When you're honoring your mother next month, don't forget to honor Mother Earth, she needs you too!
This year, honor your mother (and Mother Earth) with a tree gift that creates a living legacy by supporting green, healthy communities where people and nature thrive.
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Meet the Tree Whisperer
A Benefit Event for Canopy with Dave Muffly
Join us
Sunday, June 2, to share and explore Dave Muffly’s passion for trees
—
oaks in particular
—
and his mission to create the best possible urban forests in California, capable of adapting to the changing conditions brought by climate change.
"Twenty years ago, I asked myself a couple of simple questions. What are the best trees to plant in the cities of the San Francisco Bay Area? And what is the best way to grow those trees?" - Dave Muffly
Meet the Tree Whisperer
Sunday, June 2, 2019
10:00am to 1:00pm
Eastside College Preparatory School
1041 Myrtle St, East Palo Alto
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Contact Development Director, Judy Sissener, at
judy@canopy.org
for any questions about tickets and sponsorships.
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Canopy’s Wellness Tree Walks for Teens
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Since 2017, Canopy has offered Wellness Tree Walks to over 1,600 students at
Gunn High School, Palo Alto High School, and Mountain View High School
.
On the walks, students explore the trees on their campus and experience for themselves the multitude of physical, mental and emotional health benefits of spending time in nature.
After the tree walks, students are asked to reflect upon their experience. Education Director, Natalie Brubaker, created this "word tree" from their reflections:
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Community Forestry School
Get to Know Our Native Oaks
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Learn about native oaks and how you can help re-integrate them into the urban landscape.
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Today, there is increasing recognition that re-integrating oaks in our parks and urban landscapes promises a host of benefits, both for wildlife and for people.
In this workshop, learn about the current landscape of native oaks and what we can do to bring back the trees we have lost.
Following is an interactive training that will prepare you to become a Survey Leader for Canopy's
The Great Oak Count.
You will learn how to
survey native oak trees and pass on vital oak care information to residents. This survey is a follow up to Canopy's Oakwell Survey from 20 years ago, and part of our initiative to re-oak Palo Alto.
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Get to Know our Native Oaks
Saturday, May 18, 2019
10:00am to 2:00pm
Lucie Stern Community Center
1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto
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Upcoming workshops:
Celebration for Community Foresters | June 8
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Leaves are unfurling, flowers are blooming, and the sun is shining!
Let’s get outside to enjoy the beauty and serenity of nature in our own neighborhoods. Join us for one of our upcoming tree walks:
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University South
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Edible Urban Forest Walk
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Cuesta Park (Mountain View)
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Remarkable Trees of East Palo Alto
Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Saturday, August 10, 2019
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Midtown
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Stanford
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Pioneer Memorial Park (Mountain View)
Saturday, November 9, 2019
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Volunteer Spotlight: Kathy Alford
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This month, we are highlighting Canopy volunteer, Kathy Alford. Kathy wears many hats at Canopy: volunteer, committee member, staff, and friend. It is her love for all things tree and community that have continued to bring her back to Canopy for all these years.
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Tree Spotlight: Southern Magnolia
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The original memorial tree, the southern magnolia (
Magnolia grandiflora
) has been beloved by U.S. Presidents passing through the White House for decades. With its shining leaves and fragrant flowers, this colossal tree is truly iconic. The roots of the southern magnolia are deeply intertwined in Palo Alto and the U.S. landscape.
Thank you to Ankush Bharadwaj of the Rhee Lab at Carnegie Institution for Science for preparing this post.
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Everyone knows that avocados (
Persea americana
) are a staple part of the diet for many Californians today. But did you know that these rich and creamy fruits were also a favorite of giant sloths over 10,000 years ago? The avocado tree has been providing nutritious fruit to humans and other animals for centuries!
Thank you to Galyna Vakulenko of the Rhee Lab at Carnegie Institution for Science for preparing this post.
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Belle Haven Spring Fair
Join the City of Menlo Park for this fun family event! Enjoy activities for the whole family, festive music, free food, and raffle prizes.
Canopy will be there, come by and say hello!
Saturday, April 27, 2019
11:00am - 2:00pm
Ivy Plaza, 410 Ivy Drive, Menlo Park
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Microsoft Q&A with SilviaTerra
Celebrate Earth Day with the Palo Alto Microsoft store on April 24 for a Q&A with
SilviaTerra
.
SilviaTerra completed the first ever forest inventory of the United States with Microsoft's AI technology.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
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Community Forestry Manager
We’re looking for a Community Forestry Manager whose primary responsibilities will include managing the Neighborhood Tree Planting program in both Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. The ideal candidate will have experience in either community organizing or urban forestry, and will develop a passion for both over time.
Help us spread the word!
We encourage Canopy friends to share the
job announcement
with folks in their network.
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March Tree Gifts & Grantors
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Trish and James Mulvey
In honor of Samantha Elliott
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Take a Trip. Plant a Tree.
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Did you know that air travel is a major contributor to climate change?
Trees are nature's answer!*
Consider travel offsets.
A gift to Canopy goes to tree plantings and tree care, one of the best ways to combat global climate change. Balance your round trip across the U.S. for $60, or to Europe for $110, or calculate your own trip at 1 penny per mile. (Based on rounded up mileage and conservative rate of $10 per ton of CO2 emission averted.) Designate your donation as "Carbon Offset".
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*“An approximate value for a 50-year-old oak forest would be
30,000 pounds
of carbon dioxide sequestered per acre,” said Timothy J. Fahey, professor of ecology in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. “The forest would [concurrently] be emitting about
22,000 pounds
of oxygen."
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Canopy's mission is to grow the urban forest in Midpeninsula communities for the benefit of all. Our vision is a day when every resident of the Midpeninsula can step outside to walk, play, and thrive under the shade of healthy trees.
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