Before New York: Opening Lecture with Dr. Eric W. Sanderson (SOLD OUT)

Presented by Green-Wood, Organized by the New York Botanical Garden

Discover Brooklyn as you’ve never seen it. In this lecture, Dr. Eric W. Sanderson uncovers Brooklyn’s historical ecology and shows how its original forests, wetlands, and waterways inform today’s challenges related to flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice.

This lecture accompanies Before New York: A Traveling Pop-Up Exhibition, presented in partnership with the New York Botanical Garden, on view in the Green-House Atrium from June 11th through July 20th.

The Green-House
From 6pm to 6:30pm, attendees will have the opportunity to experience the Before New York exhibition.

The lecture will follow in the Green-House classroom.