The Arbor Day Foundation’s Energy-Saving Trees Aim to Reduce Energy Consumption

The Arbor Day Foundation’s Energy-Saving Trees and Community Canopy programs are designed to help utility companies, municipalities, and corporate organizations distribute trees to their communities. The core purpose is to lower energy bills, improve air quality, sequester carbon, and manage stormwater runoff. Central to the program is an interactive online tool that was created through a Foundation partnership by The Davey Institute, a division of The Davey Tree Expert Co. The tool uses peer- reviewed scientific research from the U.S. Forest Service’s i-Tree software to calculate estimated energy savings over…

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The Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper to Continue Partnership to Reforest Communities

The Arbor Day Foundation and International Paper will continue their partnership to plant trees in forests and communities across the country. International Paper— one of the world’s leading producers of renewable, fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper— is one of 17 founding members of the Foundation’s Evergreen Alliance, a group of corporate partners committed to helping the Foundation plant 100 million trees in forests and communities worldwide by 2022 as part of the Time for Trees®. The Time for Trees initiative launched by the Arbor Day Foundation in early 2019, leverages trees as a simple, natural climate…

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The Arbor Day Foundation Launches the Time for Trees™ Initiative to Plant 100 Million Trees by 2022

The Arbor Day Foundation has announced the launch of its Time for Trees initiative, a commitment to plant 100 million trees in forests and communities worldwide by 2022 – the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day. The initiative will leverage trees as a simple, powerful way to preserve the necessities of life on Earth that are becoming increasingly compromised, as well as reverse the damage done by climate change. “It can be easy to take trees for granted, but they are absolutely critical to maintaining balance on our planet – supporting…

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