Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
This session highlights scientific research on miniforests, covering topics such as their cooling benefits, insect-host plant relationships, microbial and fungal communities, and data collection methods in the Northeast US and Belgium.
Moderated by Alexandra Ionescu, Associate Director of Regenerative Projects at Bio4Climate
Chapters:
3:42 - Nicolas de Brabandère, Founder of Urban Forests
15:25 - Nicholas Geron, PhD, Assistant Professor in Geography and Sustainability, Salem State
29:27 - University Prassede Calabi, PhD, Founder and Project Director, WIN Fast Forest
42:21 - Melory Brandao, Master's Student, University of Delaware
52:08 - Q&A
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Across the Northeast, communities face ecological disruption—rising temperatures, shrinking habitats, degraded soils, and stormwater runoff. But there’s growing momentum: more people are planting miniforests using the Miyawaki Method—or adapting it—to restore life to cities, schoolyards, parks, and vacant lots.
Featuring more than a dozen speakers across two virtual half-days and an in-person bus tour, the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit brought together practitioners, researchers, and leaders from diverse fields—including landscape architects, scientists, and community organizers—to unpack the method from root to canopy.
Miniforests are more than trees—they amplify a web of relationships. Learn more at: miniforests.bio4climate.org
Celebrate the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit with our official shirt and tote bag!
Get yours here:
https://www.bonfire.com/2025-northeas...
https://www.bonfire.com/2025-northeas...
This session highlights scientific research on miniforests, covering topics such as their cooling benefits, insect-host plant relationships, microbial and fungal communities, and data collection methods in the Northeast US and Belgium.
Moderated by Alexandra Ionescu, Associate Director of Regenerative Projects at Bio4Climate
Chapters:
3:42 - Nicolas de Brabandère, Founder of Urban Forests
15:25 - Nicholas Geron, PhD, Assistant Professor in Geography and Sustainability, Salem State
29:27 - University Prassede Calabi, PhD, Founder and Project Director, WIN Fast Forest
42:21 - Melory Brandao, Master's Student, University of Delaware
52:08 - Q&A
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Across the Northeast, communities face ecological disruption—rising temperatures, shrinking habitats, degraded soils, and stormwater runoff. But there’s growing momentum: more people are planting miniforests using the Miyawaki Method—or adapting it—to restore life to cities, schoolyards, parks, and vacant lots.
Featuring more than a dozen speakers across two virtual half-days and an in-person bus tour, the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit brought together practitioners, researchers, and leaders from diverse fields—including landscape architects, scientists, and community organizers—to unpack the method from root to canopy.
Miniforests are more than trees—they amplify a web of relationships. Learn more at: miniforests.bio4climate.org
Celebrate the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit with our official shirt and tote bag!
Get yours here:
https://www.bonfire.com/2025-northeas...
https://www.bonfire.com/2025-northeas...
