The NeighbourWoods Program is a pilot residential planting initiative developed by Parks Services to encourage citizens and communities to grow and preserve Kelowna’s urban forest. As planting a shade tree helps reduce household energy consumption, FortisBC is partnering on this project.

With a minimum of 20 properties, neighbourhoods can apply to receive trees, one per participating household, at a significantly reduced rate of $30 per tree (valued at $100). For more information on neighbourhood participation visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

Interested neighbourhoods must apply online by Saturday, October 10, 2009.

The City will:

• Provide a tree to be planted (up to 350 trees will be made available in this program)
• Provide tree care information and free training for the residents in registered neighbourhoods.

Registered residents are responsible for:

• Planting the tree.
• Tending the tree, including watering and watching for pests and diseases.
• Contributing $30 per tree.

Up to 350 trees will be delivered to winning neighbourhoods on October 24 to celebrate the  International Day of Climate Action.

Go paper-free and TELUS will plant a tree

TELUS has partnered with TreeCanada to plant trees across Canada. Their goal is plant 10,000 trees in areas which have the need.

When you sign-up for e.Bill between now and April 30th 2008, not only will you reduce paper clutter, a tree will be planted for you.

Other features of Telus e.Bill include:

• 24/7 secure access
• 18 months bill history
• detailed billing
• customized call filtering

Visit mytelusmobility.com to register and save some trees

According to TELUS, if people start getting their bills online, 57,000 trees a year could be saved!