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09.18.12
Trees
Every Person in New York |
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Every year, 20 million trees are cut down to supply virgin paper for books. That's for the U.S. alone. Eco-Libris is a green business devoted to offsetting that loss. It partners with bookstores across the country so that when you check out, you can pay for a tree to be planted in a developing country – an elegantly green solution. In the city, only the Strand is an Eco-Libris partner.
Over 600,000 trees have been planted so far as part of the City's MillionTreesNYC initiative, launched by the Mayor and Bette Midler.
You can help in the effort to plant 20,000 trees in locations around town
on October 27th and 28th by volunteering here.
There's a terrific book called New York City Trees, written and illustrated by Edward Sibley Barnard. Learn about the Hangman's Elm in Washington Square Park, thought to be over 300 years old, where they hanged traitors during the Revolution, the tree in Brooklyn celebrated by poet Marianne Moore, and info on everything from Callery pears to Kentucky Coffeetrees.
The oldest tree in New York?
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Jason Polan started Every Person in New York in March of 2008. He plans on working on the project until it is finished. Look for Every Person in New York on Tuesdays in MUG and daily at Jason's site.
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