Happy Green Valentines Day everyone! Danny here! Its a good week to be part of the Urban Forest Project everyone! We are wrapping up sponsorship for the banners on Monday, so its your last opportunity to show a little love for Baltimore, art, and a healthy sustainable community. If you are feeling generous today and want to show your support to the community please click here. For an individual, a small business, or even a large corporation its your chance to show that you support and value the Baltimore community through sponsorship of this city-wide exhibition and event! Your name will be displayed prominently on a banner in the exhibition, and when they are recycled into tote bags and sold, the side panels will show your name prominently (see below). So come on! Its Valentine’s day. Show a little Bmore-love. Sponsor Now!

And check out a special “Green” Valentine made by our friend Doug Retzler from Art for Green Spaces / Art In Common artincommon.org & GreenCityBaltimore.org

Thanks Doug! Happy Valentines day everyone!

Oh, I almost forgot! Last Thursday we participated in Focus the Nation at Johns Hopkins and Maryland Institute College of Art . Focus the Nation is an educational initiative that promotes civic engagement. On January 31, thousands of colleges, universities, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic organizations and businesses took part in this amazing event to raise awareness about global warming solutions.

The Tilt team split into two groups. Denise and Mike went to Johns Hopkins and gave a powerpoint presentation on TreeBaltimore and how their initiative of increasing the tree canopy will help our local environment. Danny, Jess and Hayley went to MICA to talk with students about the Urban Forest Project and how they can take part in our volunteer opportunities with the UFP.

I want to send out a special thank you to Jenn Tucker for volunteering her time in this event! We had a great response and are more excited as each day passes because our UFP team is ever expanding!

Check out these videos about Focus the Nation here! This and other initives like it are popping up all over the country and its so great to be a part of it! We want you to be a part of it too.

Hey everyone, Denise here! We’re just so psyched about Baltimore’s enthusiasm for the Urban Forest Project . Your energy pours forth everyday with so many people calling, emailing, dropping in – they want to know how they can help the UFP be an awesome experience. The answer is simple – and very cool too. Be a UFP sponsor!!!

Check this out. The UFP tells the story of trees – and why we need more of them. During the UFP, you will see “trees” throughout Baltimore that are created from banners on poles. Now imagine a real tree in it’s place. How easy it is to see the difference made by one single tree! The real difference is of course what it does for our environment, but wow, to be surrounded by them is truly visually inspiring.

Be a sponsor. You help us “plant” the UFP trees by sponsoring the banners that are hung on the poles. Each banner displays the banner sponsor’s name on the bottom (see below)! How amazing it will feel to see YOUR NAME there!!! And you know all your friends will want to check it out. Your contribution pays for the banner to be printed and then, when the UFP ends, all proceeds are donated to TreeBaltimore - which plants REAL trees throughout the city!

Sponsor a banner now! Save a tree and make your contribution online. You’ll see all the other ways you can help too. One of the best ways, always, is to tell your friends and employers to help too. Be sure to ask your neighborhood businesses for their support!

This movement towards growing greener is happening everyday because you truly care. And so do we. Thank you for sponsoring the UFP and creating change!

You can now find Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project merchandise at several stores in Hampden. Below is a photo of our display at WhollyTerra. You can also find t-shirts, buttons, hand-painted tiles, and bag pre-order forms at Shine. Look for UFP merchandise coming soon to other retailers across the city. But as always, you can shop 24/7 online. T’s and buttons make great gifts, and don’t forget to preorder your bag today! Each bag is made one of a kind out of the banners in the exhibition. Check out the image below of how Chad Miller’s “Bmore Hon” bird would look as a bag! These will be going fast!

Chad Miller’s “Bmore Hon” bird

You can find UFP merchandise at:

WhollyTerra
3406 Chestnut Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21211

and:

Shine
1007 W 36th St
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 366-6100

Check out the pics below of the Tilt team speaking about The Urban Forest Project and TreeBaltimore
at last night’s CSBA happy hour!