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We are incredibly excited to announce that PNPP has been selected as a Service Site Partner by TerraCorps, and we will be hosting a stipended service member to serve with us for 11 months as a Community Engagement Coordinator.  The TerraCorps Service Member will focus on inclusive outreach and engagement strategies to increase the impact of […]

PVD TreeTalk = Team PNPP and our partners sharing bits of info about our urban forest, or simple ways we can get out and show a little TLC to the trees in our neighborhoods! At PNPP, we’re so used to gathering in person with neighbors and volunteers to plant and take care of trees in

This #BlackBotanistWeek, we’ve found ourselves thinking–as we often do–about the incredible Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Kenyon activist and biologist who founded the Green Belt Movement in her backyard in Kenya in 1971, and made a dramatic impact on reforestation across Africa, and on community forestry and the environmental movement globally. Truly ahead of her time,

An urban forest is a living system–one that relies on the health, safety and vitality of all parts of the network in order to be robust and life-supporting. All of us–the human beings who constitute our city and our communities–are part of that same urban ecosystem, and we too are connected and mutually dependent. When

We won’t be able to gather for our usual in-person group tree planting demos, but we’re working to provide our Spring 2020 #PlantingTogetherInSpirit Tree Planters with all the info they need to successfully plant and steward their new trees this season! Check out our How Plant a Tree with PNPP info sheet and video, and

Dear Tree Friends, We just wanted to share some information with you about how we are moving ahead with our Spring Tree Planting season, given the dramatically changed circumstances we all find ourselves in. If you’ve ever participated in PNPP Neighborhood Street Tree Plantings, you know that they are delightfully social gatherings, which inherently involve

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR 2019 TREE PLANTING RESIDENTS, VOLUNTEERS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR A WONDERFUL 2019!!!

Hello PNPP Friends: We just wanted to introduce you all to our new(ish) Spring 2018 PNPP Intern–Jackie Wells! Jackie is a senior at URI majoring in Human Development & Family Studies (HDF), with a particular interest in community health. As part of her senior fieldwork seminar, Jackie is spending time this semester with PNPP–learning about

We’re excited to announce the neighborhoods who are receiving free Neighborhood Street Tree Planting Awards this spring; big thanks and congratulations to the Tree Leaders who organized their neighbors and submitted applications–we look forward to planting with you all in April! (A draft schedule is below, with the dates and general locations–more details and specific

Help is always needed–all ages and abilities! Check out the full Spring Planting Schedule for details; just show up at the designated time/place, meet your fellow tree-loving Providence Citizens, and help PLANT SOME TREES!!!