TREEAMS
TREEAMS
Trees + Dreams = TREEAMS
A student-led movement of healing, hope, and action, empowering students to come together to plant trees, restore community, and reimagine Los Angeles as a greener, more resilient city for generations to come.
TREEAMS is a collaboration between Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, Seven Arrows Elementary, Little Dolphins By The Sea Preschool, SoLa Foundation, and UCLA School of Education.
Together, Revitalizing Envir
onments and Elevating Awareness by Mobilizing Society
ABOUT US
The Los Angeles Fires
On January 7, 2025, unprecedented wildfires swept through Los Angeles, devastating both the Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities, destroying more than 16,000 structures and severely damaging more than a dozen schools. Overnight, families lost their homes and dispersed to find temporary housing. Schools turned to online education and sought new locations – sometimes in distant areas of the city. After years of disrupt
ion from COVID, we suddenly faced renewed isolation, uncertainty and in some cases despair.
Jane Goodall’s Philosophy
Having written The Book of Hope, Jane Goodall has consistently taught us the importance of hope — hope that takes action and works with determination to move toward the small speck of light at the end of a tunnel. This is the h
ope we need as we face the daunting challenge of rebuilding our
beloved communities, both in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
At a time when depression, anxiety, and loneliness are at record highs among young people, it is essential that we model optimism, connection and resilience. By providing young people with the opportunity to come together and take positive action, we teach them to not only heal from the fires, but also prepare to face future challenges with hope and resilience.
TREEAMS Program
In response, TREEAMS —Together Revitalizing Environments and Elevating Awareness by Mobilizing Society—was born as a student-led movement of healing, hope and action. TREEAMS empowers students to come together across the city to plant trees, restore optimism, and reimagine Los Angeles as a greener, more resilient city for generations to come.
TREEAMS is empowering students to lead the ecological and emotional renewal of their communities. Through environmental education, tree mapping, and large-scale tree planting, the project seeks to transform grief into action by restoring burned landscapes, replanting lost trees, and cultivating resilience. Students will learn from local experts what types of trees to plant, how to plant, and how to maintain the newly planted trees.
TREEAMS will build unity across Los Angeles, providing a roadmap for students to work together to rebuild their communities. We are creating a network of school partnerships that cross geographic boundaries and build unity between public and private schools. All generations, from young siblings to grandparents, will be encouraged to attend tree planting events. The planting of each tree will be a symbolic act of healing and unity.
To carry out the work, student leaders will be equipped with tools to drive environmental change, including learning Jane Goodall’s Tree Planting and Restoration System to document a neighborhood’s current conditions and provide a long-term framework to monitor growth and sustaina
bility.
Ultimately, the project’s objective is to create a greener Los Angeles where students and their communities not only heal from loss, but also shape a sustainable, hopeful future for generations to come.
Our Goals
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Unity – Bring students together across schools and communities to collaborate on environmental action.
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Healing through Connection – Create spaces where students, families, and organizations come together in partnership; Encourage joy, connection, and resilience through meaningful engagement with nature
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Empower Students – Leadership training, environmental education
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Restore Ecosystems – Replant native plants and trees, reduce fire risk.
List of Important Key Dates
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October 1: Kick off Event with Jane Goodall
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October 26: Monthly Student Zoom Meeting – email treeams@sevenarrows.org to RSVP
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January 5 – January 11: Fire Prevention Week
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January 18: Tree planning at Aldersgate, Pacific Palisades
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April 22 (Earth Day): Large Scale Tree Planting Event in West Los Angeles
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April (Date TBD): Large Scale Tree Planting in Arcadia
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Mar-May: Small Scale Tree Planting Events Led by Students throughout Los Angeles
Partners and Supporters
TREEAMS is a collaboration among schools, both public and private, community organizations, foundations and corporations, all coming together to build hope and create impact.
Lead Organizations: Jane Goodall Institute, Seven Arrows Elementary School, Little Dolphins by the Sea Preschool
Key Partners: SoLa Foundation, UCLA Department of Education, Palisades Forestry Committee, Palisades Historic Society, Impact AO Foundation
Contact info:treeams@sevenarrows.org
2800 28th Street
Santa Monica CA 90405
(310) 230-0257
The California Sycamore (Platanus racemosa) is one of the truly native species to this land. The Chumash and Tongva peoples, who know this place as their ancestral home, understood its bark as medicine, its branches as ideal for shaping tools and shelter, and they knew that its presence marked water nearby.
Featured in this reel is a sycamore on California Ave that beautifies a neighborhood in Santa Monica. Massive, patient and providing shelter for birds and other wildlife.
Science is starting to confirm what indigenous knowledge always held, that sycamores are a keystone species with their root systems filtering water, and their canopies and bark shedding pollutants absorbed through their skin, cleaning the air around them.
They are among the largest native trees in California, capable of living over 300 years. It is said that this one is about 100 years old.
#WeLoveTrees #UrbanForest #NativeSpecies #TreesofLA #Reforestation
Music Meadow is coming to Simon Meadow in Temescal Park, at the same spot where Dr. Jane Goodall spoke to our community and inspired us to believe in hope through action. Now, student bands from Pali High, Crossroads, Windward, and New Roads are filling that space with music, hope, and a vision for a greener LA.
Come learn about TREEAMS and be part of what’s growing.
Special Trees Around Town: Founders Island
As we begin to tell the stories of special trees around us, let’s start by highlighting Founder’s Island in Pacific Palisades.
Some trees hold history in their roots, and the Coast Live Oaks and Holy Oaks on this median tell a beautiful story.
In 1923, a group of visionaries gathered on that very spot and founded a town. It was their dream to create a village for their families and for generations to come.
In this reel, we share a few historical images that tell the story of those visionaries who came before us, who understood that trees are partners in our growth.
As we rebuild, that wisdom resonates, as trees strengthen our communities, beautify our spaces, welcome local wildlife, and form a critical part of our fire prevention.
Species like the Coast Live Oak were favored by the Native American peoples who lived in these lands. The Chumash honored this tree, generous with shade, and built to last.
It remains one of our top recommended species to plant across Los Angeles. Visit treeams.org/our-tree-selection for more information on this and other recommended species of trees.
MUSIC MEADOW
FEB 22, 2026 — 3-5pm;
Simon Meadow, Temescal Park
Join us as students come together strong to support recovery following the Los Angeles Fires.
Featuring musicians from Crossroads, New Roads, Pali High, and Windward, this will be an afternoon of fun,
sociaizing, nature, and music!
We are honoring the global Jewish Holiday Tu BiShvat, celebrating trees & renewal, two emblematic pillars of our mission.
By uniting together, students will lead the charge in replanting Altadena, Malibu, and Pacific Palisades!
TREEAMS is a student-led movement to vitalize Los Angeles. Plan a tree, help your city regrow!
#TREEAMS #MusicMeadow #JamSession #rebuildLA #LAStrong
Did you know that trees talk to each other? Enjoy these books from our recommended reading list about how trees communicate through an underground fungal network (mycelium). Learn how trees warn neighbors (about dangers, share nutrients, and check in on each other’s wellbeing. The forest is one vast, supportive conversation. This is also an example of how science is starting to catch up to what indigenous communities have known for generations.
For kids:
1)Listen to the Language of the Trees by Tera Kelley
2)Can Trees Talk to Each Other? by Olivia Watson
For adults:
3)Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
At TREEAMS, we take heed from the wisdom of trees: when we gather as a community and take care of one another, we all grow stronger.
Explore our full reading list at
treeams.org/book-list
TREEAMS is a student-led movement to revitalize the city we love by planting and caring for our trees. Help us show the world how much we love our trees.
Tag us in your favorite LA trees using #TREEAMS so we can celebrate the forest in our neighborhood—and inspire others to do the same. #treeams
Last night at @creativevisionsfoundation , we gathered to honor the one-year anniversary of the Palisades fires and the devastating fires that swept through Los Angeles. We enjoyed the screening of powerful films created by filmmakers supported by Creative Visions—works born from the idea of creative activism, each one channeling the raw feelings and resilience emerging from our shared devastation.
Seven Arrows alumni Daniel Eldon-Turteltaub danielturteltaub spoke beautifully about the concept of TREEAMS, reminding us of what’s possible when students lead the way and communities come together to process pain and envision hope and healing.
These films, these voices, this gathering—they’re proof that creativity has the power to transform grief into connection, and devastation into hope. We’re so grateful for everyone who showed up and for what this beautiful campaign continues to do: bringing people together.
To the filmmakers. To every artist who dared to create. To every person witnessing and healing together.
#CreativeActivism #CommunityHealing #Resilience #Remembrance
Please join us today for a day of remembrance as our community observes the one year anniversary of the Palisades fire, and we celebrate the student-led initiative to inspire hope through action. TREEAMS.
Trees + Dreams
Seven Arrows Aldersgate Historic House
925 Haverford Ave.
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
2 - 4 pm
