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20 02, 2024

ACT Environmental Justice Training

By |2024-02-16T12:48:55-05:00February 20th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Justice, Training, Webinars & Online Workshops|Comments Off on ACT Environmental Justice Training

Ethical and Cultural Considerations for Corporate Volunteers in Underserved Communities This 1.5 hour training from Alliance for Community Trees will equip participants with real world examples, simulations and scenarios to prepare for conversations with corporate volunteers about how to approach community engagement ethically and with [...]

16 02, 2024

Train to Be an Amphibian Migration & Road Crossings Volunteer!

By |2024-02-16T12:38:46-05:00February 16th, 2024|Categories: Training, Webinars & Online Workshops|Comments Off on Train to Be an Amphibian Migration & Road Crossings Volunteer!

2 training opportunities: Saturday, February 17, 9:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. in Voorheesville (in-person). Offered in partnership with Albany County Cornell Cooperative Extension. Thursday, February 22, 5:00pm-7:00pm. Virtual Training for Volunteers. Why did the salamander cross the road? Have you ever witnessed large numbers of salamanders and frogs [...]

19 12, 2023

Alliance for Community Trees Environmental Justice Training

By |2023-12-19T02:23:56-05:00December 19th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Justice, Training|Comments Off on Alliance for Community Trees Environmental Justice Training

ACT’s first environmental justice training of 2024 will be held on Tuesday, January 16 from 10:30am to 12:00pm Central Time. Next month's session is titled Metrics of Success for Increasing Career Pathways in Urban Forestry and will be facilitated by Dr. Christine Carmichael of Fair Forests Consulting. In this 1.5 hour [...]

11 08, 2023

Free Access to Environmental Justice Trainings

By |2023-08-09T17:11:51-04:00August 11th, 2023|Categories: Advocacy, Environmental Justice, Training, Webinars & Online Workshops|Comments Off on Free Access to Environmental Justice Trainings

The Alliance for Community trees has been focusing on engaging disadvantaged communities with urban and community forestry efforts through impending Inflation Reduction Act funding, Links are available to some of its latest recorded environmental justice trainings. These training sessions are facilitated by Dr. Christine Carmichael of Fair Forests [...]

21 07, 2023

EPA News

By |2023-07-25T14:52:28-04:00July 21st, 2023|Categories: Advocacy, Environmental Justice, Training, Youth|Comments Off on EPA News

EPA Invites Youth to Serve on Agency’s First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formal establishment of the agency’s first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council (NEYAC). The NEYAC will provide independent advice and recommendations to Administrator Michael S. Regan on [...]

28 02, 2023

Schenectady’s Dynamic Tree Planting Collaboration: 2022 Update

By |2023-02-28T14:52:03-05:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Justice, Funding, Grants, Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits, Training, Tree Planting, Youth|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Schenectady’s Dynamic Tree Planting Collaboration: 2022 Update

The excellent e-flyer that went out to Schenectady community members in advance of the summer 2022 tree planting. See also the earlier blog post: Schenectady Plants 50 Trees with New Collaborative Initiative In the summer of 2021, ReTree Schenectady, the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, Community [...]

16 02, 2023

Widening the Funnel: Issues and Actions for Addressing Low Urban Tree Diversity, with Dr. Grant Thompson

By |2023-02-16T19:57:16-05:00February 16th, 2023|Categories: Arboriculture, Research, Society of Municipal Arborists, Training, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Widening the Funnel: Issues and Actions for Addressing Low Urban Tree Diversity, with Dr. Grant Thompson

We know the critical importance of diversifying tree canopy in cities. What are the obstacles to getting to our biodiversity goals for urban forests, and how can they be overcome? On February 13, Dr. Grant Thompson of Genus Landscape Architects presented a superb webinar on Widening the [...]

12 01, 2023

Latest News from Onondaga Earth Corps Includes Job Openings, Reflections from 2022

By |2023-01-12T14:01:37-05:00January 12th, 2023|Categories: Innovative Projects and Programs, Onondaga Earth Corps, Training, Youth|Tags: |Comments Off on Latest News from Onondaga Earth Corps Includes Job Openings, Reflections from 2022

The latest edition of the OEC Newsletter features OEC job openings, great photos from 2022 events (can you find the owl?); reflections from crew members, and more. 🌳

9 12, 2022

ISA Certified Arborist Course Jan 9-13, 2023: Online or In-Person (Buffalo)

By |2022-12-09T16:24:28-05:00December 9th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Training|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Council Board Member and Board Certified Master Arborist Glenn Gentzke is well regarded for his ISA Certified Arborist Training Course. This iteration in January 2023 can be taken in person (Buffalo) or on Zoom. ISA Certified Arborist Preparatory Course Jan 2023 Glenn Getzke

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