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SUMMARY:2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit
DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\nA multi-day gathering bringing together those planting\, studying\, and supporting miniforests across the Northeast U.S. and beyond. \n\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit is a multi-day gathering bringing together the people planting\, studying\, stewarding\, teaching\, measuring\, and documenting miniforests across the Northeast U.S. and beyond to share experiences\, exchange knowledge\, and explore emerging questions through presentations\, panel discussions\, and community conversations. \nBringing together practitioners\, researchers\, educators\, landscape architects\, municipal leaders\, and community organizers\, the Summit creates space to share experiences\, exchange knowledge\, and learn from projects unfolding across diverse ecological and social contexts. \nBuilding on the momentum of the inaugural 2025 Summit\, this year’s program includes two virtual half-days\, an in-person bus tour of Massachusetts miniforests\, and a special pre-Summit screening of filmmaker Angelina Lee’s documentary Making a Mini-Forest. \nThe Summit will feature keynote presentations by Ethan Tapper\, forester and author of How to Love a Forest\, and Mio Urata\, a leading practitioner of the Miyawaki Method in Japan. \nGrounded in curiosity\, collaboration\, and care for place\, the Summit brings together a growing network of people working to restore ecological function\, strengthen community stewardship\, and deepen relationships with the living systems that sustain us. \nLearn more at miniforests.bio4climate.org \nSchedule: \n\nVirtual Documentary Screening: July 15\nIn-Person Bus Tour: Saturday\, July 18\nVirtual Summit Day 1: Wednesday\, July 22\nVirtual Summit Day 2: Thursday\, July 23\n\nWho Should Attend? \nPractitioners\, researchers\, educators\, students\, landscape architects\, municipal leaders\, nonprofit professionals\, and community members interested in miniforests\, ecological restoration\, urban forestry\, and community stewardship. \nWhat is the Miyawaki Method? \nDeveloped by Japanese ecologist Dr. Akira Miyawaki\, the Miyawaki Method creates dense\, diverse miniforests using native trees and shrubs. By preparing the soil and planting at high density\, these forests can establish quickly—even in urban environments—supporting biodiversity\, improving soil health\, retaining water\, cooling neighborhoods\, and creating opportunities for community stewardship. \nThis event is organized by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.For more information\, visit miniforests.bio4climate.org or email miniforests@bio4climate.org with any questions. \nAbout Biodiversity For a Livable Climate \nFor more than a decade\, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate has worked to raise awareness about the vital role of biodiversity and nature-based solutions in regulating the Earth’s climate. \nA pioneer of the Miyawaki Method in the United States\, the organization helped bring this approach to New England\, launching the region’s first miniforest in 2021 in collaboration with SUGi and the City of Cambridge. Since then\, it has supported the planting of eight miniforests across Massachusetts\, demonstrating how this approach can take root across diverse urban sites. In 2025\, Bio4Climate convened the inaugural Northeast Miniforest Summit—mobilizing a regional network of practitioners to exchange knowledge\, build relationships\, and support the continued emergence of miniforests across the region.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/2026-northeast-miniforest-summit/2026-07-23/
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SUMMARY:Plastic Pollution: Health\, Climate\, and Solutions
DESCRIPTION:The problem with plastic goes way past those ubiquitous and annoying plastic straws and bags. When microplastics are being found in fetal tissue\, the scale of the problem isn’t about personal habits but systems–and that’s the scale of the solutions we need. \nDid we mention that plastics *are* fossil fuels? And that they’re the industry’s hedge to stay relevant as the world moves away from oil and gas for energy? It’s time for plastics to go! \nWe are excited to have Eileen Ryan\, leader of Beyond Plastics Greater Boston\, join us for a webinar about plastic pollution. She is on the steering committee of Plastic Free Mass. In addition to her work educating people about the perils of plastics she uses her creative talents to make costumes and art as a climate and social justice activist. Eileen lives in Watertown and is the mother of three grown children and a grandmother of two.
URL:https://jewishclimate.org/event/plastic-pollution-health-climate-and-solutions/
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