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Environmental News

Trees create ‘urban forest’ and jobs for local youth

According to the Genesis account, humankind’s foreparents were banned from eating the fruit of the “tree of life” because they allegedly would have lived forever. Can a tree truly possess such life-sustaining properties? That’s debatable, but what isn’t is the environmental and social benefits trees bring. That’s why for 20 years the Urban Corps of San Diego County has been dedicated to providing environmental job training and educational opportunities in the fields of conservation, recycling and urban forestry, among others