{"id":3881,"date":"2023-12-07T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3881"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:17:26","slug":"urban-trees-initiative-receive-national-sustainability-accolade","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/urban-trees-initiative-receive-national-sustainability-accolade\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Trees Initiative receive national sustainability accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>USC Today<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>December 2023<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Urban Trees Initiative receive national sustainability accolade<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsclimatecollective.org\/post\/a-recap-of-the-eco-film-media-arts-festival-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Eco Film &amp; Media Arts Festival<\/a>\u00a0won the Student Sustainability Leadership Award, while the USC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/project\/usc-urban-trees-initiative\/\">Urban Trees Initiative<\/a>\u00a0earned the Racial Equity and Sustainability Collaborations Award as part of the 2023 AASHE Sustainability Awards. The two programs beat out finalists from Yale University, Tufts University, Boston University and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/eco-film-media-arts-festival-urban-trees-initiative-receive-national-sustainability-accolades\/\">Read full article on USC Today<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/USC_UCOM_Community_Workshop_Urban_Trees_20221109_06-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3882\" style=\"border-radius:16px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/USC_UCOM_Community_Workshop_Urban_Trees_20221109_06-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/USC_UCOM_Community_Workshop_Urban_Trees_20221109_06-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo source: Gus Ruelas, USC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--4\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"c-tag-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; 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