Chris Daniel
American Forests
For many institutions of higher education, particularly those with extension reponsibilities, CITYgreen is an extremely valuable education and outreach tool. Our intention from the start has been to make people think about their urban ecosystems differently--to understand that they have a concrete value that should be taken into acccount in planning and budget processes. Many in the higher education community have embraced this idea quickly and are starting to use CITYgreen to make the point. Universities have, in fact, purchased more copies of CITYgreen than any other group, by a wide margin.
Historically, American Forests has usually worked either with citizens, usually in educational and outreach programs, or with worked with researchers from education institutions to develop fairly technical and specific areas of knowledge in natural resources. CITYgreen has linked our work with these those two groups, making research applicable understandable and useful to the public.