Wombs and Wildfire: Smoke, Stress and Reproductive Justice

Wildfires cause significant stress, break apart communities and in places dramatically change the world people birth their newborns into. Recent epidemiologic research suggests wildfire exposure is associated with higher rates of adverse birth outcomes. Although some data is available, information on wildfires and health protection strategies are not known to many health educators, providers, pregnant people, or families. […]
Event Series Reynolds Symposium

Reynolds Symposium

University of Oregon 1585 E 13th Ave,, Eugene, OR, United States
The Symposium will gather designers, academics, researchers, public servants, and others, from across the resiliency spectrum, to share ideas from our individual realms, in a time of changing and disrupted ecologies, communities and climate. About Schedule Registration Logistics Past Symposia

Beyond the hurricanes webinar

The impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hit Florida two weeks apart, went well beyond the catastrophe from the storms. Communities along the Gulf Coast and southeastern U.S. felt the devastating impact of Helene and Milton and the so-called “secondary perils,” smaller events such as storm surge, tornadoes, heavy rain and flash flooding. As […]

Imagining 2025: What’s next for disaster philanthropy?

“Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world.” ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable We live in a time of uncertainty. Our world is undergoing a transformative journey in an era of technological advancements and global challenges. Disasters are constant, as is the […]