What is Environmental Justice? - Know the Importance of Trees this Earth Day

Josh Behounek, business development manager for Davey Resource Group, discusses what exactly environmental justice is and what we can do to help. We're celebrating Arbor Day all month long with the Davey Planting Project Giveaway! We want to promote tree planting this Arbor Day, so we're giving away tree seeds to anyone and everyone who is interested! All you have to do is email a mailing address to podcasts@davey.com and you'll receive your complimentary seeds in the mail along with planting instructions. You have until the end of the month to send us an email for your seeds. *Seeds can only be mailed within the U.S. In this episode we cover: What is environmental justice? (1:13) What Davey is doing for environmental justice (3:32) Tree equity in Holyoke, MA (6:36) Level the Planting Field in South Chicago (10:35) What homeowners can do (12:57) Future of environmental justice (14:19) What attracts Josh to this work (15:01) To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code. You can learn more about environmental justice on the United States Environmental Protection Agency website Josh mentions. Connect with Davey Tree on social media: Twitter: @DaveyTree Facebook: @DaveyTree Instagram: @daveytree YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company Click here to send Talking Trees Fan Mail!