Special Events
Canopy has an established reputation for bringing renowned environmentalists to the Bay Area through unique speaking events that benefit urban forestry programs.
2009
E.O. Wilson: Biodiversity and Our Future, Healing Mother Earth
E. O. Wilson, renowned scientist, author and environmentalist, spoke at Canopy's 2009 benefit lecture, E.O. Wilson: Biodiversity and Our Future, Healing Mother Earth. Drawing a crowd of some 800 area residents, educators and students. Dr. Wilson shared his insights on the complexity and diversity of natural ecosystems around the world and how they interconnect, calling for increased research and understanding into the fast disappearing species and environments that sustain our planet. KQED Radio host Michael Krasny emceed the event.
Download a copy (6MB) of Dr. Wilson's PowerPoint. Check out photos from the event (see Flickr photos) as well as video (see FORA TV). You can also listen below to a KQED radio interview with Michael Krasny.
2008
Sir Thomas Pakenham: A Summer Evening with Remarkable Trees
Two hundred guests attended Canopy's 2008 benefit fundraising gala under the London Plane trees of Palo Alto's Mitchell Park for a summer solstice dinner lecture with author/explorer Sir Thomas Pakenham. Pakenham is the celebrated author of Remarkable Trees of The World and Meetings with Remarkable Trees, among others, about his global travels researching and photographing the great trees of the planet.
(See Flickr photos)
Canopy Awarded Palo Alto's Prestigious Tall Tree Award
Palo Alto's Tall Tree Awards honor individuals and organizations for their work with the environment and children. Canopy was honored as "outstanding non-profit" for work in urban-forestry in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. "The trees that Canopy has planted and cared for have helped to improve our city by cleaning the air we breathe, shading our homes and streets, reducing our energy bills, providing beauty, increasing our property values, reducing pollution and noise and more. Palo Alto would not be the city it is without its trees," Palo Alto architect Tony Carrasco wrote in his nominating letter. Read more...
2006
Nobel Prize Winner Wangari Maathai: Canopy's 10th Anniversary Celebration Gala
Canopy celebrated a decade of urban forestry programs with a 2006 gala dinner and reception featuring Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement. Canopy also launched its East Palo Alto Tree Initiative with a ceremonial tree planting in East Palo Alto.
(See Flickr photos)
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