The TreeKeepers program is co-managed by David Tracey and Hartley Rosen.

 

David Tracey, MLArch, BA (Politics)

Tree City

 

David Tracey is the Executive Director of Tree City, an ecological engagement group using trees in community development. An environmental designer trained in Landscape Architecture and a certified arborist, he follows the International Society of Arboriculture credo to plant the “right tree in the right place” in all his urban greening projects.

David is also a journalist reporting on politics, culture and the environment from countries on six continents for some of the world’s foremost media outlets. He is the author of two books promoting greater citizen involvement in the urban environment: Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto and Urban Agriculture: Ideas and Designs for the New Food Revolution. A frequent public speaker, he has given talks on community development through trees to audiences in Canada, including at the Canadian Urban Forestry Conference in Truro, Nova Scotia, and in Nagoya, Japan, during the UN Biodiversity Summit.

David serves on a number of non-profit Boards of Directors including most recently for Heifer International which is “helping to end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth” in more than 50 countries.

 

Hartley Rosen, BSc., Dipl Env Sc. 

Environmental Youth Alliance

 

Hartley Rosen is the Executive Director at the Environmental Youth Alliance, an organization that works to inspire young people to connect with the natural world and become sustainability leaders in their communities. For the past 11 years, his core programming has focused on youth engagement in food security, pollination conservation and understanding agricultural systems and their application in an urban environment.

Hartley is the founder of Gone Wild Plants, a local nursery that makes available high quality, naturally-grown plants with a specialty of producing species native to southwestern British Columbia. Design services in native species selection, planting plans and soil management are a key component to the business. With both coursework and informal training in horticulture over the past 12 years, he has gained an understanding and appreciation for the ability of plants to excite, heal, inspire and engage people in their gardens.

Hartley has a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Manitoba and a post-graduate diploma in Environmental Studies, with a focus on local ecology, from Capilano University. Hartley is also an active community member, serving on several Boards of Directors and volunteering with a number of local schools.