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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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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In June, Brazil President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva spoke at the international event Global Citizen’s Power Our Planet (held in Paris). He spoke passionately about his goal as president to stop — full stop! — deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest by 2030. Such an ambitious —
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Unfortunately, in the face of climate change, forest fires happen more frequently than ever and are increasingly destructive to infrastructure, property, precious wildlife, and countless species of trees and plant life. Here are seven ideas for how you can help prevent forest fires. Be aware of any
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The TREE Foundation of Sarasota has added two new board members: recently retired pediatrician/neonatologist Dr. Robert Beck of Fairfax, Virginia, and EarthJustice legal recruiter Carmela French of Washington, DC. TREE Foundation, an international non-profit organization based in Sarasota, is dedicated to tree and forest research, exploration, education,
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TREE Foundation founder and executive director Meg Lowman has received the Explorers Medal for her formidable career as an arbornaut — a lifetime dedicated to exploring the treetops and protecting trees and forests around the globe. In homage to her passion and love for creatures of the
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Meg Lowman is well-known across the globe as an inspiring, motivating, fun, and educational speaker on the topic of forest and big tree conservation, tree canopy research, and canopy walkways. Renowned internationally as a pioneer in the field of forest canopy research ecology, she is an
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