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	Holiday Tree Dedications New Year Tree Dedications are still available! Planting a tree is a powerful gift of life any time of year. Click here to learn more.
	Ashoka Honors Andy Lipkis TreePeople Founder and President Andy Lipkis has been named an Ashoka Fellow for 2008. He joins the ranks of 2,200 Fellows in over 60 countries around the world who are working for social change to improve society. Learn more here.
	Center for Community Forestry Launch Actor Annette Bening joined Andy Lipkis and TreePeople supporters to launch the $10 million Center for Community Forestry. Learn more about this new public education resource here and view press conference video footage here.
	The Green Collar Economy TreePeople was recently featured in a new book by acclaimed social justice and environmental activist Van Jones. The Green Collar Economy shares a vision of a thriving, green economy doesn’t have throw-away things or throw-away people. To learn more, click here.

	Fruit Tree Program We are expanding the size of the Fruit Tree program in January 2009 and will distribute from locations in the South Bay, the San Fernando Valley and East L.A. As always, we look to community groups, schools and faith-based groups to help us reach individuals or groups who may otherwise be unable to obtain fruit trees. Click here for more info.
	Forest Aid TreePeople is launching Forest Aid in the San Bernardino National Forest. Volunteers needed! We’re teaming with the U.S. Forest Service and San Bernardino National Forest Association to restore burned areas of forestland. Join us! Learn more here and sign up at www.forestaid.net.
	Million Trees Initiative Join TreePeople to help fulfill Mayor Villaraigosa's vision to plant one million trees in L.A. We're planting in city parks as well as on streets and school campuses. Volunteer or learn more here.

	Watch & Listen to TreePeople Now you can watch and listen online to TreePeople's programs and news clips! JUST ADDED: KQED's The California Report features Andy Lipkis talking about climate change and California's water. Click here to get started with video and audio broadcasts.
	Rainwater as a Resource TreePeople has several useful tools to learn about tree-inspired technologies that mimic the “sponge-and-filter” function of trees. Download our free, 54 page report here on sustainable solutions to urban ecosystem problems. To learn how to harvest rainwater yourself, click here.
	Seedling News Check out our quarterly newsletter. Our Winter 2009 edition talks about how Annette Bening Helped Launch our new TreePeople Center.