CNI Urban Nature Week

http://www.childrensnatureinstitute.org/

The Children's Nature Institute is a non-profit orgainization that has provided free outdoor education programs to more than 250,000 underprivileged students throughout Los Angeles area. The Children's Nature Insitiute gives kids the opportunity to visit, explore and become familar with nature each year.
The Children's Nature Institute also has a week dedicated to Urban Nature. During this week the orgainization and the community will work together to plant trees and gardens in 5-10 inner-city and low-income schools throughout Los Angeles. It also shows children what little things they can do to help preserve nature, even in there own communities. They have many wonderful programs for students of all ages like Tykes on trails, Family walks, and variuos school programs. Their goal is to educate children as much as they can about nature, and how to keep nature in the cities.