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Teaching Children and Youth about Trees, Fall 2022For 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 …
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A spring update from our teens
“I hope to spread awareness in my community about the importance of trees and how to make an impact.” – Melania Our Teen Urban Tree Corps members have been busy ...
Teaching Children and Youth about Trees, Fall 2022
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 ...
What we can see (and even hear) from trees during a drought
This past summer, much of the New England region received less than half the usual amount of precipitation. Prolonged, repeated heat waves combined with very little rain caused crop losses ...
We Can’t BeLEAF Our Teen Urban Tree Corps Program Has Come to an End
Youth supported Boston’s trees and Boston’s trees supported them. As the summer comes to an end, so does our summer Teen Urban Tree Corps program. During the six week ...
How to Help Trees Combat Boston’s Summer Heat
Tune in to a short discussion between our Executive Director David Meshoulam and Rob Lane, Associate Producer at WBUR, about the heatwave’s effects on young trees in Boston and what ...
Our Teen Urban Tree Corps teens continue to care for Boston’s urban forest
As the summer continues, our Teen Urban Tree Corps youth have continued their watering routes. They have been watering 3 days a week, watering an average of 20 trees a ...
Teen Urban Tree Corps Is Back in Session for Summer 2022
Teens in Speak for the Trees’ Teen Urban Tree Corps program have been off to a great start watering Dorchester’s Street trees. 15 Boston teens began their summer youth employment ...
Nira Rock Tree Planting
On May 14th, Speak for the Trees held a tree planting at Nira Rock in a partnership with the City of Boston’s Urban Wilds Program and the Friends of Nira ...
Celebrate Arbor Week 2022
Join us during Arbor Week to celebrate trees In the spirit of belonging, Speak for the Trees, Boston, is proud to announce a series of events to celebrate trees and ...
Massachusetts State Representative Liz Miranda presents Speak for the Trees with a special Citation
On Thursday, December 16, 2021, we were honored to receive a citation from State Representative Liz Miranda, Suffolk 5th, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives for our “Commitment to Environmental ...