CROWN HEIGHTS — “Deeply Rooted: Traditional Knowledge, Equity, and a New Era in Urban Forestry,” is the topic of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Wilbur A. Levin Keynote Address, as part of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Making Brooklyn Bloom conference on March 11. Dr. Vivek Shandas, professor of climate adaptation, Portland State University, will give the address, raising the question:
“Can urban greening projects address historic injustices, respond to community aspirations, and draw on traditional ecological knowledge?”. The 41st annual Making Brooklyn Bloom conference is themed “Tapping the Power of Trees: How the Urban Forest Will Save Cities,” and celebrates the Garden’s yearlong focus on urban trees.
The Wilbur A. Levin Keynote lecture is named for a longtime Brooklyn Botanic Garden board member, Clerk of the Supreme Court, banker and philanthropist who died in 2005.
