've probably seen a lot of asks.) We hope Speak for the Trees is on your short-list of nonprofits to give to. Our goal for our End Of Year Campaign (from GivingTuesday through the December 31) is $30,000. Thank you, in advance for your support.

Give the gift of trees

Boston University undergrads present on PopUp Forests

What's a PopUp Forest? And what would one look like in Boston? In collaboration with a Cross College Challenge Class at Boston University, Speak for the Trees attended client presentations last Tuesday on PopUp forest installations.

Two teams of BU students presented on their work over this past semester and indicated the costs, design, and overall value an educational PopUp forest would bring to their respective sites. One of the parameters for choosing a site involved tree equity and students used our tree equity map to visualize the best location.

Thank you to the students for involving us in these projects, we loved seeing the time and effort put into them over the course of the semester pay off! We hope that one day to bring a PopUp forest to a space near you.


Boston's new City Hall plaza champions green infrastructure 

On its completion this year, the Boston's City Hall plaza has been retrofitted to be more accommodating for all Boston residents. As part of this project, the city has replaced staircases with ramps and made surfaces more accessible for "Boston's disability community." And the space is greener too! The city has planted 250 trees to reduce the the plaza's urban heat. In addition, the trees will be watered through stormwater runoff generated by the plaza. Learn more about the changes below.

More trees in City Hall plaza

Nature Collaging: Art with recycling and organic materials

Missed our first nature collage class? Don't worry - we're offering a second session on December 3 from 11am to 1pm in Allston.

In partnership with Artisans Asylum, we invite you to join us for a free workshop session: “Nature Collaging: Art with recycling and organic materials”  This session will Inspire creativity and environmental thinking about trees. Learn about Tree Equity, Urban Forestry and identifying local trees, all while creating your own collage.

Collage with us on Dec 3

Environmental Action Summit

Join us and our partners for an Environmental Action Summit on December 13 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Learn about the threats to Boston's tree canopy and the dangers of PFAS and artificial turf.

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Teaching about trees

For the past several months, our Education Fellow from the College for Social Innovation, Victoria Leda, has been taking the lead on teaching lessons on tree equity and tree identification to children and youth throughout Boston. We are thankful for the partnership with several local organizations who made this work possible! Read more about Victoria's work on our website.

Read more about our fall youth education work

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