This educational workshop will present research on the benefits of trees and forests in Westchester for cooling neighborhoods and for absorbing and sequestering carbon from the air. This research has been supported in part with a grant from the DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and led by Dr. Andrew Reinmann, in partnership with Westchester County.

Speakers will discuss related work in Yonkers and other places in Westchester, and provide an overview of the ongoing New York State climate planning process and how it is addressing priorities including heat island mitigation, stormwater management and flooding, and the value of forests for carbon sequestration.

Speakers:
Dr. Andrew Reinmann, Assistant Professor at the City University of New York
Oded Holzinger, Climate Resilience Manager, Groundwork Hudson Valley
Mark Lowery, Assistant Director, NY State Office of Climate Change
Jessica Schuler, Program Coordinator for Natural Resources, Westchester County
Simon Gruber, Community Liaison, Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College, CUNY

Location:
Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB), Sarah Lawrence College35 Alexander Street, Yonkers, NY

This program is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required. For more information or to RSVP, contact sgruber100@verizon.net. Sarah Lawrence College requires proof of the COVID-19 vaccination, or proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of your visit.