Lab and Lunch: Conserving the Canopy

Join forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni to hear how she brings her research on the science of forest canopies to churches, poetry slams, and prisons. She hopes to both learn from these audiences and inspire them to care more about science, trees, and nature.

 

“Part of the scientific enterprise is to disseminate the results of research to other scientists, as well as to people outside of academia. However, scientists often receive little training or rewards for presenting their results to non-scientists. When they do, most scientists tend to disseminate their information to ‘environmentally aware’ non-scientists via the media or informal science education institutions, such as museums and botanical gardens, which are less frequently visited by non-traditional audiences.”   â€"Nalini Nadkarni