Tim Gould explores the possibilities of rail service as offering a low impact mode of travel as compared to the use of congested highways. Trains can be an important climate solution. Tim Gould is Chair of the Transportation & Land Use Committee in the Washington Chapter of Sierra Club.
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Passenger Rail in the Pacific Northwest
10/03/2021
Tim Gould
Portland Harbor
09/26/2021
Cassie Cohen
Presentation by Cassie Cohen about the Portland Harbor Superfund, and its Coalition, along with how folks can become engaged as members in our campaigns for to clean up the river. Cassie serves as Executive Director for Portland Harbor Community Coalition.
Water and the Coming Crisis
09/12/2021
Mark Owens
Presentation about the coming water crisis by Mark Owens, a local farmer and rancher, small business owner, and a Republican State Representative.
The World Into Which Darwin Led Us
08/29/2021
Gordon Orians
Presentation by evolutionary biologist Gordon Orians. Charles Darwin completely upended our ideas about causality in the life sciences, bringing about widespread debates that continue to this day. What are the implications of Darwin’s idea that there is design without a designer? Orians is Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Washington. He has served as its Director of Environmental Studies. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990. His most intensive research area has been behavioral ecology.