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SOUL planted 10,693 of the 24,000 trees planted by non-profits and the city since 2017. Help us continue reforesting this city by donating today at the link in our bio.
SOUL planted 10,693 of the 24,000 trees planted by non-profits and the city since 2017. Help us continue reforesting this city by donating today at the link in our bio.
Hurricane-prone New Orleans is lacking trees. They could help stave off rising, deadly heat.
A contractor cut down 107 trees in New Orleans that were planted by a nonprofit. Here's why it's emblematic of larger challenges in the fight against extreme heat.
www.nola.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
www.nola.com/news/new-orl...
SOUL planted 10,693 of the 24,000 trees planted by non-profits and the city since 2017. Help us continue reforesting this city by donating today at the link in our bio.
SOUL planted 10,693 of the 24,000 trees planted by non-profits and the city since 2017. Help us continue reforesting this city by donating today at the link in our bio.
Sign up for one of our Team Leader Training sessions at the link in our bio. Interested in becoming a Tree Toter or Truck Driver? Email erogers@soulnola.org.
September 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sign up for one of our Team Leader Training sessions at the link in our bio. Interested in becoming a Tree Toter or Truck Driver? Email erogers@soulnola.org.
Join us as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
August 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Join us as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
We're excited to get started in the Little Woods neighborhood! Sign up below! 🌳
This event will involve long periods of walking.
soulnola.org/volunteer-si...
This event will involve long periods of walking.
soulnola.org/volunteer-si...
July 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We're excited to get started in the Little Woods neighborhood! Sign up below! 🌳
This event will involve long periods of walking.
soulnola.org/volunteer-si...
This event will involve long periods of walking.
soulnola.org/volunteer-si...
So moved by this beautiful video by the @arbordayfoundation (CLICK VIDEO 👇), capturing a freezing planting event, our largest volunteer turnout, the day before NOLA's 1st ❄️❄️ in decades. Their support meant the world to us + the Lower 9 community. Moments like these remind us why we keep going. 🌳⚜️💚
Honoring 20 Years of Recovery in the Lower Ninth Ward
Tree plantings are revitalizing this historic and underserved New Orleans community.
www.arborday.org
July 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So moved by this beautiful video by the @arbordayfoundation (CLICK VIDEO 👇), capturing a freezing planting event, our largest volunteer turnout, the day before NOLA's 1st ❄️❄️ in decades. Their support meant the world to us + the Lower 9 community. Moments like these remind us why we keep going. 🌳⚜️💚
We've just released our annual report, which details our impact from our last tree-planting season and our last fiscal year. Check it out! soulnola.org/annualreport/
July 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We've just released our annual report, which details our impact from our last tree-planting season and our last fiscal year. Check it out! soulnola.org/annualreport/
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We're thrilled to be moving into Little Woods next season!
We're thrilled to be moving into Little Woods next season!
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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We're thrilled to be moving into Little Woods next season!
We're thrilled to be moving into Little Woods next season!
Craving meaningful work and fantastic colleagues? Check out the job description at www.soulnola.org/careers
June 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Craving meaningful work and fantastic colleagues? Check out the job description at www.soulnola.org/careers
Despite $1.04M in losses, SOUL is still standing. But barely.
We’ve raised $25,609 toward our $40K spring goal— just $14,391 to go. A $16K match 2x every gift.
Help us plant trees and protect New Orleans.
www.givenola.org/organization...
#GiveNOLADay #NOLA #UrbanForestry #ClimateAction
We’ve raised $25,609 toward our $40K spring goal— just $14,391 to go. A $16K match 2x every gift.
Help us plant trees and protect New Orleans.
www.givenola.org/organization...
#GiveNOLADay #NOLA #UrbanForestry #ClimateAction
May 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Despite $1.04M in losses, SOUL is still standing. But barely.
We’ve raised $25,609 toward our $40K spring goal— just $14,391 to go. A $16K match 2x every gift.
Help us plant trees and protect New Orleans.
www.givenola.org/organization...
#GiveNOLADay #NOLA #UrbanForestry #ClimateAction
We’ve raised $25,609 toward our $40K spring goal— just $14,391 to go. A $16K match 2x every gift.
Help us plant trees and protect New Orleans.
www.givenola.org/organization...
#GiveNOLADay #NOLA #UrbanForestry #ClimateAction
Welp. 💔 *Just* discovered a $40k fed funding reimbursement we were promised was terminated. That was tree-planting money. As in, shade-and-clean air-and flood-protection money.
Help us show 'em who's boss. Chip in and keep the trees (and the hope) alive: soulnola.org/donate/ 🌳💸
Help us show 'em who's boss. Chip in and keep the trees (and the hope) alive: soulnola.org/donate/ 🌳💸
May 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Welp. 💔 *Just* discovered a $40k fed funding reimbursement we were promised was terminated. That was tree-planting money. As in, shade-and-clean air-and flood-protection money.
Help us show 'em who's boss. Chip in and keep the trees (and the hope) alive: soulnola.org/donate/ 🌳💸
Help us show 'em who's boss. Chip in and keep the trees (and the hope) alive: soulnola.org/donate/ 🌳💸
Things are looking up + we're hiring a Development Manager! soulnola.org/careers/
April 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Things are looking up + we're hiring a Development Manager! soulnola.org/careers/
Check out @wwltv.bsky.social's coverage of our funding cuts. Also, sign up to volunteer at our last planting of the season- THIS Saturday in Hollygrove www.soulnola.org/volunteer.
New Orleans nonprofit grapples with grant loss for tree planting
Orleans Parish lost roughly 200,000 trees due to Hurricane Katrina, Burley said. Now, it's SOUL's mission to restore its tree canopy.
www.wwltv.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Check out @wwltv.bsky.social's coverage of our funding cuts. Also, sign up to volunteer at our last planting of the season- THIS Saturday in Hollygrove www.soulnola.org/volunteer.
🌳💚 We're hosting 1 MORE TREE PLANTING EVENT this season, thanks to funding from the @usfs.bsky.social! Join us as we expand into Hollygrove! Signup online soulnola.org/volunteer-si.... This is in partnership with The Office of Resilience and Sustainability and Parks and Parkways. 💚🌳 See you there 😘
March 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🌳💚 We're hosting 1 MORE TREE PLANTING EVENT this season, thanks to funding from the @usfs.bsky.social! Join us as we expand into Hollygrove! Signup online soulnola.org/volunteer-si.... This is in partnership with The Office of Resilience and Sustainability and Parks and Parkways. 💚🌳 See you there 😘
Immensely grateful to the @apnews.com for covering our story. The federal funding freeze is still very much in tact, despite federal judges ordering the release of the funds. Please- call your lawmakers daily. #GetUpStandUp #SOULSquad
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
apnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Immensely grateful to the @apnews.com for covering our story. The federal funding freeze is still very much in tact, despite federal judges ordering the release of the funds. Please- call your lawmakers daily. #GetUpStandUp #SOULSquad
Thank you to WWNO and Eva Rose Tesfaye for telling this story! The domino effect of the federal funding freeze (City Funding) /termination of funds (Arbor Day) gravely impacts jobs and our local economy. We will keep you posted. Stay tuned.
Funding pause threatens New Orleans climate goals, nonprofit jobs
The City of New Orleans received almost $140 million under the Inflation Reduction Act. The Trump Administration has paused that funding.
www.wwno.org
February 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thank you to WWNO and Eva Rose Tesfaye for telling this story! The domino effect of the federal funding freeze (City Funding) /termination of funds (Arbor Day) gravely impacts jobs and our local economy. We will keep you posted. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: The City has stated we can continue with our project for now, but funds are officially frozen. Our other IRA funds, granted through the Arbor Day Foundation, remain frozen with no updates on when—or if—they’ll be restored. We have lost a month + there is time for just one more planting.
Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?
Companies that get federal grants or loans usually sign a legally binding agreement and depend on getting reimbursed. The new administration has upended that expectation.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
UPDATE: The City has stated we can continue with our project for now, but funds are officially frozen. Our other IRA funds, granted through the Arbor Day Foundation, remain frozen with no updates on when—or if—they’ll be restored. We have lost a month + there is time for just one more planting.
Reposted
Trump's freeze on climate funding could spell the end of the nonprofit group spearheading the restoration of New Orleans’ tree canopy, which has suffered an almost 30% decrease over the past 20 years.
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Another casualty of Trump's funding freeze: New Orleans’ tree canopy
New Orleans lost more than 200,000 trees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The federal funding freeze could stop the effort to replace them.
grist.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump's freeze on climate funding could spell the end of the nonprofit group spearheading the restoration of New Orleans’ tree canopy, which has suffered an almost 30% decrease over the past 20 years.
grist.org/cities/trump...
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Thank you to the @nolanews.bsky.social for today's article! The Office of Resilience and Sustainability, @soulnola.bsky.social, and many others across our city and country are facing huge economic challenges due to the federal funding freeze. Click below to read the article.
Trump funding freeze leaves long list of environmental projects at risk in New Orleans
Leaders of local nonprofits worry that they may have to make painful cuts. One said that if funding didn't start flowing, she would have to shut down her organization.
www.nola.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thank you to the @nolanews.bsky.social for today's article! The Office of Resilience and Sustainability, @soulnola.bsky.social, and many others across our city and country are facing huge economic challenges due to the federal funding freeze. Click below to read the article.
Today we were supposed to plant 100 trees, but we planted 3. 80% of our budget is inaccessible due to the funding freeze.
What can you do? Call and write your lawmakers EVERYDAY. Make noise. Protest. Stand up. Don't get tired or sad. Rest. Reserve your energy. Stay strong and keep fighting.
What can you do? Call and write your lawmakers EVERYDAY. Make noise. Protest. Stand up. Don't get tired or sad. Rest. Reserve your energy. Stay strong and keep fighting.
February 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today we were supposed to plant 100 trees, but we planted 3. 80% of our budget is inaccessible due to the funding freeze.
What can you do? Call and write your lawmakers EVERYDAY. Make noise. Protest. Stand up. Don't get tired or sad. Rest. Reserve your energy. Stay strong and keep fighting.
What can you do? Call and write your lawmakers EVERYDAY. Make noise. Protest. Stand up. Don't get tired or sad. Rest. Reserve your energy. Stay strong and keep fighting.
Thank you to @newsweek.com for sharing the story of how the fed funding freeze has impacted our operations. There are thousands of similar stories across the country about orgs and projects whose important work has come to a grinding halt.
Tree-planting charity on verge of collapse after Trump funding freeze
Nonprofits are waiting 90 days for the freeze to lift, but SOUL "[doesn't] have 90 days in the bank," its founder told Newsweek.
www.newsweek.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Thank you to @newsweek.com for sharing the story of how the fed funding freeze has impacted our operations. There are thousands of similar stories across the country about orgs and projects whose important work has come to a grinding halt.
We've used EJ Screen for years to gather crucial data about our partner nhoods re income, flooding, heat + pollution.
Today, EJ Screen is simply gone. The funding freeze is still in effect and ZERO info given to the USFS. Our ops are paralyzed. If this isn't reversed, our doors close 3/31. #RESIST
Today, EJ Screen is simply gone. The funding freeze is still in effect and ZERO info given to the USFS. Our ops are paralyzed. If this isn't reversed, our doors close 3/31. #RESIST
February 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We've used EJ Screen for years to gather crucial data about our partner nhoods re income, flooding, heat + pollution.
Today, EJ Screen is simply gone. The funding freeze is still in effect and ZERO info given to the USFS. Our ops are paralyzed. If this isn't reversed, our doors close 3/31. #RESIST
Today, EJ Screen is simply gone. The funding freeze is still in effect and ZERO info given to the USFS. Our ops are paralyzed. If this isn't reversed, our doors close 3/31. #RESIST
Thanks for joining us here on Bluesky. Amazing that 2 Saturdays ago we had our biggest planting to date thanks to the Arbor Day Foundation and the US Forest Service. I'll be posting stills and video from that amazing event very soon.
February 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thanks for joining us here on Bluesky. Amazing that 2 Saturdays ago we had our biggest planting to date thanks to the Arbor Day Foundation and the US Forest Service. I'll be posting stills and video from that amazing event very soon.