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June 16, 2020
Written by Catherine Martineau and Yoriko Kishimoto
COVID-19 is re-making our world in myriad and fundamental ways. Thanks to the rigorous “shelter-in-place” mandates from our prescient health officers, we are learning (knock on wood) to flatten the curve. But what a […]
June 13, 2020
Dear Canopy Friends,
The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David McAtee, Manuel Ellis, and countless others are the continuation of a long and brutally unjust history of systemic anti-blackness, racism, and oppression. We all have a role to […]
May 22, 2020
Teen Urban Foresters are designing landscape for All Five Preschool in eastern Menlo Park.
Each year, Canopy’s Teen Urban Foresters (TUFs) take on a project aimed at engaging local partners and creating green spaces in their community. Last fall, their revitalization […]
April 20, 2020
Tree Spotlight Series: Follow along as we learn about the fascinating trees that live among us. This series is in partnership with Rhee Lab in the Plant Biology Department of the Carnegie Institution for Science.
Other posts in the series: ginkgo biloba, Douglas fir, giant […]
April 8, 2020
Join us in welcoming Edgar Echevarria to the Canopy team!
Edgar is Canopy’s new Community Forestry Manager. He spent several years working at Our City Forest and has amassed a wealth of knowledge about trees and nonprofit management. He is excited […]
March 25, 2020
“Between a human and a tree is the breath.
We are each other’s air.”
– Margaret Bates
When we step outside and take a breath, we are accepting the gift of oxygen from the trees and plants around us. As we exhale, we […]
March 23, 2020
Your environment can have a direct effect on your stress levels. Your body expresses stress physically in many different ways. Some signs of stress in the body are increased blood pressure, heart rate, and muscle tension.
Did you know that being […]
March 19, 2020
From the desk of Executive Director Catherine Martineau
Catherine Martineau
Dear Friends and Partners,
I hope this update finds you well and healthy on Day 3 of the Shelter at Home order. These are stressful times, and the order further isolates us from […]
