by zach | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog
By Kenneth Helphand I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I walked to elementary school on sidewalks, a daily trek from 93rd street to PS 185 on 86th street. It was the beginning of what became a life-long habit of exploration and curiosity by varying my route passing...
by zach | Jun 3, 2025 | Lecture
Devastating wildfires are occurring in unexpected places and with such ferocity that they take most people by surprise. The 2020 wildfires in western Oregon were such events, burning nearly 1,000,000 acres and over 6,000 structures. Read the writing on the wall. We...
by zach | Mar 25, 2025 | Blog
Claire Syrett, Eugene Parks Foundation President Seeing all the usual signs and signals that spring is on its way feels especially reassuring right now. Spring bulbs are just beginning to show themselves, some more than others. Male songbirds are beginning to practice...
by zach | Jan 29, 2025 | Blog
A week before I summited Spencer Butte for the first time on Thanksgiving Day 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade with his wife Jacqueline. I was almost four years old and not especially well tuned into...
by zach | Nov 13, 2024 | Lecture
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