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Incorporating teaching into the role of researchers and professionals is crucial to inspire the next generation. An example of this is food waste.

As food and other organic matter break down in landfills they emit methane and other planet-warming gases, which makes composting key in the fight against climate change.

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Ending the Pandemic Means Getting Vaccinated. But Many Oregonians Will Be Hard to Convince. These groups, and others, will need to drop their opposition to vaccination for the shots to work statewide. (Wesley Lapointe) Updated January 6 As Oregonians wait to get a COVID-19 vaccination, many overlook that we are all waiting on our fellow Oregonians to get vaccinated as well. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Inst...

WW presents "Distant Voices," a daily video interview for the era of social distancing. Our reporters are asking Portlanders what they're doing during quarantine. Danaya Hall knew COVID-19 was a death sentence for Black Americans long before the data showed it. Hall is a registered nurse in Portland. This year, she chartered the first Oregon chapter of the Alliance of Black Nurses. "That was in February," she recalls, "before the world exploded." As the disease arrived, Hall feared the worst. She knew that the way the health system was designed, Black people would be at greater risk from...