Brighton West

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Publication Date

11-18-2010

Document Type

Interview

Duration

52 minutes

Subjects

Sustainability -- Oregon -- Portland, Tree planting, Trees in Cities

Abstract

Interview of Brighton West by Brigitta Bazso at Portland State University on November 18th, 2010.

The interview index is available for download.

Biographical

Brighton West is the Program Director at Friends of Trees. He studied landscape architecture in college, earning an MS in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin. He worked for Trees Atlanta before relocating to Portland, Oregon.

Description

Brighton West works as Program Director of Friends of Trees. Before working with Friends of Trees, West worked in Atlanta, Georgia, with a comparable organization (Trees Atlanta). Friends of Trees is an organization that seeks government contracts to plant trees in the Portland area. They rely heavily on volunteers to help with the process of planting trees in neighborhoods, using the people that live there to help with the labor required for planting and maintaining of the trees. Friends of Trees is looking to the future in its projects, with sustainability being part of their goal through the types of trees they choose to plant and the methods by which they are planted and maintained.

This interview is part of “The Sustainability History Project: Documenting Sustainable Development and Practice in the Pacific Northwest” at Portland State University.

Rights

This digital access copy is made available as streaming media for personal, educational, and non-commercial use within the parameters of “fair use” as defined under U.S. Copyright law. It cannot be reproduced, distributed, or broadcasted for commercial purposes. For more information, please contact Special Collections at Portland State University Library at: specialcollections@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9883.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10870

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