Tuesday, March 18,  7 pm.  Alliance Room at the First Unitarian Universalist Society (1326 Washington St, Newton) and Online.

Mothers Out Front Newton and ProtectNewtonTrees.org will host Dr. William R. Moomaw whose research for the last twenty years has documented the essential ecological services provided by mature forests and large mature urban trees.

As the damage and loss is increasing around the world, and we see the impact of extreme weather with our own eyes in Newton, Dr. Moomaw’s voice is more important than ever. He promotes “pro-forestation policies” for achieving climate goals and protecting public health in cities from the worst impacts of climate change.

Like Dr. Moomaw’s advocacy, the advocacy goals of the Be A Tree Protector campaign is to raise awareness of how mature trees fight climate change and to build support to protect these trees from neglect, drought, construction activity, mulch volcanoes, gas leaks, and other threats. (See before and after photos of tree loss at ProtectNewtonTrees.org/tree-stories and the Tree Tag Photo Gallery showing how much each tree contributes to Newton’s shared green infrastructure.

It is free and open to the public in person or on Zoom. The RSVP link will be posted here when available.

Sponsored by Mothers Out Front Newton, ProtectNewtonTrees.org, Green Newton, and the FUUSN Climate Action Task Force.