Braela Kwan is a graduate student at the UBC School of Journalism who writes about the environment, sustainability and cannabis. She is completing a practicum at the Tyee. Follow her on Twitter ...

Tree planting is an often used tactic by the logging industry to greenwash the great harm they do to the environment. A logging truck carrying logs of wood driving down a road. Credit: Joshua Berson / ...

Maria Agucci tree planting in a bug suit. “This photo looks the most artificial, like she’s an animal in a diorama,” says Leistner. “It’s almost anthropological and frightening.” Toronto’s Rita ...

Tree-planting has been a popular money-making gig among students for decades, but for Brontie Hladysh, it's more than a summer job. In a tight job market, it has become the way she makes her living ...

Tree planter Alison Long with her 'block dog' Kirby. After 17 years, this is Long's last planting season, a decision some worry could echo across the industry as the costs of living climb and other ...

Two Canadian tree planters, Antoine Moses from Blue Collar Silviculture and Kilty Elliott from Summit Reforestation, each supported in a collaborative effort by six-person pit crews, planted trees in ...

A 23-year-old tree planter from Quebec set a new world record by planting 23,060 trees in 24 hours. Antoine Moses, from Gaspé, says he can plant on average 16 trees per minute — about one tree every 3 ...

Rising inflation and an open job market worry tree planting companies who say they struggled to get tree planters this year. Could a labour shortage threaten Canada's plans to plant two billion trees?