What We Are Doing
Beyond just growing and selling trees, RPM Ecosystems LLC works hard to give back to the community by providing "plants that work" for critical restoration projects. Please consider joining us. Support Critical Public Conservation and Restoration Projects!
Would you, your organization or your business like to take part in supporting critical public conservation and restoration projects?Donation can be made year round by purchasing a tree or trees for critical public conservation and restoration projects. Print out a donation form here. The donations will be acknowledged by a certificate from the sponsors of the public projects. Listed below are the projects you can make a donation to through RPM.
Restore Mississippi Urban ForestsPrint out a donation form here.
Sponsor The Land Trust of the Mississippi Coastal Plain
New Orleans City Park Restoration
City of New Orleans
RPM Ecosystems joined Al Gore at the University of Buffalo
The fair was organized by UB Green and Re-Tree WNY. Gore's lecture was part of BU's Distinguished Speaker Series, and the signature event of UB's "Greener Shade of Blue" initiative to raise awareness about climate change and celebrate the university's decades-long commitment to environmental stewardship. More than a dozen businesses and organizations participated in the Enviro Fair in an effort to provide lecture goers with the opportunity to "go green" and take home environmental solutions recommended by Gore.
RPM was one of the environmental solutions selling trees retail to the Buffalo community who lost so many thousands in the October 2006 snow storm. We will continue to work with Re-Tree WNY to help recover and restore Buffalo from its massive tree loss.
RPM helping to restore New Orleans beloved city park
Over 150 years old, New Orleans City Park, (1,300 acres) is one of the ten largest urban parks in the United States. It is located in the heart of the city and is the largest recreation area for the metropolitan area.
Hurricane Katrina put 90 percent of the park under anywhere from one to eight feet of salt water for up to three weeks. Over 1,000 trees were toppled, and hundreds died including their heritage live oaks.
"Seeing the restoration to maturity of 'trees in our lifetime' is the hope that RPM Ecosystems LLC plants bring to the Gulf Coast. We would replant for our children, but now we will be able to see our heritage and native trees restore our urban forests as well as re-establish our barrier islands and coastal habitats in our lifetime." say Judy Steckler, Director of The Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain.
RPM & Replant South Mississippi
RPM will be providing 300,000 trees for an urban reforestation project in Biloxi, Mississippi.The new Replant South Mississippi Foundation created by the Sun Herald and the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain started a mission on February 9th to replace thousands of trees lost when Hurricane Katrina struck South Mississippi in August 2005.
A new tree was planted at one school in each of six coast counties on February 9, Mississippi Arbor Day, as a symbolic beginning of the ambitious program. A few modest plantings will be done at other special events throughout the spring and summer while a major planting is planned for early fall.
RPM & Casey Trees
Recently Casey trees selected RPM trees for its first spring plantingof 300 trees in Dupont Park, Washington, DC.The mission of Casey Trees is to restore, enhance, and protect the tree canopy of the Nation's Capital. DC is called the City of Trees.
Casey Trees was established as an endowment, not a grant, knowing that planting, preserving and maintaining trees is a long term endeavor. The organization operates off the interest earned from the generous gift made by Ms. Betty Brown Casey, allowing Casey Trees to do its work in perpetuity.
