Help the Ecology Action Center and local partners plant 10,000 trees every year to reduce air pollution, sequester carbon, increase wildlife habitat, improve watershed protection, and much more!
Donate
Your donations (as an individual, as a Tree Team group, or as a business sponsorship) are greatly needed to raise the finances needed.
At approximately $5 per tree for planting costs, we need to raise as much as $50,000 for this year’s tree planting efforts. As the Ecology Action Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, all contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. Please donate generously within your means.
Tree Tributes are donations made in honor of, or in memory of a person. Learn more about Tree Tributes.
Volunteer
Many, many, many hands will be needed to plant 10,000 trees in the spring! Most of these trees are seedlings – about 2′ tall and a very small diameter. We plant them using a “dibble bar”. Volunteers need to be 18 years or older unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and then must be at least 12. All volunteers must be able to spend at least 2.5 hours on their feet, use hand tools safely, and lift a weight of about 15 pounds. Spring 2025 tree prep and planting volunteer shifts will be posted on our calendar once they are scheduled. Learn more about volunteering.
Fall 2024
Are you a resident of West Bloomington? The West Bloomington Free Tree Program aims to improve tree equity in our community by planting trees where they are most needed. That’s why the Ecology Action Center is giving free sapling trees to income qualifying residents of Bloomington’s west side. Learn More about The West Bloomington Free Tree Program.