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TREE Foundation Role in The Habitat at Penang Hill

Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis and Meg Lowman

Meg Lowman Awarded International Prize for Changing the Arc of the Climate Crisis

Ambassador Vassilis Kaskarelis and Dr. Margaret “Canopy Meg” Lowman, Executive Director of the TREE Foundation; photo courtesy of the Tällberg Foundation. Dr. Margaret (Meg) Lowman, Executive Director of

Gorgeous Photos of the Redwood Sky Walk

Photo courtesy of Scott Baker Scott Baker, founder of Tree Solutions, a tree consulting company in the Pacific Northwest, shared these fabulous photographs he captured

Conserving Forests, Empowering Women Topic of International Canopy Conference Presentation by Meg Lowman

TREE Foundation Executive Director and Mission Green founder Meg Lowman gave a virtual keynote talk during the 8th International Canopy Conference held October 15-19, 2023, in Xishuangbanna, China.

Mission Green Vermont Canopy Walkway Plaque

Vermont Canopy Walkway Installs First Mission Green Plaque

TREE Foundation’s Mission Green initiative awarded its first recognition of a canopy walkway to the Vermont Institute of Natural Science’s new walkway in Quechee, Vermont.

Canopy Walkway Sited in Mozambique Gorongosa National Park

TREE continues to support efforts for a canopy walkway in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. Our contact for this potential walkway is American philanthropist and businessman

Brazil Pledges to End Amazon Rainforest Deforestation by 2030

In June, Brazil President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva spoke at the international event Global Citizen’s Power Our Planet (held in Paris). He spoke passionately about

Trees Can Help Reduce Effects of Climate Change

“As the planet gets warmer, trees are one of the immediate solutions to climate change …” — that’s Meg Lowman quoted in this in-depth article by Edible

Meg Lowman Awarded The Explorers Medal

Meg Lowman, Executive Director of the TREE Foundation and founder of Mission Green, has been awarded The Explorers Medal for 2023 from The Explorers Club, a multidisciplinary, professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and resource conservation.

10 Ways Canopy Walkways Help Save the Planet

1) CLEANING THE ATMOSPHERE: Canopy walkways are typically constructed in heavily forested areas populated with mature trees. Trees, especially fully-grown mature trees, are literally the

Lowman to Lead EcoTeach Tour of Amazon Rainforest

TREE Foundation Executive Director Meg Lowman and TREE board member DC Randle are leading a weeklong excursion to Peru in July 2023! The trip will

Penang Hill Walkway Designated as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve!

In September 2021, the UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme officially recognized the Habitat at Penang Hill as a biodiversity hotspot and biosphere reserve. The canopy walkway at Penang Hill was completed in 2017 as part of an effort to protect the 130-million-year-old Malaysian deciduous rainforest all around Penang.