{"116131":{"#nid":"116131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Tower in the Trees: Tech Named Tree Campus USA for Fourth Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the fourth consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation\nnamed Georgia Tech a Tree Campus USA school for its commitment to effective\ncommunity forestry management.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETech achieved the 2011 designation\nby meeting the required five core standards for sustainable campus forestry: a\ntree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, dedicated annual expenditures\nfor its campus tree program, an Arbor Day observance and the sponsorship of student\nservice-learning projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe award and our participation\nassist Georgia Tech in completing the goals set out in the Campus Landscape\nMaster Plan,\u201d said Hyacinth Ide, associate director of landscape services. One of those\ngoals is to increase campus tree canopy coverage to a minimum of 55 percent.\nOther efforts made by Facilities last year included organizing tree plantings,\nplanning for a tree inventory in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and\npromoting environmental stewardship to students by involving them in tree care\nplan activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u2019s campus finds itself in the center of the \u201ccity in a\nforest,\u201d occupying 400 acres in midtown Atlanta. The city boasts 36 percent\ntree coverage, the highest among all major U.S. cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Arbor Day Foundation launched Tree\nCampus USA in 2008 to honor colleges, universities and their leaders for\npromoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of\nconservation. The program is supported by a grant from Toyota.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the fourth consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation named Georgia Tech a Tree Campus USA school for its commitment to effective community forestry management.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A commitment to effective community forestry management"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-03-12 13:39:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:48","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62510":{"id":"62510","type":"image","title":"Tree Campus USA","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894531","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:11","alt":"Tree Campus USA","file":{"fid":"191482","name":"trees.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trees_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trees_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19801,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trees_0.jpg?itok=2Egqwodc"}}},"media_ids":["62510"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/","title":"Facilities"},{"url":"http:\/\/greenbuzz.gatech.edu\/","title":"Green Buzz"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.arborday.org\/TreeCampusUSA","title":"Tree Campus USA"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.space.gatech.edu\/landscapeplan\/","title":"Georgia Tech Landscape Master Plan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11151","name":"arbor day foundation"},{"id":"3157","name":"Facilities"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"111","name":"Landscape Master Plan"},{"id":"1990","name":"landscaping"},{"id":"1121","name":"Tree Campus USA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hyacinth.ide@facilities.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EHyacinth Ide\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EAssociate Director\u003Cbr \/\u003ELandscape Services\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}