Ask a Yale Environmental Expert Zoom Call Series: The Value of Trees

Forests & Water: Where Does Your Water Come From?

Ask a Yale Environmental Expert are weekly Zoom calls designed to engage local high school students and interested New Haven residents to learn about environmental topics from Yale F&ES faculty. Each call is Thursday at 10 a.m. and runs for approximately 45 minutes.

The format begins with a 15-minute presentation followed by discussion and Q&A where Yale faculty respond to questions asked by attendees.

Series Theme: The Value of Trees
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Meeting ID: 789 914 316

Topic 1: Forests & Water: Where Does Your Water Come From?
Expert: Dr. Mark Ashton, Morris K. Jessup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, and the Director of the Yale Forests
Date: April 2, 2020 (Watch now: https://youtu.be/fkDNPYNSFhM)

Topic 2: Your Relationship to the Environment
Expert: Dr. Thomas Easley, Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Date: April 9, 2020 (Watch now: https://youtu.be/rY2UVfgoaSg)

Topic 3: The Benefits and Applications of Integrating Trees into Northeast Agriculture
Expert: Dr. Joe Orefice, Lecturer and Director of Forest and Agricultural Operations, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Date: April 23, 2020 (Watch now:  https://youtu.be/98cEv40XaBE)

Topic 4: Where does your TP/ paper products come from?
Expert: Mike Ferrucci
Date: April 30, 2020 (Watch now:  https://youtu.be/S9VRolGVcqA)

Topic 5: The Value of Small Plants – Looking Below the Canopy in CT’s Forests
Expert: Laura Green
Date: May 7, 2020 (Watch now: https://youtu.be/5BTrRaA57DA) 

Topic 6: Bioswales
Expert: Dr. Gaboury Benoit
Date: May 14, 2020 (Watch now: https://youtu.be/YP2isFWXEE8)

Topic 7: Forests & Biodiversity
Expert: Dr. Sergio Estrada Villegas
Date: May 21, 2020 (Watch now: https://youtu.be/M8CVauUnt1E)

Topic 8: Trees Ecosystem Services in Cities
Expert: Schuyler Borden
Date: May 28, 2020