View photos from the 2017 Celebration of People and Water hosted by Willamette Partnership and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. Professionals from both the public health and the science fields must work together to overcome health inequities, says Cameron Brown, a public health graduate student who recently interned with Willamette Partnership. With the last day of school around the corner in Oregon, ’Honoring Our Rivers’ reels in another successful year celebrating the creative voice of students for their watersheds. National Infrastructure Week has us thinking about our original infrastructure: nature. Beyond bridges and buildings, here’s why we need to take a long, hard look at the ways nature can and should form the basis of our infrastructure system. (Length: 8:00 min) Bobby Cochran, executive director of Willamette Partnership, tells you why Medicaid should be paying for trees, why outdoor educators are public health officials, and why stormwater utilities could be advancing justice in health equity.
Photo Gallery: Celebration of People & Water
Public Health: An Ecosystem of Partnerships
School’s Out: A Year of ‘Honoring Our Rivers’ in Review
(Re)defining Infrastructure
Podcast: A Business Case for Medicaid to Pay for Trees
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