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. (Length 7:30 min) The executive director of Willamette Partnership, Bobby Cochran, talks about the Oregon Health and Outdoors Initiative, a movement to get people outdoors more often for their health, and specifically, about two of the Initiative’s latest projects: LatinXplorers in Mt. Hood and the Jade District Greening Project. Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving back to great causes. We think you ought to support our friends The Next Door, a social service nonprofit in the Columbia Gorge, and we’ll tell you why. Willamette Partnership brought over 50 leaders together in Washington D.C. this month to brainstorm how economic incentives could drive stormwater management more quickly and more effectively. We share five insights taken home.
(Re)defining Infrastructure
Podcast: A Business Case for Medicaid to Pay for Trees
Podcast: Overcoming Barriers to Getting People Outdoors for Their Health
Why We Want You to Give to The Next Door
5 Takeaways on Creating Incentives for Natural Stormwater Infrastructure
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