Oregon Grapevine host Barbara Dellenback talks with Eugene/Springfield Friends of Trees Director Erik Burke on the importance of trees to the health of people and the planet, why it is not always the right decision to plant native trees, and the equity issues around shade.

Oregon Grapevine host Barbara Dellenback and Oregon State Representative Julie Fahey talk about life as a Legislator outside of the Session. They cover constituent services, what to read to keep up to date, relationships across party lines, and touch on several issues of importance to Oregonians.

Oregon Grapevine host, Barbara Dellenback, speaks with Tao Orion. Tao is a permaculture designer, teacher, and homesteader. Tao and Barbara talk about gardening, graywater systems, food security, and ways to enhance and maintain a healthy planet.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with Springfield Interim Planning Manager Sandy Belson about housing solutions. They discuss the rising cost of housing, legislation aimed at creative affordable housing, and efforts to make sure everyone has shelter.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with Liz von Wellsheim, Medical Director of Springfield's ElderHealth and Living Memory Village. They discuss the importance of planning for aging, preparing and downsizing, and staying off of ladders.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with Ayisha Elliott. Elliott is a diversity, equity, and inclusion educator and the founder of the community benefit organization, Kids for the Culture. Elliott is the podcaster, Black Girl From Eugene.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with Cynthia Beal, the founder of the Natural Burial Company and a self described sustainable cemetery evangelist. They discuss the range of possibilities for burial in Oregon from traditional burials, to cremation, to human composting.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with Karl Morgenstern, the Water Restoration Program Manager for the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). The McKenzie River is the source of Eugene's drinking water, and Barbara and Karl discuss the condition and protection of the water in the wake of the Holiday Farm Fire of September 2020.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with Teressa Raiford, the founder and executive director of Don’t Shoot Portland. The organization is a black-led, community driven non profit in Portland, Oregon which advocates for accountability to create social change in the spaces of human rights and racial justice.

Barbara Dellenback speaks with University of Oregon Professor Phil Fisher on a national survey of the affects of the pandemic on families with young children. The conversation covers topics including schooling, housing, shopping for necessities, and the lack of social interactions.