Matt DePaolis has a master’s in biology and a juris doctorate with certificates in environmental and ocean and coastal law from the University of Oregon.
The Center for Environmental Futures at the University of Oregon is sponsoring this year's Eugene Environmental Film Festival, in partnership with the Emerald Earth Film Festival. The festivities run April 15-24, with both virtual and live screenings.
The first year of the internships was 2021. Interns Wesley LaPointe, a student at the University of Oregon, and Eddy Binford-Ross, a South Salem High graduate and future Georgetown University student, produced work that spanned an array of topics.
For some people, the ridges above the McKenzie River Valley that burned in the Holiday Farm fire of 2020 might appear to be just a blackened wasteland. But Lauren Ponisio, an assistant biology professor, sees potential: With the sowing of native plant seeds, she said, the land could become a paradise for the western bumblebee, whose numbers have crashed over the last quarter century.
The story features Laura Buckmaster, social media manager, Trout Unlimited. Buckmaster studied environmental issues and psychology at the University of Oregon.
University of Oregon Earth Sciences Professor Douglas Toomey is a key leader of the partnership behind the ALERTWildfire camera network system, which is being rolled out across Oregon, Nevada, California, Washington, and Idaho. Toomey directs the Oregon Hazards Lab (OHAZ) at the University of Oregon.
An environmental science class is using the UO’s sustainability dashboard to overcome a common problem with such topics: making a big, global issue like climate change relevant at the local level.
The story features research Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, a professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Oregon and director of the Institute for Health in the Built Environment.
