ANOTHER TREE PLANTING COMING UP!
On Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:30am, Million Trees LA is doing another tree planting in our community!
We will sign-in again at Ralphs Grocery, 1730 Manchester Ave. LA, CA 90047 and walk just a couple of blocks east on Manchester to the location where we’ll be planting several trees.
I’m excited and so grateful to Lisa Sarno and Kayla Barnett of MTLA for making this happen!
When I began my quest back in 2007 to get trees planted in front of the Ralphs Grocery in my South LA community, my vision was merely to have a few trees in front of the store, to bring some life and beauty to the dull concrete and enhance the neighborhood.
What we ended up with, after an arduous battle, was far better than my greatest dream: 20 beautiful Ginkgo Biloba Trees that begin at the corner of Western Avenue at Manchester and stretch east past the store more than a block down on BOTH sides of the street.
I can’t help but smile inside and out when driving past these gorgeous bursts of green. Knowing that my dear friends and neighbors installed these trees that are now flourishing and quietly bringing peace, beauty, and cleaner air to the community gives me profound satisfaction and joy.
A few months after the big planting in January, Lisa Sarno, executive director of Million Trees LA, arranged another tree planting, right around the corner. She had The Los Angeles Conservation Corps plant several African Fern Trees on both sides of Western Avenue going south.
And now it’s about to get even GREENER for us, as she is bringing yet ANOTHER tree planting to our area. When we began in January, she promised us two additional phases of tree installations and she has followed through on that. She is my heroine!
Lisa and her colleague Kayla at MTLA are asking for our assistance in getting the trees in the ground the morning of July 10th and I’m inviting you to join us.
It’s SUCH a rewarding feeling to plant a tree and improve a community, the city and the planet. Planting a tree is one thing you can do to combat global warming. And it will be there for you to visit as the years go by.
I think it’s impossible to see a tree you planted years earlier and not feel great about how it’s grown taller and spread wider, over time, knowing you gave it its start.
Hope to see you there! Thanks.
“It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.” — Wangari Maathai
Greetings from the Billion Tree Campaign and United Nations Environment Programme. I must congratulate you for the efforts you are making to save the Mother Nature.
In this regard, I would like you to participate in the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign.
The Billion Tree Campaign is UNEP’s first global tree planting initiative and was launched on 8 November 2006 during the United Nations climate change meeting that was held in Nairobi. Placed under the patronage of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Wangari Maathai and His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Billion Tree Campaign is raising awareness of the inter-dependence between humankind and the planet’s ecosystems, as well as the linkages between tree planting and climate change mitigation, the restoration of biodiversity, air and soil quality and food security.
Under the Campaign, governments, private sector companies, United Nations agencies, civil society organizations, farmers, local authorities and the public at large register tree-planting commitments on the dedicated web-site http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign with the objective of planting billions of trees world-wide. Today, the website records over ten billion planted trees in 178 countries.
I am pleased to inform you that the campaign won a UN 21 Award as a substantive programme in recognition of its “exceptional contribution towards improving efficiency in the United Nations”.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards.