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Boston University student reports the successes of UEI's Greentimes program
Journalism student observes the merit in fostering the scientific and environmental curiosities of Boston-area high school students
Article in Boston Globe on Urban Forestry Work Features UEI co-founder and former Executive Director Charlie Lord
Article on University of Vermont scientists' work with East Coast cities' urban forestry initiatives includes input from Charlie Lord.
Science Director Eric Strauss featured in Boston Herald
Students from Russell Elementary School in Dorchester visited Professor Strauss at Boston College and got to meet some of his terrapin friends.
UEI's John Walkey Discusses Grow Boston Greener With The Bulletin
See what our Sustainable Cities Program Manager had to say
OurTown Brookline Features Article About UEI
UEI Grantwriter Cynthia Staples touches briefly on our history and provides a brief overview of our work.
Grow Boston Greener Campaign Featured in the Dorchester Reporter
Article highlights the early and exciting progress of UEI's efforts on behalf of Boston's Grow Boston Greener campaign.
Grow Boston Greener Featured in August 1, 2007 Christian Science Monitor Article on Urban Trees
The article details the many benefits of urban trees as well as the many challenges involved in urban planting programs, and highlights the work of the Urban Ecology Institute and Boston's Urban Forest Coalition. UEI and partner organizations such as Earthworks are committed to making the vision of Grow Boston Greener, 100,000 new trees in Boston by 2020, a reality.
A plan takes root: City to plant more than 100,000 trees
The Boston Globe reports that "Boston will plant 100,000 trees in the next 13 years, with the bulk of the plantings to take place in the city's least green neighborhoods, Mayor Thomas M. Menino" announced April 28th.
Cities Can Be as Sociable as Suburbs
UEI co-founder and former Executive Director, Charlie Lord, published in Commonwealth Magazine
A New Science for Revitalizing America's Cities
With more than half the world's population living in cities, we must learn how to assure sustainable urban ecologies, according to Eric Strauss, director of the Environmental Studies Program.
