Tree People

"TreePeople is an environmental nonprofit that unites the power of trees, people and technology to grow a sustainable future for Los Angeles. "

"The California Conservation Project (CCP) is created as a nonprofit corporation to handle the money needed to do the tree planting. Sears, Potlatch, and American Motors are the first major contributors...

"1976: The Los Angeles City Recreation & Parks Department grants TreePeople a conditional-use permit of its Mountain Fire Station 108 for developing a small-scale nursery to grow seedlings. The Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) donates a '50s vintage fuel truck, which becomes TreePeople's water truck..."

Board
Accessed May 2012:


 * Peggy (Margaret C.) Light, Chair, Owner, Riteboiler Company
 * Bob Antonoplis, Vice President Counsel, The Walt Disney Company
 * Laurie Benenson, Writer, Editor, Journalist
 * Nan Bouchard, VP – Program Management Defense, Space & Security, The Boeing Company
 * Jimmie Cho, VP-Human Resources, Southern California Gas Company
 * Lucinda Cowell, President, Concept Arts Studio, Inc.
 * Edgar Dymally, Senior Environmental Specialist, Metropolitan Water District
 * David Ellis, Senior VP, R&R Partners
 * Ted Flanigan, President, Ecomotion
 * Jonathan Friedland, VP Global Corporate Communications, Netflix, Inc.
 * Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman, US Postal Regulatory Commission
 * Jim Hardie, Director of Park Operations, TreePeople
 * Seth Kiner, VP, Customer Programs and Services, Southern California Edison
 * Ray A. Landy, Retired President, AECOM
 * Andy Lipkis, President and Founder, TreePeople
 * Dan Murray, Senior Executive, Machinima.com
 * Sara Nichols, Retired, Environmental Attorney
 * Glen Payne, Fixed Income Trader, The Capital Group Companies
 * Gwyn Quillen, Partner, Bingham McCutchen, LLP Attorneys at Law
 * Steve Richards, COO, Silver Pictures
 * Peter Sinsheimer, Ph.D., MPH, Executive Director, UCLA Sustainable Technology & Policy Program;
 * Michael Woo, Dean, College of Environmental Design, CalPoly Pomona
 * Ira Ziering, Entrepreneur, Ziering France Co.
 * David Zucker, Writer, Director, Producer

Contact
Web: http://www.treepeople.org

Related Sourcewatch

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 * Hunter Lovins
 * Caryn Bosson