Come hear from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Senegal share how they helped strengthen their communities’ understanding of environmental issues, by providing people with the knowledge to develop their own programs and make their own choices about how to best protect and preserve the local environment. Also learn how they were able to use their experiences in the Peace Corps to develop and inform their careers after Peace Corps.
Hosted by SOJC Media Studies Assistant Professor Maxwell Foxman, Climate Change Game Night offers a hands-on opportunities to explore representations of climate change through play and provides an opportunity for students from across campus to access the SOJC experience hub.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation.
This one-day online conference will explore the future of fair and affordable housing within the contexts of the climate crisis and land use law’s legacy of racial exclusion and oppression.
Join moderator Nico Larco, AIA from Urbanism Next and presenters Tosh Chambers (Senior Program Director, Move PGH), Andy Wolpert (Deputy Program Manager, Smart Columbus), and Jeff Kupko (Project Manager for City of Columbus Smart Mobility Hubs, Michael Baker International).
James Buckley joined the University of Oregon in 2016 as the inaugural Venerable Chair in Historic Preservation and the founding director of UO’s Historic Preservation program in Portland, OR.
The whole world has been shaken after nearly two years of a pandemic. While the world is itching to return to normalcy, we must take this opportunity to progress toward and embrace a different normal.
As a regional conference, WOHESC promotes a local focus, with dialogue specifically addressing issues in the Cascadia region. Solutions will be tailored for implementation and action in our unique political, social, economic, and environmental climate. Join us at WOHESC 2022 for a look at fair, equitable and sustainable economies, and rebuilding with a clean, green careers-driven approach.
Using the nodes as way to organize, the Environment Initiative aims to support collaborations and work that aligns with the Guiding Principles. The goal of the workshops is to convene interested parties to brainstorm potential projects, partners, and opportunities.
Storytelling and cultural relevance can be powerful tools for effective and inclusive science communication. Dr. Mónica Feliú Mójer will share examples and how these strategies can be applied to meaningfully engage different publics with science, especially historically marginalized populations.
This symposium will bring together UO researchers and environmental practitioners in the region to define areas of research that can contribute to climate adaptation and greater climate justice surrounding issues of water.
Craig Kauffman, Political Science, will give a Books-in-Print talk The Politics of Rights of Nature: Strategies for Building a More Sustainable Future on Friday, February 18 at 12 p.m. via Zoom.
Join Assistant Professor Julius McGee in the Department of Sociology as he presents: Racial Justice as Climate Justice: Racial Capitalism and the Fossil Economy.
