History Pub: Trees, Landscapes, Climate, and What Comes Next

McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United States

As we endure another season of heat waves and catastrophic wildfires, Vivek Shandas and Joshua Howe will discuss the historic and contemporary relationships among Oregon’s trees, rural and urban forests, and climate change.   Tickets are available here for purchase ($5) or at the door ($6).   Oregon’s landscapes have been shaped by forces including […]

$5

Artist Talk: Tree People

Mt. Hood Room, Discovery Museum at the World Forestry Center 4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR, United States

Tree People: Artist Talk with Finnish Photographers Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo. Cost: Free, in support of First Friday! Seating is limited, RSVP for a free ticket here. Doors: 6:00PM  Optional Gallery Tour: 6:30PM  Artist talk: 7:00PM  Calling in from Finland, Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo, the artists behind World Forestry Center’s featured art exhibition Tree […]

Free

History Pub: The Past, Present and Future of Indigenous Fire Knowledge

McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United States

Since time immemorial, Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have been tending to the land with fire. Indigenous ways of knowing and understanding a place come from generations of careful exploration, experimentation, and observation. In recent centuries, non-Native ideas about fire and its relationships to land and people have dominated management policies and practices. As […]

$5

Artist Talk: Following Fire and Fire Maps

Discovery Museum Gallery 4033 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, OR, United States

Please RSVP for Free Ticket Doors and Gallery Tour: 6:00PM Artist Talk: 6:30PM Cost: Free, RSVP required Join us in the Discovery Museum’s art gallery for a behind the scenes conversation with the creators of World Forestry Center’s featured temporary exhibitions. Following Fire, A Resilient Forest / An Uncertain Future by photographer David Paul Bayles and disturbance ecologist Frederick Swanson, studies […]

Free

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Forest Pub: Building the New PDX Airport with Local Mass Timber

McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE Join our friends from the Port of Portland and project partners to hear stories behind the design, construction, and sourcing of the new main terminal at Portland International Airport. Utilizing Mass Timber and locally sourced timber, PDX has gained international recognition for its innovation and first-of-its-kind approach to a large-scale civic […]

Event Series Forest Pub

Forest Pub: Walking Trees

McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

Our forests are walking, but should they be running? Join us for an evening exploring shifting forests and the migration of tree species due to climate change. OPB’s All Science No Fiction host Jes Burns will moderate a panel discussion with leading experts and scientists in these cutting-edge studies The program begins at 7 pm; […]

Event Series Forest Pub

Forest Pub: Reading Tree Rings

McMenamins Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

What can the rings of trees tell us? These slices of history tell us about the ecological and anthropological history the tree and forest faced: wildfires, droughts, floods, infestations, growth, and damage. Our friends from the Oregon State University's Tree Ring Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Lab will teach us how to read tree rings.  Forest […]