As the

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　　of TreePeople, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1973, Andy, now 54, has inspired hundreds of thousands of volunteers to

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　　plant more than two million trees throughout Southern California.

　　TreePeople 38 tools, blueprints, planting demonstrations, and tree-care supervisors free to all the participants,

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　　me. “You will need their support,” Andy said, referring to my neighbors. “ 40

　　the community behind you, the trees you plant will die in five years.” So I started knocking on doors, hoping to share

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　　I’d learnt in TreePeople’s seminar(培训班) about the critical role of trees in removing smog from the

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　　, cooling our homes and preventing water runoff.

　　Strange

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　　it may seem, some people are afraid of trees. “The roots destroy sidewalks,” one neighbor said, “

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　　will ruin my pipes. And I don’t want leaves.”

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　　told me.

　　When I called Andy about the

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　　I was getting from my neighbors, he encouraged me to keep trying. So my son and my wife delivered cookies while I went door to door. It

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