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Give a gift to the urban forest this holiday season

Posted by Janet McKay /
White pine
While it’s the time of year to tip our hats to the successes we’ve had in 2012, we also need to look ahead to ensure the coming years will be as fruitful. Executive Director, Janet McKay, takes a moment to ask for your support to help make 2013 just as great.
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LEAF BFF Social – A Volunteer Recap

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Urban Forest
When I first started volunteering with LEAF well over a year ago, I was impressed with the warmth and friendliness expressed by the staff as well as my fellow volunteers. While Toronto has a reputation for being cold and unwelcoming, LEAF’s recent end-of-year Best Forest Friends (BFF) Social proved otherwise. On a mild December evening in the Annex, volunteers, staff, board members, and friends of LEAF - past and present - filed in to the Centre for Social Innovation on Bathurst St. for a celebration of the year of hard work, dedication and accomplishments.
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Billboard for trees

Posted by Sarah Berneche /
Billboard urban forest © 2012 Urban Air
Urban Air, a Kickstarter project lead by artist Stephen Glassman, is "an artwork, symbol, and instrument for a green future" that aims to transform existing urban billboards into hanging bamboo gardens, effectively replacing traditional advertising space with green, sustainable art. While incorporating the urban forest into cityscapes across the globe sounds like a dream come true, let's take a moment to consider some of the implications.
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International Influences: Seattle

Posted by Jessica Piskorowski /
Seattle's urban forest
This summer I took the ultimate train trip out West on board VIA Rail’s The Canadian. After stops in Jasper & Vancouver, we made the international jump and continued travelling down the coast to Seattle. A mix of wild, rural, and urban scenery offered a whole new roster of tree species to admire and thoughts on trees and landscapes.
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Coming into focus

Posted by Matthew Higginson /
Owl
We love you guys. And what better way to show it than to hold a contest with great prizes? Over the next couple of days we’ll give away two sets of tickets to a screening at this year’s Planet in Focus Film Festival. All you have to do is like or retweet our post for your chance to win. And if you already follow us on Twitter or like our page on Facebook you’re half way there!
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