E&E Seminar: “Motivations and mechanisms for urban ecological stewardship: Examining the CommuniTree and TreeKeepers programs” by Jess Vogt, DePaul University
February 25, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Individuals and organizations participate in urban ecological stewardship for a variety of personal, professional, and organizational reasons. In the Chicagoland region, there are many programs through which people can participate in the planting and care of trees. This presentation will discuss recent research conducted by the Lab for Urban Forestry in the Anthropocene (LUFA) at DePaul University on two of these programs: the long-standing Openlands TreeKeepers program that has been training and engaging urban forest stewards across Chicago since 1991, and the newer CommuniTree program, a multi-organizational collaborative tree planting initiative in northwest Indiana launched in 2017. Surveys of volunteers in each program were conducted in 2018 and 2019 to examine motivations for participation.
Faculty Host: Emily Minor
Date posted
Nov 20, 2019
Date updated
Feb 7, 2020