Celebrate the beauty and importance of coral reef ecosystems. We’re celebrating corals on our social media channels from November 30 – December 4, 2020. We hope you join us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Look for #CoralsWeek. Advice from the Ocean for Coral Week: “Be shore...
Ghost Net Landscape is an interactive art installation and performance, in which Emily Miller collaborates with visitors to transform piles of “ghost net” fishing rope waste into sculptural, tactile basket forms. The project involves three major components: a massive pile of ghost net rescued from...
“Ghost Net Landscape” by Emily Miller opens October 7th at the Kathrin Cawein Gallery. The collaborative exhibit will feature Emily Miller’s finished sculptures created from plastic marine debris (“ghost net”) as well as over 1,000 pounds of unprocessed fishing rope and net. For four weeks,...
Bow Seat’s 2020 Ocean Awareness Contest is now open for submissions. Please share with your colleagues and students! Climate Hope: Transforming Crisis The 2020 Ocean Awareness Contest invites teens to learn about the climate crisis and its impact on oceans; discover or imagine solutions at...
The Surfrider Foundation is focusing on plastic pollution awareness this May. Consider signing Surfrider’s Rise Above Plastics pledge. Scientists estimate that by 2050 the weight of PLASTIC in the ocean will be equal to the weight of ALL THE FISH in the sea. But there is something YOU can...
Jo Ann Hardesty is a Portland City Commissioner committed to building a livable and sustainable city with all Portlanders and for all Portlanders, through transparency, accountability, and opportunity. Jo Ann will speak to reducing all forms of pollution in the Portland region from 11am –...
The nominations for the Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards, hosted by the Climate Adaptation Strategy group, are now available. Categories For the 2019 Award year, each Award nomination must identify the category that best describes the individual or organization being nominated. Awards and...
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $2 million, three-year grant to Portland State University engineering professor to study a novel method of generating electricity from ocean waves. Jonathan Bird (pictured), associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, will study the...
Stories of whales, turtles, and seabirds with guts filled with plastic have become increasingly common. Recently, a team of scientists wanted to determine the extent of plastic pollution and its effects on animals by investigating the most remote regions of the ocean, sending vehicles to the...