This lecture series, hosted by Green Schoolyards America, discusses emerging topics and provides guidance for creating and stewarding high-quality green schoolyards and schoolyard forests.

Sessions feature presentations by subject-area experts including Green Schoolyards America’s staff, along with time for audience Q&A. See below for upcoming topics!

We invite school district facilities staff, schoolyard designers, landscape architects, architects, public agency staff, and others who are involved in creating green schoolyards and schoolyard forests or want to learn more to join us for this interdisciplinary series. However, all are welcome!

This series serves as a continuation and expansion of our previous Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series. Previous recordings from the Design Series can be found here.

Meeting Information

Registration

Please register via Zoom below. Registering once gives you access to all listed sessions.

Accessibility

All meetings will occur online via Zoom. Attendees will have access to live captioning and a live transcript. All meeting presentations, including the Q&A time, will be recorded and available to the public on our website after each session.

Upcoming Dates and Topics

Sessions are held on the first Thursday of the month, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm PT / 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET, unless otherwise noted. New dates are added regularly!

• December 4: “Green Schoolyards for Lifelong Physical Activity”

  • Dr. Marcella Raney, Senior Manager, Programs and Evaluation-Office of Well-Being, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    We will resume lectures in February 2026!

We record guest speaker presentations from each session and post them below and on our YouTube channel following each presentation. We update this page regularly as new recordings become available.

To view the recordings from our previous season’s Schoolyard Forest Design Lecture Series, please click the button to the right.

Guest Speaker
– Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Founder, Outside Play Lab

Webinar Timing
00:00 Welcome, introduction, and updates by Lauren McKenna
00:54 Speaker introduction
01:57 Presentation by Dr. Mariana Brussoni
35:16 Q&A
52:55 Closing by Lauren McKenna

Guest Speaker
– Jared Coffelt, PhD Student, UCLA Institute of Environment
and Sustainability
– Melody Ng, PhD Student, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Webinar Timing
00:00 Welcome, introduction, and updates by Lauren McKenna
04:19 Speaker introduction
04:36 Presentation by Jared Coffelt and Melody Ng
38:30 Q&A
50:34 Closing by Lauren McKenna