Showing 26 results for tag Climate

Consider This Discussion Group: Humans, Land, and Animals

On Wednesday, May 29, join people from across the state for a free online conversation about Consider This: Humans, Land, and Animals, facilitated by Rozzell Medina. The discussion will take place on Zoom from 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

Event | May 29, 2024

Consider This: Humans, Land, and Animals

Join us at 7:00 p.m. on May 22 at Pendleton Center for the Arts for a conversation with Bobby Fossek, Erica Berry, and Wendy Bingham about living in community with animals and plants. Some animals and plants are welcomed by people, and others we reject or try to eradicate. How do we decide which living things belong, and what do these decisions show about our place on the land?

This live, onstage conversation is part of Oregon Humanities’ 2023–24 Consider This series, Fear and Belonging. To participate, please register here.

Event | May 22, 2024

Pantoum for an Uncertain Future

Poem by Alyssa Ogi

Magazine | December 15, 2023

Losing the Forest for the Trees

Juliet Grable writes about how a massive die-off of white fir has unsettled the mountain community in Southern Oregon where she lives.

Magazine | December 15, 2023

Hope and the Climate Crisis: The Tension Between Reality and Possibility

With evidence of the climate crisis reaching all corners and communities of the world, the reality of what we are up against as a species is more present and overwhelming than ever before. In a recent conversation with Krista Tibbett on the podcast On Being, marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson asks a pivotal question about climate action: What if we get it right? With the 24-hour news cycle constantly reminding us that climate change is far worse and coming far faster than predicted, slipping into despair seems all too easy—but what about hope for a future full of solutions we’ve already imagined? What about what is possible? This conversation will open space to explore the tension between the reality of where we are, where we could go, and what it will take to get there. How does it feel to hold the scale of the challenge and also the possibility of a better future? This event will take place in the Boxer Pause room at Washburne Hall

Event | November 9, 2023

Create, Iterate, Persist: Connecting People to Actions and Actions to a Movement

Oregon Climate Action Hub was created to help all Oregonians find their place in the climate movement, serving as a “one-stop-shop” for individuals to find opportunities and take part in organized action. Join Karen Wolfgang, co-founder of the Hub, for a So Much Together where she will she discuss the project's development from a mere concept to a comprehensive public resource, and highlights the importance of relationships in the creative process. 

Event | May 10, 2023

Bridging the Gaps: The Future of the Intergenerational Climate Movement

Amidst devastating wildfires, a global pandemic, and a rapidly changing world, young people across the planet have stepped up to lead in the movement for climate, racial, and social justice. In this workshop, high school organizers Adah Crandall and Danny Cage will offer dialogue and case studies from their involvement in youth-led projects and campaigns: the good, the bad, and the somewhere-in-between. This workshop will invite participants to join in a conversation about collaborative organizing and to imagine the possibilities for a powerful, multigenerational social movement—one that cultivates adult allyship, supports youth, and makes space for youth voices.

Event | March 22, 2023

Binding Fenrir

What are our responsibilities to wild animals in a human-altered world?

Magazine | April 26, 2022

The Circle is Expanding: The Gift of Climate Grief

(Please note: this is a two part workshop taking place on May 4 and May 7.)

Climate grief, also known as climate anxiety or eco-anxiety, is a psychological response to ecological loss driven by our unfolding climate crisis. It can be felt as profound sadness, helplessness, guilt, anxiety, rage, or numbness. An increasingly common condition, it’s becoming more widely recognized and accepted as a valid response to our changing world. This workshop will help us understand what climate grief is, why it’s important, and how it might become a positive force in our lives one that can motivate us towards greater joy, community, creativity, self-awareness, and social change.

Event | May 4, 2022

The Circle is Expanding: The Gift of Climate Grief

(Please note, this is a two part workshop taking place on May 4 and May 7.)

Climate grief, also known as climate anxiety or eco-anxiety, is a psychological response to ecological loss driven by our unfolding climate crisis. It can be felt as profound sadness, helplessness, guilt, anxiety, rage, or numbness. An increasingly common condition, it’s becoming more widely recognized and accepted as a valid response to our changing world. This workshop will help us understand what climate grief is, why it’s important, and how it might become a positive force in our lives one that can motivate us towards greater joy, community, creativity, self-awareness, and social change.

Event | May 7, 2022

The Future of Intergenerational Climate Movement

Amidst devastating wildfires, a global pandemic, and a rapidly changing world, young people across the planet have stepped up to lead in the movement for climate, racial, and social justice. In this So Much Together workshop, high school organizers Adah Crandall and Danny Cage will offer dialogue and case studies from their involvement in youth-led projects and campaigns: the good, the bad, and the somewhere-in-between. This workshop will invite participants to join in a conversation about collaborative organizing and to imagine the possibilities for a powerful, multigenerational social movement—one that cultivates adult allyship, supports youth, and makes space for youth voices.

Event | April 23, 2022

Conversation Project: The Meaning of Climate Change

We live in a time of tremendous transformation as the reality of climate change and its effects on our communities become more apparent with every passing year. While there is still much that can and must be done to mitigate the range of impacts climate change might have, we are confronting the certainty of a crisis that will continue to unfold no matter what we do. What is the meaning of this extraordinary moment in human history? The meanings we construct about climate change affect how we think about it, our feelings about it, and our willingness to take action. Portland State University instructor David Osborn leads a discussion exploring different meanings of climate change and how our understanding of meaning relates to action.

Register for this free event.

Event | March 4, 2022

Hotter, Drier, and Less Predictable

Amanda Waldroupe writes about how climate change is affecting Oregon's agricultural sector and how some farmers are adapting.

Magazine | December 15, 2021

Second Growth

Lee van der Voo writes about how a new generation of activists is leveraging spectacle and strategy to protect Oregon forests.

Magazine | December 15, 2021

How to Build a Kite

Daniela Naomi Molnar on ecology, grief, and the illusion of closure

Magazine | December 15, 2021

Conversation Project: The Meaning of Climate Change

We live in a time of tremendous transformation as the reality of climate change and its effects on our communities become more apparent with every passing year. While there is still much that can and must be done to mitigate the range of impacts climate change might have, we are confronting the certainty of a crisis that will continue to unfold no matter what we do. What is the meaning of this extraordinary moment in human history? The meanings we construct about climate change affect how we think about it, our feelings about it, and our willingness to take action. Portland State University instructor David Osborn leads a discussion exploring different meanings of climate change and how our understanding of meaning relates to action.

Event | January 20, 2022

Climate and Fire

The Almeda Fire devastated my community. We can make future fires less destructive.

Beyond the Margins | November 19, 2021

Who Gets to Fight Climate Change?

JL Jiang on navigating climate activism as a second-generation Asian American

Beyond the Margins | October 15, 2021

Earth and Motherhood

Melissa Matthewson on the wildness that surrounds us.

Beyond the Margins | September 10, 2021

Conversation Project: Relationships for Resilience

In a time of intensifying social and ecological crises, in a cultural context of individualism, the pressure to practice "self-care," build "personal resilience," and "transform oneself" is pervasive. While "doing your own work" is important, we overemphasize the individual to the detriment of our human communities and the rest of the living world. The deep transformations we need will be cocreated, and the deep resilience we must develop will be relational. In this conversation, we will explore the dynamics of our strongest relationships, seeking to name the qualities and practices that underpin resilience. How can we bring our insights more intentionally and broadly to bear in our human relationships and in our relationships with our home—lands, waters, and ecosystems?

Learn more about this event at crooklib.org.

Event | January 18, 2022

Beyond Capacity

Paul Susi writes about racism, the pandemic, and rage at a severe-weather homeless shelter.

Magazine | August 19, 2021

From the Director: Old Jokes

Adam Davis on the personal and cultural legacy of cruel jokes

Magazine | August 16, 2021

Burn Down Valley

Theo Whitcomb writes about the 2020 fires in Southern Oregon, cooperative land management efforts, and finding hope for the future.

Magazine | August 12, 2021

Putting in the Work

This comic by Jonathan Hill explores how people can stay engaged in politics and advocate for the changes they want to see outside of major election cycles.

Magazine | August 12, 2021

Posts

Readers write about Climate

Magazine | August 12, 2021

People, Places, Things

Tabitha Espina remixes the Oregon Department of Energy’s 2020 statement on climate change and energy in Oregon.

Magazine | August 12, 2021