Check out this great opportunity to have your voice heard on sustainability issues in Multnomah County. Do you want to address climate change through a racial justice lens? Do you want systemic change in Multnomah County? Apply for the Advisory Committee on Sustainability & Innovation by 11/15...
E-Learning: Greening Voluntary National Reviews and National Sustainable Development Goal Strategies Are you a policymaker hoping to strengthen the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in your country or city? Do you work for a stakeholder group outside of...
Join SAGE: Senior Advocates for Generational Equity and community advocate (and former Deputy Director of Elders in Action) JoAnn Herrigel for an intergenerational education series exploring local government, how it works and how you CAN make a difference! In this virtual training series you will:...
As United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged on World Environment Day 2020,”To care for humanity, we must care for nature.” Here in the Portland-Vancouver region, we know that the resiliency of communities is closely linked to our parks and open spaces. Safe and equitable...
Creation Justice Webinars EcoFaith Recovery will host our next creation justice webinar on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. They will lead a storytelling workshop where we can learn how to share about our care for the climate and for racial justice in ways that activate our family and community to vote our...
Since the Truman administration, America has been one “push of a button” away from nuclear war—a decision that rests solely in the hands of the President. Without waiting for approval from Congress or even the Secretary of Defense, the President can unleash America’s entire nuclear arsenal. For...
Kristof, an Oregon native, reflects on the risks ahead for the U.S. and its standing as global leader. Should we aim to have countries fear us or admire us? Do we maximize our competitiveness through trade policy abroad or through educational investments at home? Is U.S. leadership passing to...
National policy change is the only hope of stopping climate disaster. What is civil society’s strategy for passing legislation in the United States to achieve the Paris Accord? Next year we’ll likely have a chance to pass landmark federal climate legislation. To seize that moment, we...
We’ve been grappling with some urgent and complicated challenges as a country. Later this year, we’ll have a presidential election. Meanwhile, urgent problems like climate change remain high in public awareness—but sometimes it feels like polarization is higher than ever, too. How will our...
Dr. Katherine Hayhoe is a climate scientist, a professor in the Department of Political Science, a director of the Climate Center, and an associate in the Public Health program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University. Her work has resulted in more than 125...
Renowned as a pre-eminent “warrior-thinker,” H.R. McMaster, a three-star general heralded for his leadership in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a respected historian offers informative, in-depth, and refreshingly candid analysis of the key issues and players shaping the geopolitical...