PEACE Trees Sapling Giveaway Program

The PEACE Trees Project is a collaboration project of the UW-Whitewater Sustainability Committee, which includes the UW-Whitewater Sustainability Office, and the UWW student organizations PEACE (P- Peace E- Education A- Activism (through) C- Creative E-Engagement), SAGE (Students Allied for a Green Earth), and Garden Club. The project provides tree saplings to students as part of the Earth Month and Arbor Day celebration every April. The trees are offered for pickup in early May to students who sign up using the interest form. The intention is to have students or new alumni return to their hometowns after finishing their spring semester at UW-Whitewater and plant the tree. Over time, the trees will reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and provide various environmental, social, and economic benefits to various communities. As the project grows, a Google Map will be provided that shows the approximate species and location of the PEACE trees we've distributed to date. 

Please use this interest form to sign up for the tree you are interested in and share a little bit about where you plan to plant the tree. By participating, we ask that you provide a personal email address rather than your UW-Whitewater email address so we can continue to communicate with you annually as the project progresses. We are only looking for City and State so we can add trees to a Google Map to show the distribution of this project’s impact. Additionally, we ask that you follow our PEACE Trees Facebook group located on the UW-Whitewater Sustainability Facebook page and share photos of the tree over the years. On Instagram, you can use the hashtag #uwwpeacetrees or tag @uwwsustainability. 

All trees are bare-root saplings that arrive 6-12” tall and are sourced from the Arbor Day Foundation. If you are interested in a tree, please make sure that you choose one appropriate for your hardiness zone. We recommend the Arbor Day Foundation planting instructions for bare-root trees. You can also learn a lot more about how to successfully grow trees from the wide array of tips and resources offered on the Arbor Day Foundation website.