Annette Bening puts a star shine on "Tree People" event

Got this email yesterday about the recent shindig at TreePeople, the non-profit organization all about -- you guessed it -- trees:

Actor Annette Bening joined with TreePeople, a Los Angeles-based environmental nonprofit, today to celebrate the opening of TreePeople Center for Community Forestry. This four-acre, $10 million environmental educational campus, located in L.A.’s Coldwater Canyon Park, will serve more than 70,000 visitors annually.   

Bening joined school children and public officials at the ribbon cutting event at TreePeople Center, where visitors learn basic principles of how natural forests “work,” and simple ways to apply these principles in an urban setting to actively prevent – and protect against – climate change, water and air pollution, and water shortages.

“Forests have always been the life support systems for the planet,” said Bening. “I’m inspired by TreePeople’s work in using trees as visible models of sustainability and helping to transform Los Angeles into a truly green city.”

The photo shows Bening andTreePeople prez, Andy Lipkis, at the ribbon cutting for the group's $10 million Center for Community Forestry in Coldwater Canyon Park. For more info about TreePeople, check out their website.

--Veronique de Turenne

Photo: TreePeople