Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
Move: Migration on a Changing Planet is the theme of the very busy weekend of keynote speakers, more than 100 panel discussions, workshops and films … Continue reading
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The Eastern Forests are Calling
The beautiful peaks and canyons of northeastern Oregon beyond the Eagle Cap
Where in Oregon can you find peaks over 9,000 feet and a canyon more than a mile deep, all within a few miles of each … Continue reading
The End of the Tour
The time may be coming for us to stop going places for fun
Last summer, for the first time in four decades, I visited Yellowstone National Park. A 3,500-square-mile rectangle in the northwest corner of Wyoming, Yellowstone is … Continue reading
Mushroom Crowd
Author Michael Pollan is coming to Eugene to talk about his book on psychedelics
In Michael Pollan’s 2018 book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence, … Continue reading
Panda Monium
Your guide to a local organization that takes eco trips to spot red pandas in the wild
I’ve only seen a red panda once in my life. I was spending the day at an amusement park with some local friends while visiting … Continue reading
Richard Quigley
In another life, Richard Quigley was almost certainly a mellow surfer dude. The affably high-energy Eugene artist has been making art — and teaching art, … Continue reading
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue
The album was recorded over just two days in early 1959 and released in August of that year. With that, jazz turned a historic corner. … Continue reading
Man Walking
Empathy for the prison guard
By James He makes his way down the third level of the narrow tier, walking slowly, his set of keys jangling at his sides. As … Continue reading
The Year of the iPorn
Former pornographer living in Eugene says dirty films are going mobile
In pornography, size really does matter — though not the way you might think. Think small size, like an iPhone instead of a film studio. … Continue reading
Good as Hell
Self-love in the age of Lizzo
I love a good run: the rhythmic pounding of my sneakers tempering the shame of last night’s fast food feast; Lizzo in the headphones, cheering me … Continue reading