Wednesday, November 9, 2:00 pm – Garden Club of the Back Bay November Meeting: Speak for the Trees
The mission of Speak For the Trees is to improve the size and health of the urban tree canopy in Boston, with a focus on under-resourced and under-canopied neighborhoods. They partner closely with community organizations to better understand and deeply engage residents in their work by raising awareness about the importance of trees and the role that every resident can take in planting and caring for trees.
David Meshoulam, Co-Founder and Executive Director, will speak to us about how we can advocate for municipal policies governing tree planting. He will also cover:
- What they do at Speak For The Trees
- Defining “tree equity”
- Selecting sites and species
- How they educate residents to care for their trees
- Their collaboration with the City of Boston
David (pronounced Dah-veed) co-founded Speak for the Trees in 2018. Trained as a science educator, his work has focused on ways to increase understanding of the connections between science, culture, and history and to empower people to be change agents. He holds a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a Senior Fellow at the Environmental Leadership Program, and is co-chair of the Urban Ecology Collaborative.
This will be a combined meeting with the Beacon Hill Garden Club. rsvp to Susie Shafer before November 1.
