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Jan 9, 2020 | Events, Talks, Guest Speakers

Designing for Health in the Informal Amphibious Community, Iquitos

Peru has significantly increased mining and oil extraction in the last decade, degrading Amazon Rainforest ecosystems and Indigenous livelihoods, interrupting local to global climate regulation, and resulting in rapid jungle-to-city migration with ultimately 90,000+ people living in informal “amphibious” communities floating in the floodplain borders of the jungle city.

Aug 13, 2019 | Events, Symposium

2019 Northwest Nature and Health Symposium

This third annual all-day symposium explored our common goals and collective strategies related to the human health benefits of contact with nature. We recognize that we must amplify access and equity in all that we do.