Steptember Walk - Heat Islands: Causes & Solutions

4808 Southeast 92nd Avenue,Portland OR 97266

18 September, 2021

Description

Family-paced educational walk through Lents to learn about heat islands, causes and solutions. Families for Climate wants to help bring more awareness to the importance of well-designed urban infrastructure as a critical part of equitably improving Portland’s climate resilience for future heat events, and livability for residents in all neighborhoods. As part of Oregon Walks Steptember, we are hosting a guided walk in Lents to understand some of the problems inherent in much of our urban infrastructure, that result in deadly and inequitable outcomes when heat waves hit our city. Why Lents? Because Lents is the neighborhood where the highest temperature in Portland was recorded during June’s heat dome event: 124 degrees Fahrenheit. Join us for a family-paced stroll, that will start and end at Lents Park, to learn about what has contributed to these deadly inequities and what steps we can take, as concerned citizens and neighbors, to change things for the better. We'll meet at the South West corner of Lents Park at 10am. https://oregonwalks.org/.../heat-islands-causes-and.../ See Less