Today is Arbor Day, and Diane LaViano, CFO of The Concept Farm, is volunteering to help plant over 200 trees in East Williamsburg.
As part of MillionTreesNYC Month, the New York Restoration Project and sponsor BNP Paribas are hosting the all day event. Friends of NYC, including Glenn Close, will be digging in to create a cleaner, greener New York City.
Diane is an avid arborist and long time member of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. She fosters the Concept Farm’s commitment to building strong relationships in our communities and supporting efforts to achieve environmental survivability.
From the MillionTreesNYC website:
MillionTreesNYC, one of the 127 PlaNYC initiatives, is a citywide, public-private program with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one million new trees across the City’s five boroughs over the next decade. By planting one million trees, New York City can increase its urban forest—our most valuable environmental asset made up of street trees, park trees, and trees on public, private and commercial land—by an astounding 20%, while achieving the many quality-of-life benefits that come with planting trees.
The City of New York will plant 60% of trees in parks and other public spaces. The other 40% will come from private organizations, homeowners, and community organizations.
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