Urban Releaf celebrates Earth Day with not one but two tree-planting events on April 20: We will be teaming with the Unity Council AND District 5 City Councilmember Noel Gallo for their Earth Day celebration at Cesar Chavez Park in Oakland’s Fruitvale District, as well as with Communities For a Better Environment, HOPE Collaborative, Acta

On March 16, the Urban Releaf crew teamed with about 75 volunteers from Americorps to plant 10 live oak trees at a location on 85th Avenue and San Leandro St., a heavily-vehicle-trafficked, industrial area which is also adjacent to a BART line and railroad tracks, which is almost practically bereft of a tree canopy. In

The city of Oakland has a tree canopy of just 12% — far short of the 40% mandate required by the State of California by 2020, under AB 32. So why, then, is it cutting down perfectly good, adult trees? In 2003, Urban Releaf planted 36 purple leaf plum, evergreen pear, and aristocrat pear trees

Since 1998, Urban Releaf has been planting trees in West Oakland and other parts of the city, primarily in low-income communities with low levels of tree canopies – which impacts not only air quality, but quality of life and spiritual/psychological health. We estimate we’ve either planted or distributed as many as 10,000 trees in West

It’s a new day for Oakland politics. November’s elections brought about much-needed change, as longtime City Council members Ignacio de la Fuente, Jane Brunner and Nancy Nadel were replaced by fresher candidates, who can hopefully avoid the gridlock and infighting of Council members, which many saw as an obstacle to any real progress.