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TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa author Andrew Bowen and the Arbor Day Foundation are teaming up in a program that provides $1 from each sale of Bowen's new Christmas book to plant one tree in the nation's forests. The goal is to sell 2,400 copies of the book A Tree's Christmas online by Christmas Day, which will allow the Arbor Day Foundation (www.arborday.org) to plant 2,400 trees in one of the nation's forests. The Arbor Day Foundation depends on the U.S. Forest...

RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today announced that the company's Tampa-Orlando-Ft. Meyers branch, in conjunction with Tampa's Mayor's Beautification Program and the Parks and Recreation Department, planted a tree in Al Lopez Park. As part of the tree planting ceremony, Thom Snelling, Tampa's first Green Officer, dedicated the large tree that was secured from a local nursery. "Through our partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, we are honored to make a positive...

RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today announced that it has successfully expanded the company's tree planting initiative through an event organized by its Washington D.C. branch in partnership with Fairfax ReLeaf, Inc. and Level 3 Communications. As part of the Nov. 7 all-day tree planting event, representatives from RISO's Washington, D.C. branch and Fairfax ReLeaf were joined by over 40 employees from Level 3 Communications to plant 1,800 trees across four acres at the...

TORONTO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Givex, a global provider of closed loop card technologies including gift, loyalty and other stored value programs announced today the successful planting of 2,500 trees in British Columbia by Tree Canada as part of Givex's reforestation program. Under the program, trees are planted with every card order, helping clients offset carbon emissions created through card production. This round of planting was carried out with the cooperation of the Kamloops Indian...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Building on the success of TreeVitalize in southeastern Pennsylvania, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is launching a statewide tree planting program in metropolitan areas, with a goal of planting one million trees over the next five years. "Trees make us feel great, improve the quality of life in communities and increase property values, but they are disappearing in metropolitan areas across the state, and we want to...

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arbor Day Foundation today announced the creation of the Tree Campus USA program, which will recognize college campuses that are committed to planting, maintaining and celebrating trees. To kick off the launch of its Tree Campus USA program, the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota honored Northern Kentucky University as a Tree Campus USA site with a tree-planting celebration at its Highland Heights, Ky., campus. Tree Campus USA is supported by a...

Tropical nations should receive funds from rich nations to save the world's forests, according to a UK-commissioned report on Tuesday.Additionally, developing countries should also start paying to help create "carbon neutral" global forests through binding targets to slow deforestation and plant trees by 2030. Approximately one fifth of all greenhouse gases are caused by the burning and clearing of forests. "Deforestation will continue as long as cutting down and burning trees...

Fall is a good time to plant new trees, and PECO reminds customers and landscapers to visit www.peco.com for information about what trees could be planted near the company's electrical equipment. Trees provide tremendous value to our communities, however; many trees are planted without consideration of how they grow over time. Power lines that are clear of limbs and vegetation perform better, and are more reliable in good and bad weather. Don't forget that: -- Trees cannot be planted...

Tree Canada presented awards to Shell and TELUS, two of its biggest sponsors, in recognition of their innovative tree planting and initiatives to protect and preserve the environment at the 8th Canadian Urban Forest Conference (CUFC8). The Eterne Award, Tree Canada's award for companies who exemplify the best in environmental stewardship, was handed to Lifford Wine Agency. "We are proud to honour these companies for their hard work in making Canada a greener place to live," said Michael...

By Janette Williams PASADENA - Possible revisions to the city's 2002 tree protection ordinance, including regulations on private property, will be up for discussion on Monday, and the community is being invited to weigh in. A public workshop hosted by the city's Design Commission will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday at Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly St. Homeowners, developers, arborists, architects, boards and commissions, neighborhood organizations and community groups are asked to...