You are invited to attend the sixth installment in our Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series on Thursday, April 4th at 11:00 AM PT/2:00 PM ET. 

In this session, we will feature research on how living schoolyards and schoolyard forests can help reduce extreme heat and increase thermal comfort, as well as design recommendations to keep students cool at school.

Our speakers for this session are:

• V. Kelly Turner - Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Director of Luskin Center for Innovation at the University of California, Los Angeles

• Ariane Middel - Associate Professor at Arizona State University, with a research focus on urban climate

• Jennifer Vanos - Associate Professor at the School of Sustainability and the College of Global Futures, Arizona State University

The lecture will be recorded and posted to our website for those of you who are unable to attend.