{"id":9129,"date":"2020-10-20T10:04:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=9129"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:50:46","slug":"on-demand-green-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2020\/10\/20\/on-demand-green-space\/","title":{"rendered":"How do we utilize green space in cities to combat climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4rolMPXc4g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span>The heating up of our planet is something that can no longer be ignored. From large and frequent fires and hurricanes to a global pandemic, our planet is speaking to us in extreme ways. Learn from BU experts<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/profiles\/lucy-hutyra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Lucy Hutyra<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Associate Professor of Earth &amp; Environment<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/people\/profiles\/pamela-templer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pamela Templer<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Professor of Biology<\/strong>, how green space in cities creates cooler temperatures and helps the environment. Parks, wetlands, yards and street trees reduce pollution from cars and other human activities in cities, which makes air cleaner and healthier for its residents. Whether you live in Boston or have an affinity for cities around the globe, join us for a timely and important discussion of the latest evidence and how we can take action. The conversation is moderated by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/profile\/katharine-lusk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Katharine Lusk<\/a>, Co-Director and Founding Executive Director of the Initiative on Cities<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of BU experts explore how green spaces in cities can create cooler temperatures and improve the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16959,"featured_media":14522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1,390],"tags":[703,264,701,265],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2020\/10\/city_green-800x600.png","agg_excerpt":"A pair of BU experts explore how green spaces in cities can create cooler temperatures and improve the environment.","agg_title":"Using green spaces to combat climate change","media_icon":"webinar-icon","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9129"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25614,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9129\/revisions\/25614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}