Edith Ben-Horin, research and analysis manager from TreePeople, demonstrates the 'Watershed in a Suitcase' during Santa Monica College's Earth Day Celebration on Thursday, April 22, 2010. The 'Watershed in a Suitcase' is an educational and environmental teaching tool that demonstrates the importance of planting and growing trees in urban environments.
TreePeople is an environmental nonprofit which inspires, engages and supports people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun and sustainable. To achieve this TreePeople trains and supports communities to plant and care for trees, they educate school children and adults about environmental issues. They demonstrate sustainable solutions to urban ecosystem problems and work with government agencies on critical water issues.
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