Climate Change Basics
Learn more about how and why climate change happens.
Learn more about how and why climate change happens.
This Strategy explores the risks that climate change poses in our region, and identifies a set of actions to strengthen our community against these vulnerabilities.
Get educated on the risks of the climate crisis to your household and your neighborhood.
Climate Justice by Design (CJxD) will establish a space for frontline communities and local governments to come together to co-create intersectional solutions that advance climate justice.
Climate Leadership Now, Fall 2020: The smoke is clear, but the climate crisis lingers.
Climate Leadership Now, Spring 2020: Social justice is an environmental justice issue.
Climate Leadership Now, Summer 2020: Can this moment in the grip of a pandemic and forced to grapple with the issue of deep racial disparities, be a moment of renewal for our community and the world?
CROPS (Community Reaps Our Produce and Shares) is a Multnomah County initiative that promotes culturally-specific farming business development, healthy eating, and community building.
Join the Office of Sustainability in April to explore our role in caring for and living amongst the elements: Earth, water, air, and fire. All events are webinars and registration is not required.
The East County Learn Share Do Fair will take place on Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 10am - 2pm at Centennial High School.
The legalization of the recreational marijuana industry has prompted concerns over the environmental impacts of indoor-grown marijuana, including the energy it consumes and wastewater impacts.
Staff from the Compliance Section within Facilities and Property Management are committed to ensuring that drinking water in Multnomah County facilities is safe and clean.
Multnomah County invited 60 goats to dine on blackberry bushes and vines below the east end of the Sellwood Bridge, avoiding the use of herbicides to remove the invasive plants.
Energy utility bill discounts to low-income customers can improve accessibility, allow residents to improve comfort, and save lives. Multnomah County has worked to design these bill discount programs.
As Multnomah County continues to face challenging extreme weather events, it's crucial that we prepare ourselves for future climate-related emergencies.
Instead of printing out the hundreds of medical record requests that the Health Department receives every day via fax, IT paved the way for an almost entirely digital workflow.
John Wasiutynski is the Office of Sustainability Director. The Office works with county staff and the community members to promote a more equitable, prosperous, environmentally sound County.
The upgraded LEDs in Multnomah County’s residential areas produce energy savings up to 70%. That adds up to energy savings that could power over 100 homes each year.
MultCo is up for the Challenge! During EcoChallenge, we'll each choose one action to reduce our impact and stick with it for two weeks, making a difference for ourselves, our community and the planet.
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The annual celebration, which coincides with Public Service Recognition Week, honors the dedication and innovation of a select group of Multnomah County employees.
Multnomah County is disappointed by the opinion the Oregon Supreme Court released yesterday in Chernaik v. Brown.
After a lot of hard work and creative thinking, there is now a system in place where a new employee doesn't have to print anything to enroll in their benefit programs.
Ahorre en sus facturas de energía.