Scaling Urban Reforestation Stewardship

The Stewardship Network

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Monday, January 29th, 2024
3:40 pm - 4:40 pm
01/29/2024 15:40:00 01/29/2024 16:40:00 America/Detroit TSN Conference: Scaling Urban Reforestation Stewardship https://conference.stewardshipnetwork.org/session/29-1540_scaling_urban_reforestation_stewardship Virtual The Stewardship Network staff@stewardshipnetwork.org

Amos White, Founder and Chief Planting Officer for 100K Trees for Humanity, will present the California Urban Greenbelt Initiative, an environmental justice urban reforestation campaign to mobilize citizen tree stewards to increase tree canopies to 30% in every urban community by 2030.

The presentation will emphasize how it is:

  • Organizing cities, schools, and communities to plant trees.
  • Accelerating cities’ Climate Action Plan goals to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
  • Promoting equitable distribution of tree canopies, targeting a 30% increase.
  • Enhancing hydrological resilience and improving soil health.
  • Enabling cities to generate increased revenue through ecosystem services.
  • Inspiring and training thousands of school students as stewards growing acorns into a healthy tree
  • Features a workforce development framework that trains individuals to plant and steward trees.

Initiative partners include: Sierra Club, Cal Berkeley Haas School of Business, Google, OSH & more

Presenters

Amos White
100K Trees for Humanity
Amos White is a recognized environmental executive and policymaker, a renowned haiku poet and author; a literary and musical arts producer, and civic leader. Amos is Founder and Chief Planting Officer of 100K Trees for Humanity, an urban reforestation nonprofit; Member, California Urban Forestry Advisory Council; Member, Alameda County’s Agricultural Advisory Committee (Urban Ag Chair); Amos serves on Alameda's Environmental Task Force CASA - Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda; former regional Vice Chair of the Bay Area Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force; Co-author of the Climate Emergency Declaration Resolution for the City of Alameda, and for Alameda County; a former CORO Fellows Program graduate in Leadership and Public Affairs; and former Ohio Youth Conservation Corps Member. Amos a 2021 double award recipient of from the California Urban Forestry Council and a 2023 Recipient of the Jefferson Award for civic service. Amos lives in Alameda, California.