Dr. Sarah Myhre, a climate scientist, spoke at this year's Salem Peace Lecture about the science behind climate change and solutions that must include the perspectives of women and people of color.

This week on the Forum there is a very tiny thing that could be a predictor of how healthy our local eco-system is. It’s a bee. To be precise, it’s the bees that pollinate our orchards and other crops, and their health may reflect the condition of our environmental health and the outlook for much of Oregon’s food production.

There are good and bad options for supporting clean energy, and Oregon wants to make clean JOBs while encouraging renewable energy. This week on the Forum, hear a review of a bill that failed on its first try, but still has good ideas for clean energy jobs.

Did you know that our Salem-Keizer school district is the second largest in the whole state of Oregon? And there is a reason why it is hot on the heels of Portland Public Schools for the size of its overall student population.

Vanessa Nordyke, attorney, and mental health advocate facilitates a discussion with three women attorneys about their law practice, skills women bring to the profession and managing work/life balance.

This week on the Forum, Willamette Law Professor Warren Binford describes the refugee camps on the US-Mexican border.

How to beat the cost of power by collecting it from the sky yourself.

 

This week on the Forum, An engineer for the electric company tells how he saves money with solar energy and you can, too. This workshop was especially timely because the Oregon Legislature has passed new incentives for purchasing a residential solar power system.

This week on the Forum, learn how many wildfires Oregon had this year, how to prevent becoming a victim of fire on your property, and what new strategies are being used to change the way we try and control the chance of outbreaks.

Her name is Adrienne Nelson and she's a brilliant woman with almost three decades of private practice, nonprofit public interest work, and Student Legal and Mediation Services, and has also been the first African American to serve on any appellate court in the state of Oregon.

This week on the Forum, we get an inside look at how two of our state agencies operate…ODA, the department of agriculture has over half a million farm workers and a large chunk of the state’s annual productivity. And OHA, the Oregon Health Authority, keeps them all healthy and well. We asked the questions, and now you can hear a health services administrator and the head of the agriculture department tell how our state agencies serve Oregonians.