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'Tis the Season

Santa Monica Pier Maintenance Personnel Robert Griffin (left) and Michael Lopez install an 8 foot Christmas Tree at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, November 9, 2010.

Watershed in a Suitcase

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.