TreePeople
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TreePeople is a California based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. TreePeople focuses on promoting the creation of sustainable urban ecosystems through education and the planting of trees.
[edit] History
TreePeople was founded in 1973 by Andy Lipkis.
[edit] Key Accomplishments
- 1981-1984 - Persuaded Los Angeles residents to plant one million trees in time for the Olympics
- 1986 - Coordinated volunteers to rescue thousands of water logged books from the Los Angeles Central Library
- 1986 - Planted 6000 bare root fruit trees in Africa.
- 1990 - Organized 3,000 volunteers to plant nearly 400 trees along the Martin Luther King Boulevard in one day.
- To date has planted over 2 million trees in the Los Angeles area
