Virtual Talk: Nature and Health: Back to the Future

This program has been cancelled. 

Nature and Health: Back to the Future

Recent evidence quantifies many direct health benefits of nature, yet this idea is not new. Links between nature and health, especially brain health, have been recognized for centuries, and the benefits of public parks and wild areas in the United States were heralded long ago by Frederick Law Olmsted, born in Hartford in 1822, and others of his era. Olmsted is best known for designing Central Park, but he had a strong influence in Connecticut and many other places.

Now, the scientific recognition of multiple interconnected global crises underscores the critical role of protected areas and natural ecosystems for removing and storing carbon and preventing extinction. This presentation will highlight new data that underscores the power of trees and forests as “multisolvers” – systemic solutions that protect the climate while improving health, equality, and well-being.

Susan A. Masino, PhD is the Vernon D. Roosa Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College. Her neuroscience research focuses on brain metabolism, brain health and disorders such as epilepsy and autism.  In 2018 Dr. Masino was awarded a Charles Bullard Research Fellowship at Harvard University on forests and brain health. Recently Dr. Masino served as the co-chair of the Science and Technology Working Group of the Governor’s Council on Climate Change in Connecticut.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Farmington Libraries.

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