Trees keep our planet healthy — and literally keep us all alive! — That’s how Meg Lowman, Executive Director of TREE Foundation, kicks off this inspiring and educational video linked below that shares the power of trees and her own journey as an arbornaut that has taken
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Vanessa Wassenar has been named the new president of TREE Foundation’s Board of Directors. Vanessa has been an active member of the board for several years; her three-year term began January 1, 2024. Vanessa will work closely with Executive Director Meg Lowman to guide the board in
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Animals: the World’s Best Reforesters! A recent study in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences journal discovered that animals of all kinds play a key role in reforestation! By focusing on a deforested area of rainforest in Central Panama over 100 years, the researchers
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Pre-order Forest at 30% off! Books are one of the many delightful ways to teach children about the importance of forests. Books with gorgeous visuals and poetry, such as those found in Forest, can be especially enthralling and engaging for children. Forest begins with a view of
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Scott Baker, founder of Tree Solutions, a tree consulting company in the Pacific Northwest, shared these fabulous photographs he captured while visiting the Redwood Sky Walk at Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka, California. Scott has worked with trees for over 45 years. His extensive experience spans commercial arboriculture,
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Path to Becoming An Arborist — What, How, and Why? by Snousha Glaude (TREE Research Associate, Snousha’s Instagram) Snousha (author of this blog) climbing trees. “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” —
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Dr. Margaret (Meg) Lowman, Executive Director of the Sarasota-based TREE Foundation, has been awarded the 2023 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize by the Tällberg Foundation. Lowman was selected for this honor in recognition of her “scientific, educational and advocacy work globally to protect and restore forests.” The Prize
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TREE Foundation Executive Director and Mission Green founder Meg Lowman gave a virtual keynote talk during the 8th International Canopy Conference held October 15-19, 2023, in Xishuangbanna, China. Meg’s talk was delivered during the Canopy Education sessions of the conference, and was focused on using Mission Green’s
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TREE Foundation’s Mission Green initiative awarded its first recognition of a canopy walkway to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science’s new walkway in Quechee, Vermont. TREE Foundation executive director Meg Lowman presented a Mission Green plaque to the Institute, which has now been installed along the walkway.
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Meg Lowman and TREE board member DC Randle took individuals and families on a week-long citizen science trip to Peru in July 2023. The trip began with an exploration of Lima before the group traveled deep into the Amazon to experience the rainforest. The journey was an
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