Speaker 1: Let's say good morning now to the CEO of the
Speaker 1: Arbor Day Foundation. It's Dan Lamb.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Dan, good morning.
Speaker 1: Okay, so we're talking trees. We want to get a
Speaker 1: refresher course. What is so great about trees and why
Speaker 1: do we need them?
Speaker 2: Well, look, the Arbor Day Foundation, of course we love trees.
Speaker 2: But what we're realizing more and more is that trees
Speaker 2: are no longer seen as a nice to have. They
Speaker 2: are a must have because they do so much for us,
Speaker 2: especially in our cities and towns, from those being natural
Speaker 2: air filters helping to create cleaner, safer communities, shading our homes,
Speaker 2: helping to stop and slow storm water runoff and flooding.
Speaker 2: If ever there was a time to be planting trees,
Speaker 2: now is that time?
Speaker 1: Well, and even I've heard talking about in La where
Speaker 1: there are areas that just don't have a lot of trees,
Speaker 1: and they're like, we need to plant trees because as
Speaker 1: they grow up, like you mentioned, they do the shade,
Speaker 1: they literally cool off neighborhoods.
Speaker 2: No doubt, trees can reduce daytime temperatures by it to
Speaker 2: ten degrees fahrenheit. And it hasn't just been hot in
Speaker 2: La it's hot everywhere, and trees are more important than
Speaker 2: they've ever been. But also more and more research just
Speaker 2: tells us people are happier and healthier when they're near
Speaker 2: trees and green space.
Speaker 1: I love that. And so what is the mission, then,
Speaker 1: Dan of the Arbor Day Foundation.
Speaker 2: The Arbor Day Foundation is actually the largest nonprofit organization
Speaker 2: in the world dedicated to planting trees. And our simple
Speaker 2: mission is that we inspire people to plant, nurture, and
Speaker 2: celebrate trees. And we do that by planting in front
Speaker 2: yards and backyards, in cities and parks and in critical
Speaker 2: forest lands all around the world.
Speaker 1: Okay, and you want us to plant trees, so for
Speaker 1: Arbor Day that comes up April twenty fifth, right, and
Speaker 1: also sorry Earth Month and that kind of stuff. You've
Speaker 1: partnered up with a pretty large company, and you're going
Speaker 1: to help people get those trees.
Speaker 2: To plant, right. We want everybody to be planting trees.
Speaker 2: But we're very excited this year to be partnering with
Speaker 2: Subaru as a part of their Subru Loves the Earth initiative.
Speaker 2: Super has a long legacy of working on environmental causes,
Speaker 2: and we're excited to be partnering with Subaru and more
Speaker 2: than six hundred retailers across the country to distribute and
Speaker 2: plant one hundred thousand trees this year, helping people plant
Speaker 2: in their front yards and backyards, making a difference in
Speaker 2: cities and towns all across the country.
Speaker 1: Okay, so where are you going to be giving away trees?
Speaker 1: Do people come buy trees? Where do we get them?
Speaker 2: So it's a great question. Retailers all across the country
Speaker 2: are participating. You can go and find more information about
Speaker 2: our partnership and find your local retailer and reserve a
Speaker 2: tree by going to subru dot com slash earth. And
Speaker 2: what's happening is we're distributing regionally appropriate trees and there're
Speaker 2: one gallon trees and they're going to grow up to
Speaker 2: be critically important parts of the urban forest, the community
Speaker 2: forest in our cities and towns all around the country.
Speaker 1: Okay, so like here we might get a palm tree
Speaker 1: or a nice jacaranda tree or something like that. In Oregon,
Speaker 1: they're going to get different trees.
Speaker 2: Exactly. We're going to make sure the right trees are
Speaker 2: being sent to the right place to make sure they
Speaker 2: have the best chance for survival.
Speaker 1: I love it and Dan Lamb, again, where do people
Speaker 1: go to find out and when they can get the
Speaker 1: trees and where?
Speaker 2: So that we have more than six hundred Subero retailers
Speaker 2: we're working with across the country. You can go to
Speaker 2: Subaru dot com slash earth to find your local retailer
Speaker 2: and reserve a tree. And if you also just want
Speaker 2: to learn more information about how to plant trees, how
Speaker 2: to care for trees, you can go to the Arbor
Speaker 2: Day Foundation website at arbor day dot org.
Speaker 1: Okay, great, and then Dan, when are these being given away?
Speaker 1: Is it all month or is it a particular time
Speaker 1: of the.
Speaker 2: Month throughout We're distributing it throughout the month of April,
Speaker 2: but each retailer has a specific date that works for
Speaker 2: them the batch.
Speaker 1: Okay, so go check out the website. Dan Lamb, the
Speaker 1: CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, thank you so much
Speaker 1: for your time. We love trees.
Speaker 2: You're great, have a great arbor Date all right, you too.
Speaker 1: And you guys, they have this list of all the
Speaker 1: cities where they're doing the tree giveaways. I mean it's
Speaker 1: like all over southern California. There's Riverside in Carlsbad and
Speaker 1: let's see that's north of a thousand Oaks and Lake
Speaker 1: Forest and Temecula, Valencia. I'm just looking through this huge
Speaker 1: list and trying to pick out the ones that are
Speaker 1: close to us. A city of industry, Glendale, Ontario, San Bernardino,
Speaker 1: all over the place. So do go check that out
Speaker 1: and you could get a free tree. I love planting trees.