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A heart felt thanks to the 500+ volunteers that planted 1400+ trees on 5/5/12.  Your selfless determination has made a change to our built environment that will be apparent for the next 100 years.

People have different skill sets, but everybody found a way to help.  Many of you dug and planted trees, but others that were not able to do that found other ways of participating.  What an amazing event and an amazing group of people.

Great work everybody.  Read the rest of this entry »

First an update, while the weather in May and June was not particularly nice for us humans, it was great for newly planted trees.  As such I checked a few streets up in the NW and it appears that better than 95% of the trees are doing well.  This is good news after much poorer numbers last year in the Country Club Manor area, in part due to vandals.

I was sent an analysis by 3 students (Peggy Buehler, Neomi Runyon, Holly Berg) who looked at how much money we saved by doing a community planting.  In short, this is a great way to plant trees and improve neighborhoods. I fully expect they got an “A.”

Community Tree Planting Event reflection

Community Tree Planting

… and neighborhood tycoon Rene Lafflam on their selection as a Minnesota Community Pride Showcase winner.

Here is a link to this and other winners.  We all appreciate the ongoing work of RNeighbors and their dedicated volunteers.

Here is some info on what RNeignbors has been up to. Read the rest of this entry »

The weather was great, the volunteers were great, the food was great, and now the pain in my back is also great.  We had a tremendous time and I would like to personally thank all those involved.  Rene and Jacob showed outstanding leadership.  There were so many people involved, I don’t dare start to name them.  Rather that going on, I will just plagiarize what Citizen and Friend Bob Nowicki said. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are some good environmental events upcoming. Read the rest of this entry »

How about 1000?  Be a part of a very special RNeighborwoods tree planting on May 7.  We will make a positive changed to some Rochester Neighborhoods for the next 100 years! Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a great video and some upcoming events. 1,000 trees in 1 day, you betcha….

RAW Winter Workshop, Thursday, February 17
RNeighborWoods Friedell butterfly garden planting, TBD
RNeighborWoods Citizen Forester Training, Saturday, April 9
Think Green Fair (Earth Day), Saturday, April 16
RNeighborWoods Neighborhood Grant planting, April 9 at 2:30 pm
RNeighborWoods 1,000 tree planting, Saturday, May 7
RPU’s Arbor Day, Friday, April 29

Here is a link to the postbulletin.com article on CAPS and Kutzky Park’s own Susan Todzy.

“I think what we’re really trying to capture is neighbor-to-neighbor (communication),” said Susan Todzy, who heads the 16-member Citizens Advisors for Public Safety (CAPS) group.

Good job community organizers and activists!

Here are some good tips from RNeighbors.  This one is easy and makes a huge difference.

Tip 2:

Keep it Clean – A dirty air filter can increase your energy costs and lead to early equipment failure. Clean or change the air filter in your heating and cooling system monthly. Some filters only need to be changed every 3 months. Also, have your equipment checked seasonally to make sure it’s operating efficiently and safely – check-ups can identify problems early. Dirt and neglect are the #1 causes of system failure.