New Haven Urban Resources Initiative

Plant trees. Build Community. Community Greenspace and GreenSkills. URI is a nonprofit/university partnership with the Yale School of the Environment.

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

It was an honor to plant a tree last week at Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School in collaboration with the City of New Haven Peace Commission for the #InternationalDayofPeace. Along with a tree and peace monument, a bench was also erected in memory of BRAMS student Travis Walker Jr 🕊️

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

It is the first anniversary of URI receiving Urban and Community Forestry IRA funding, allowing us to bolster our GreenSkills program, launch a partnership with @IRISCT, increase tree ambassador outreach, and plant 500 more trees. Thank you @forestservice! #FundingUrbanForestry

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

Thanks to support from the #InflationReductionAct via the @usfs_r9 @forestservice & continued support from the @cityofnewhaven we planted the 1st of 1K trees in New Haven this year. Request your free New Haven tree on URI’s website.
https://t.co/GeKbeGtRYj

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

URI is grateful that the #InflationReductionAct is #FundingUrbanForestry. URI is a recipient of a grant from @forestservice to double our planting efforts in @cityofnewhaven from 500 to 1000 trees each year for the next 5 years. https://t.co/26PKlZIGTP https://t.co/7uCxWbq8J8

[Hixon Center, Yale School of the Environment @hixoncenter]

How should we best protect natural #forests in cities? Hear from Rich Hallett (@usfs_nrs), Clara Pregitzer (@NaturalAreasNYC), Amy Witt (@ForestPark4Ever), and Kelli Ondracek (@HoustonTX) at the Hixon Conference on #UbranForests on Sept 15.

Register: https://t.co/vePXTjP0gB

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

Want to dig deeper into how cities can help solve climate change? Sign up for the Hixon Annual Urban Conference. It's free and open to the public.
https://t.co/AxpEzGUB5V

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

URI on CNN! Cities & urban areas cause up to 75% of all greenhouse gas emissions globally. #YSE Dr. Karen Seto talks about how every city can employ "3 big buckets of solutions" to mitigate climate changes. Look for footage of URI's tree plantings. https://t.co/21Qa0DSaxQ

[Hixon Center, Yale School of the Environment @hixoncenter]

We are thrilled to welcome Beattra Wilson, @forestservice assistant director of cooperative #forestry, as the keynote speaker of the 2023 Hixon Conference, "#UrbanForests: Solutions for a Changing Climate" on Sept. 15.

Join us: https://t.co/vePXTjP0gB

[Yale Forestry @yaleforestry]

We invite you to join the 10th annual @hixoncenter conference focused on #UrbanForests.

We look forward to faculty & alumni speakers Prof. Karen Seto, Prof. Mark Bradford, Clara Pregitzer '20 PhD, Danica Doroski '21 Phd.

Public. Free. Hybrid. Register: https://t.co/cLdK34uQzL

[Hixon Center, Yale School of the Environment @hixoncenter]

We are excited to invite you to the Hixon Conference on Urban Forests: Solutions for a Changing Climate on Friday, September 15 with @forestservice, @CTDEEP, and @NaturalAreasNYC.

Free. Hybrid. We can't wait to see you in New Haven and online!

Register: https://t.co/vePXTjP0gB

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

The new USFS report on Reducing Recidivism through Arboriculture Workforce Development includes a case study of URI's GreenSkills program and partnership with @emerge_ct #greenskills #urbanforestry

Read the whole report at: https://t.co/qsBoBsYQ2d

[Yale Forestry @yaleforestry]

Not to be missed! Join @NewHavenURI and @MaxRPiana '11 MEM tomorrow at the Trowbridge Environmental Center for a research talk and oak seedling GIVEAWAY! ✨
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More on Piana's research:
https://t.co/efN2EMP57D

[Yale Forestry @yaleforestry]

Happy #ArborDay from @NewHavenURI and Professor Mark Ashton's #silviculture class! The group spent the afternoon planting Shumard oak, hackberry, red maple, and Kentucky coffee trees in site specific micro-climates to celebrate the holiday, end of classes, and #urbanforestry.

[Yale Forestry @yaleforestry]

🌳🏘️ @NewHavenURI and Danica Doroski '21 PhD led @GovNedLamont, who is promising more trees, on the potential and challenges of tree planting, captured by @newhavenindy:

https://t.co/T7wtfKaLuv

[Yale Pediatrics @YalePediatrics]

Thanks to a partnership with the City of New Haven’s Parks, Recreation and Trees Department @NewHavenURI is happy to plant street trees for New Haven residents with GreenSkills crews. https://t.co/phy79WdeHi #EarthDay @YaleEnvironment

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

Happy World Water Day! If you see buds on your tree, give your beautiful, budding tree 25 gallons of water this week, and each week through the fall! Have an amazing World Water Day, and be sure to hydrate yourself as well as your URI tree!

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

Turtle Week in East Rock Park! All events are free and healthy snacks are provided! https://t.co/YPXUUJOXTi #exploringnature @natureandhealth @fairhavenhealth @eastrockpark #naturetherapy #NHV https://t.co/KeHWGosjPc

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

https://t.co/t3IyCrFpWh #freetrees4NHV #NHV

[New Haven Urban Resources Initiative @NewHavenURI]

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