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Planting Trees

Kemba Shakur began Urban Releaf in 1998. 15 years and 15,000 trees later, she says she's only just begun. (Video still via NBC Bay Area)

Oakland woman transforms city's landscape, one tree at a time

Garvin Thomas, NBC Bay Area
OAKLAND - When Kemba Shakur moved to Oakland in the mid 1990's she joked that some state prisons had better landscaping than her block. Kemba would know. She worked for years as a guard at the prison in Soledad...
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In the three years since a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook up Haiti, the recovery process is still on going and today Timberland is at the forefront.

Timberland helps plant 2.2 million trees in Haiti

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theGRIO REPORT - In the three years since a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook up Haiti, the recovery process is still ongoing and today Timberland is at the forefront...
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