Graduation Year
Spring 2013
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Paul Faulstich
Reader 2
Susan Phillips
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License
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© 2013 Kayla B. Imhoff
Abstract
TreePeople is a Los Angeles based non-profit organization that uses environmental education, initiatives, and programs to engage with the greater community to work towards the goal of a sustainable future for Los Angeles. The Fruit Tree Program is one of TreePeople’s longest running programs of 29 years, which distributes free bare-root fruit trees to economically disadvantaged communities as a source of fresh fruit and the other environmental benefits that trees offer. This paper is a comprehensive report detailing the history of the program and the impacts it has had on communities across Los Angeles County. Looking at three communities in Los Angeles and interviewing key community members from these communities, I identified the impacts that the program has had on addressing important urban environmental concerns and facilitating community development.
Recommended Citation
Imhoff, Kayla B., "Fruitful Communities: Evaluating the History and Impacts of TreePeople’s Fruit Tree Program" (2013). Pitzer Senior Theses. 40.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/40
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