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By Laura Gronek on March 8, 2022

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Canopy on the Radio: Discussing Community and Trees on Por la libre

Meet Bless Romo, Canopy’s new Communications & Marketing Coordinator

Canopy joins communities in celebrating trees for California Arbor Week 2024

Meet Tania Cooley, Canopy’s new Environmental Educator

Meet Desiree Humphers, Canopy’s new Adult Education Coordinator

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On April 20, Canopy planted 6 trees in North Fair

On April 20, Canopy planted 6 trees in North Fair Oaks with the help of volunteers from Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program, YMSL (Alpine), and community members from Palo Alto. That same day, Canopy's Executive Director JP Renaud and Community Forestry Coordinator Arlene Nuñez spoke with Manuel Ortiz on Por la libre about our work in communities like North Fair Oaks and the importance of planting trees with community. JP and Arlene highlight how planting trees with community members not only helps to improve tree cover and public health but builds community. Click the link in our bio to listen to the full interview in Spanish or read about the interview in English/Spanish!

Happy Earth Day from Canopy! While every day is a

Happy Earth Day from Canopy! While every day is a good day to appreciate and steward our planet, Earth Day is a great day to reflect on the amazing gifts and life that Earth gives us and what we can do to reciprocate that love. On this Earth Day, Canopy is grateful for trees and tree stewards for their power in making our communities healthier and more resilient. Trees provide countless benefits to us, and Canopy is committed to returning kindness and love to our urban forests. Through community-engagement, environmental education, tree stewardship, and advocacy, Canopy will continue to foster healthy, equitable urban forests in the Midpeninsula.

Last week, 8 volunteers from a corporate group pla

Last week, 8 volunteers from a corporate group planted 5 trees in Palo Alto. Thank you to these volunteers for their time and care in helping increase our tree canopy in the Midpeninsula!
If your corporate group would like to volunteer with Canopy, please visit the link in our bio to learn more about organizing corporate team building tree care or tree planting events.

Canopy is hiring a Community Organizer! We're look

Canopy is hiring a Community Organizer! We're looking for a passionate organizer to help build a movement toward environmental equity in Midpeninsula communities in the Bay Area, with a special emphasis on East Palo Alto. This position will lead an ambitious outreach and engagement program that addresses climate change issues in historically under-resourced communities. Learn more at the link in our bio!
🌳Compensation: $60,000/year
🌳Hybrid, partially working from home, our Palo Alto office, and in the community
🌳Full-time, 40 hours per week position Tuesday through Saturday with occasional evening events

To celebrate Earth Month and National Arbor Day, C

To celebrate Earth Month and National Arbor Day, Canopy invites you to our upcoming tree walk and tree planting events! At Canopy’s guided tree walks, a certified arborist leads participants through neighborhood routes, sharing fun facts and tree care tips. At Canopy's tree planting events, you can help plant a tree in your community with the guidance of our Tree Team. Our upcoming events include:
🌳4/20 Mountain View: Arbor Day Celebration and Mayor's Tree Planting
🌳4/20 Mountain View: Tree Walk
🌳4/20 North Fair Oaks: Earth Day Tree Planting and Trash Cleanup **new meeting location at Garfield Community School**
🌳4/27 Palo Alto: National Arbor Day Community Tree Planting
🌳5/4 East Palo Alto: Caminata Guiada / Bilingual Tree Walk
Visit the link in our bio for more information and tree walk sign-ups.

Throwback to Wangari Maathai's visit to East Palo

Throwback to Wangari Maathai's visit to East Palo Alto for Canopy's 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala in 2006! Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and social activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1977, she founded the @greenbeltmovement, an environmental organization that works at the intersection of women's rights, environmental conservation, and tree planting. As a community-based urban forestry organization, Canopy admires Maathai's community-engagement and advocacy with Kenyan women to steward their forests and foster community power. These photos are from Wangari Maathai's keynote speech at our 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala where we launched our East Palo Alto Tree Initiative with a ceremonial tree planting.

Tickets are going fast for our annual benefit - Th

Tickets are going fast for our annual benefit - The Power of Trees: Growing a Movement! Together we’ll experience the “behind the leaves” impact urban trees give through stronger community bonds, better health outcomes, more career opportunities, and greener, more beautiful neighborhoods. You can help bring these powerful benefits of trees and urban forestry to our Midpeninsula communities. Reserve your seat at the link in our bio!
🌳 The Power of Trees: Growing a Movement
🌳 Sunday, April 14, 2024
🌳 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
🌳 Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto

Last Saturday, our Teen Urban Foresters (TUFs) suc

Last Saturday, our Teen Urban Foresters (TUFs) successfully planted 9 trees at the @paloaltofamilyymca for our TUF Alumni Tree Planting. Thank you to everyone who participated, including 7 TUF alumni! If you'd like to learn more about our TUF program, please visit the link in our bio.

Question 2: What would you say to your younger sel

Question 2: What would you say to your younger self or any young women navigating the environmental field? This month we asked the women of Canopy to reflect on how they want to inspire young women to continue Canopy’s work in the community.
🌳 Karina: Moving to East Palo Alto from Mountain View, I definitely felt the environmental injustice. Going to a MV school where there were trees everywhere that I would play under was a privilege that I did not know I had. Growing and caring for the tree canopy in EPA is what drives me and holds a special place in my heart.
🌳 Juanita: Be comfortable with not knowing! It's okay to not have all the answers right away. In the words of Alice “Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.” (Alice in Wonderland) You'll have your whole life to explore what makes you, YOU!
🌳 Arlene: Remember that the same care, love and concern that you extend to the natural wild world should also be extended towards our friends, families, community, and ourselves.
🌳 Aubrey: Science has space for you and it needs your emotions, empathy, creativity, passion, and personality. These attributes complement your intellect, not invalidate it.
🌳 Evany: There's a lot of routes to enter the environmental field. It's also never too late to join it. Many skills from various other sectors can translate into the environmental field. So in reality, you don't need to know about nature. This field is more forgiving because you can learn as you go and find where you can fit in. It's all about passion for the environment.
🌳 Ally: Follow your heart! No matter what your skills are, or what lifestyle you prefer, there's a way to make it work while pursuing your passion.
🌳 Indira: To my younger self, I would say: "Get involved (in any capacity) NOW." Many a time, I have wished that I had gotten involved deeply in the environmental field (in any capacity) much earlier than I have,
🌳 Maya: I would tell my younger self that you're very capable of understanding the sciences, and not to give up. There will be ignorant people who tell you latinx people aren't built for the sciences, but you will prove them wrong.
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