Support sustainability during your upcoming car hire Boston vacation by supporting the Earthworks Boston Project. This community-based, not-for-profit organization is helping build a healthier city through environmental services in urban areas. Earthworks is dedicated to a green future, and so should you. Read on to learn more about Earthwork's mission and then check out Boston's urban orchards and community trees during your upcoming car hire Boston vacation.

How Earthwork's got started

Earthwork's was founded in 1989 and incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in 1990. Earthwork's mission is to reclaim neglected urban areas, turning them into beautiful parks, orchards and gardens. In the beginning, Earthwork's organization neighbourhood groups around public fruit tree plantings; by 1990, the program had received unprecedented feedback, attracting community groups and school from all over the city. With the launch of the Urban Orchards Program, Earthworks helped plant twenty Boston sites with over 200 fruit and nut bearing trees. Each year, these orchards are enlarged and added to, so that now car hire Boston travelers will find over 47 Earthworks orchards in and around Boston.

Taking the classroom outside

Lessons on tree care, gardening and composting have always been an important part of Earthwork's philosophy. Knowledge is power, especially when that knowledge is being used to create a sustainable environment. In 1996, these informal lessons were organized and refined at the request of several principals and teachers with orchards. Today, the Outdoor Classroom project helps children accomplish two very important goals simultaneously: depending students' understanding of the Boston Public School science curriculum and helping them to be responsible caretakers of our planet.

Other important Earthworks' initiatives

Earthworks urban renewal programs have been organized throughout the Boston area thanks to a partnership with the Boston Parks Department. One of the major initiatives put into effect by this program was the Urban Wilds Restoration Program. This multi-year program, which is based on test methods used to help restore the urban forest at McLaughlin Urban Wild on Mission Hill, will help ecologically restore more than 39 city-owned urban wilds by the time it is complete. The Setback Tree Project was added to the Urban Wilds Restoration Program in 2006, as a way to help increase the overall sustainability and health of the city.

Educate yourself on the urban environment

In addition to offer the above major projects, Earthworks also conducts events and workshops to help educate car hire Boston travelers on the importance of environmental planning and awareness. Car hire Boston travelers are often unaware of everything the area has to offer, especially when it comes to the flora, fauna and interesting geological features. Tours, nature walks and lecture series can help uncover Boston's hidden environmental potential for you and your car hire Boston travel group. Highly recommended events include the Wild Ride Bike Tour, which visits a number of Earthworks orchards where participants can learn about fruit trees and sample the plentiful harvest.

Earthworks wouldn't be possible without the support of:

• The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
• Boston Schoolyard Funders Collaborative
• Management Consulting Services
• New England Biolabs Foundation
• The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust
• Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation
• US Forest Service Northeastern Area Urban and Community Forestry Program
• National Tree Trust
• And many, many more.

Earthworks is proud to be a model of urban environmental awareness. If you're interested in learning more about the Earthworks Boston Project, please feel free to log onto the official Earthworks website at www.earthworksboston.org. Car hire Boston travelers can also contact Earthworks at 617-442-1059. Earthworks is located at 34 Linwood Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts.