Posts Tagged Lisa Gross
Growing Civic Fruit
Posted by Katherine McManus in Active Citizenship, Alumni, Environment, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Social Media, Video, Web on May 11, 2012
What sounds more like Tufts than puns, civic engagement, and the environment? It won’t come as a surprise that Tufts alumni are essential to The Boston Tree Party.
The Party is a diverse coalition of organizations, institutions, and communities from across the Greater Boston Area coming together in support of Civic Fruit. We call for the planting of fruit trees in civic space and promote the fruits of civic engagement. Each community has committed to planting and caring for a pair of heirloom apple trees.
Three Tufts Alumni are leading the way at The Boston Tree Party. Lisa Gross is the Chairman and Founder, Maura Schorr Beaufait is the Chief of Operations, and Beth Nollner is Project Coordinator. Between them they hold degrees from Tufts/MFA, the Friedman School of Nutrition, and the Urban and Environmental Policy graduate program.
Check out this short documentary: “Growing Civic Fruit: A Documentary Film about the Boston Tree Party”
You can follow the Boston Tree Party on Twitter at @BostTreeParty
The Boston Tree Party
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Active Citizenship, Blogs, Environment, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Student Experience, Students, Web on April 8, 2011
Lisa Gross (G’11), a graduate student at Tufts in Studio Art, is the Chairman and Founder of the Boston Tree Party, a “collaborative campaign to plant 100 pairs of heirloom apple trees in civic spaces across Greater Boston.” The Chief of Operations of the project, Maura Schorr Beaufait (G’09), is also a Jumbo: she holds a dual-Master’s degree from Tufts in Community Health and Agriculture, Food and Environment. Their Tree Party Inauguration is this weekend at the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
In addition to the Boston Tree Party, Lisa Gross pioneered the Urban Homesteaders’ League, “a community venture dedicated to inspiring and empowering individuals and communities to shift from a lifestyle of passive consumption to one of active participation, creation, and connection.”