Greenpoint Tree Corps is a neighbor-run organization working to make Greenpoint greener through street tree stewardship, tree bed care, and education.
Land Acknowledgment
Stewardship begins with understanding the history of the land. Greenpoint is the land of the Munsee Lenape and Canarsee people and was the hunting grounds of the Mespeatches. The long history of environmental harm in Greenpoint begins with the displacement of and violence against the area’s Native peoples. We commit to grounding our stewardship in this truth.
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“When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily..”
— Mary Oliver, “When I Am Among the Trees”
