Come join Speak for the Trees for our free 4th Annual BUFF Symposium: Healing our Land, Healing Ourselves – Connecting Environmental Health to Community Well-Being. Our panel will discuss the intersection of environmental justice, public health, and Boston’s urban forest. The event will take place at the Weld Hill Research Building at the Arnold Arboretum, 1300 Centre Street in Roslindale, on June 21 from 10:30 – 3. Register at https://treeboston.org/events/
Speak for the Trees will hold its summer benefit, Branching Out For Our Future: Planting Trees, Nurturing Communities on Wednesday, June 11 from 5:30 – 8 at Southline, 135 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester. Suggested donation $75. Register at https://treeboston.org/events/. Speak for the Trees works together with Boston community members to plant, preserve, care and advocate for trees and to expand the tree canopy in order to rebuild resilient neighborhoods and safeguard the health of all residents, repairing historic injustices that persist today as environmental inequities in urban communities.
Join the Massachusetts Pollinator Network online on February 25 for a free presentation on the Municipal Reforestation Bill: what it is and how you can help. Join members of the Massachusetts Community Tree Coalition to learn about the Municipal Reforestation Bill, how they are working to convince Governor Healey to fund it by including it in the upcoming Environmental Bond Bill, and simple ways people in the Commonwealth can help make that happen. Panelists include Marilyn Ray Smith, Steven Nutter, David Meshoulam, & Renée Scott. Register at www.grownativemass.org
Save the date and join Speak for the Trees for a (pardon us) TREEmendous night of celebration on October 10 from 5:30 – 8 at Southline Boston, 135 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester. $125 per person. Register at https://treeboston.org/savethedate/
Speak for the Trees, Boston, will hold the second annual Teen Tree Summit, highlighting the work of environmental youth groups in Greater Boston, on Saturday, June 15 from 11 – 3 in the Weld Hill Research Building at the Arnold Arboretum.
The event will feature various guest speakers, hands-on activities, tabling by our partners and other groups. Lunch will also be provided. If you are a part of an environmental justice organization that services youth, are looking to attend the event, or have other ideas for partnering with us, please let us know. Fill out the Goggle Docs form HERE, or email tutc_chrome@treeboston.org
Join Speak for the Trees at the Urban Farming Institute as they host a FREE Fall tree giveaway. The Urban Farming Institute (UFI) is located at 487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan, MA 02126. UFI is building on its strength to turn the neighborhood of Mattapan green. They envision deep and distributed farming networks, in which any location can be a place where food is grown for local consumption, local sales and local distribution. Register in advance at https://treeboston.org/events/event/ufi-trees/
Mattapan is listed as an EJ (environmental justice) community, where tree canopy coverage is at an inequitable level in comparison to other areas in Boston. At Speak for the Trees, we work at the intersection of environmental justice, racial and social equity, public health, and climate change to advocate for a healthy and equitable urban forest in all Boston neighborhoods. First come, first served. Boston residents only until 1pm. All residents are welcome to come after 1pm for remaining trees.
Join Speak for the Trees at the Urban Farming Institute on October 28 as we host a FREE Fall tree giveaway. The Urban Farming Institute (UFI) is located at 487 Norfolk Street, Mattapan, MA 02126. UFI is building on its strength to turn the neighborhood of Mattapan green. They envision deep and distributed farming networks, in which any location can be a place where food is grown for local consumption, local sales and local distribution.
Mattapan is listed as an EJ (environmental justice) community, where tree canopy coverage is at an inequitable level in comparison to other areas in Boston. At Speak for the Trees, we work at the intersection of environmental justice, racial and social equity, public health, and climate change to advocate for a healthy and equitable urban forest in all Boston neighborhoods. First come, first served. Boston residents only until 1pm. All residents are welcome to come after 1pm for remaining trees.
The Crane Ledge Woods Coalition invites you to the People’s Forum for Nature-Based Solutions on October 18 at 6 pm. This will be an inclusive community update meeting and roundtable discussion. Mayor Michelle Wu and Chief of Staff White-Hammond have been invited. Nature-based solutions are an essential element in addressing the climate challenge and its impacts on Boston’s environmental justice neighborhoods. Co-sponsored by Speak for the Trees, Alternatives for Community & Environment, Boston Clean Energy Coalition, Boston Green Action, Environmental Health is Wealth Coalition, Friends of Melnea Cass Boulevard, Green New Deal/Nature Based Solutions Committee, Sierra Club Massachusetts, The Trustees of Reservations, and Trees as a Public Good. The hybrid meeting will take place live at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill Street in Mattapan, and on Zoom. Contact craneledgeinfo@gmail.com or visit https://savecraneledgewoods.org
Speak for the Trees will sponsor an Allston/Brighton Free Tree Giveaway on Saturday, October 21 from 10 – 2 at Boston Green Academy, 20 Warren Street in Brighton. Register at www.treeboston.org.
Join Speak for the Trees and Professor Mwalim on Thursday, April 27 at 6 pm in the East Room at The Non-Profit Center, 89 South Street in Boston, for a free talk – A Part of Us: Trees and Our World. Learn more about the traditional Indigenous perspectives on trees, which were dismissed as mystical nonsense by colonizers. These perspectives later proved to be scientific fact. For more information call (617) 820-0749 or email jerel@treeboston.org.
