Bridging Divides: How the Rural Organizing Project Empowers Oregon’s Communities For groups in Oregon that are working to effectively organize for issues facing rural communities, such as migrant justice, worker’s rights, or keeping rural post office locations open, the Rural Organizing Project has been a key partner, fulfilling many roles. “We see ourselves as the… Read more »
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge is the Key to Successful Stewardship of the Long Tom Watershed, and Youth Are Helping to Lead the Way The Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program (TEIP) internship started in 2017 with its first cohort of Native Youth gathering within the Long Tom Watershed in Western Oregon to pursue projects that connect restoration work,… Read more »
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Designing for Connection: Hatfield Futures Students Propose Solutions to Critical Challenges Facing Oregon Communities At the second Hatfield Futures Showcase held this spring at Portland State University, a team of high school students from Bend Technical Academy proposed a solution to the fentanyl overdose crisis. It didn’t involve supervised injection sites, or fentanyl strips. It… Read more »
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A Partnership Built on Youth Community Organizing: Rogue Climate and Rogue Action Center For young people living in Southern Oregon, the impacts of climate change – wildfires, smoke, flooding, drought, and heat – have been front and center for most of their lives, impacting everything from the local economy to their own mental health and… Read more »
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Cultural Ecology Training Rooted in Tribal Traditions
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High Schoolers get real work experience in the environmental fields
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Latinx youth reconnect to the land—and their ancestral roots
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After years of hard work, we have a roadmap to root every Oregon child in nature by 2030.
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