A Living Memorial and a Model for Community Engagement
On January 15, 1990, three thousand people came out to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by planting 400 trees along the entire length of MLK Boulevard in South Los Angeles–seven miles in a single day....
View ArticleVote for an Empowered Future
From our beginnings, TreePeople has been about a different paradigm. Instead of bemoaning the state of the environment, we inspire, engage, and support people to take personal responsibility to heal...
View ArticleTreePeople Turns 40: Thank You, Los Angeles!
Today marks 40 years since the Los Angeles Times shared a kid’s dream of saving our city and our forests. “Andy vs. the Bureaucratic Deadwood,” by Michael Seiler, touched many thousands of...
View ArticleElection Day: A Watershed Moment?
On this day when the people of Los Angeles will choose the next mayor, a leader who will be called on to prepare our city for the severe weather that is forecast for our future, including droughts and...
View ArticleThe Tree-Water Connection at One Water Leadership Summit, September 23 – 26
Even though our name is TreePeople, our organization is as focused on the city’s watershed as we are on its individual trees. After all, the forest has always been nature’s water supply and pollution...
View ArticlePlug-In to the Los Angeles Business Council Summit
With TreePeople’s mission to inspire and engage people in making Los Angeles sustainable and healthy, we can’t ignore the role that our transportation system plays with its massive consumption of...
View ArticleForbes Features TreePeople’s Water Work
Our “sound bite” name of TreePeople is misleading. What we do goes way beyond trees. A recent article in Forbes describes the deeper side of our work, which is about building Los Angeles’ next water...
View ArticleNot Enough Water, L.A.? Look Up.
I am excited to announce that today’s edition of the Los Angeles Times carries a timely Op-Ed that I wrote titled, “Not enough water, L.A.? Look up.” Did Mulholland Get it Wrong? Nearly one hundred...
View ArticleTrees save our very lives. Literally.
This fact inspired me to write an article for The Jewish Journal in honor of Tu b’Shevat, the Jewish New Year or Birthday of the Trees. For decades, students at Jewish schools and schools throughout...
View ArticleDrought Response Webinar with Andy Lipkis
On February 22, TreePeople’s Founder and President Andy Lipkis recorded a webinar on California’s current drought. TreePeople is on the front lines working with government agencies and utilities to...
View ArticleHappy Earth Month: Tip #1 Stock Up On Rain
You’re probably well aware that April 22nd is Earth Day, but did you know that the entire month of April pays tribute to our planet? Around here, we’re making it easier than ever to honor Mother Nature...
View ArticleHappy Earth Month: Tip #2 Replace Your Sprinklers
Earlier this month we told you that in honor of Earth Day (April 22nd), we’d be sharing our founder Andy Lipkis’ simple sustainable suggestions — from his home to yours — right here on our blog...
View ArticleHappy Earth Month: Tip #3 Plant a Native Garden
Happy Earth Week! We celebrated Earth Day yesterday, and everywhere you look spring is in full bloom, which can only mean one thing: it’s Mother Nature’s time to shine! To honor her and our planet, our...
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Trees save our very lives. Literally.
This fact inspired me to write an article for The Jewish Journal in honor of Tu b’Shevat, the Jewish New Year or Birthday of the Trees. For decades, students at Jewish schools and schools throughout...
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Drought Response Webinar with Andy Lipkis
On February 22, TreePeople’s Founder and President Andy Lipkis recorded a webinar on California’s current drought. TreePeople is on the front lines working with government agencies and utilities to...
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Happy Earth Month: Tip #1 Stock Up On Rain
You’re probably well aware that April 22nd is Earth Day, but did you know that the entire month of April pays tribute to our planet? Around here, we’re making it easier than ever to honor Mother Nature...
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Happy Earth Month: Tip #2 Replace Your Sprinklers
Earlier this month we told you that in honor of Earth Day (April 22nd), we’d be sharing our founder Andy Lipkis’ simple sustainable suggestions — from his home to yours — right here on our blog...
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Happy Earth Month: Tip #3 Plant a Native Garden
Happy Earth Week! We celebrated Earth Day yesterday, and everywhere you look spring is in full bloom, which can only mean one thing: it’s Mother Nature’s time to shine! To honor her and our planet, our...
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Happy World Water Day, LA – There’s Hope Yet
TreePeople Founder and President, Andy Lipkis Water scarcity is certainly a worldwide issue, but we in LA know the seriousness of it. Did you know that California has only about one year of water...
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Make No Mistake: Concrete is the Enemy
Statement from Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, calls on Angelenos to rip out concrete and plant trees to capture what rainfall LA gets. LOS ANGELES, Calif.– TreePeople heard fighting...
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