Activity Notes

Arlene Blum, biophysical chemist, author, and mountaineer began climbing in Portland with the Mazamas and at Reed College. She has led successful expeditions to Annapurna I and Denali, walked 2000 miles across the Great Himalaya mountain range of Bhutan, Nepal, & India, and carried her baby daughter across the Alps. Her scientific research and policy work with government and business to reduce harmful chemicals in consumer products protects human health and the global environment. Blum shares her favorite images and dramatic illustrating her climbs of remote and beautiful high peaks and her scientific research and policy work towards a healthier world. 

Before her talk, you can preview her memoirs Annapurna: A Woman’s Place and Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life and the Institutes  strategy for a healthier world to reduce the toxics in your own life.

Most Recent Past Activities

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Sep
11
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Mazama Base Camp: Oregon Symphony
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Oct
9
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Mazama Base Camp: Mountaineering: Freedom of the Hills Presentation
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Oct
23
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Mazama Base Camp: Bird Alliance/NW Forest Plan
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Nov
7
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(Online only) Mazama Base Camp: Cascade Geology
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Nov
13
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Mazama Base Camp: Antarctic Circumnavigation
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Dec
4
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Mazama Base Camp: Films night: Cabin in the Sky and Ranger: Canine Alpinist
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Jan
22
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Base Camp: Wonder Goats (Wonderland Trail) talk / presentation
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Feb
5
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Base Camp: The Art of Mountaineering: Landscape Painters and Climbing
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Feb
7
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Base Camp: Oregon Humanities Conversation Project
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Feb
26
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Base Camp: Backcountry Film Festival
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Feb
26
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Base Camp: Backcountry Film Festival
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Mar
5
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Base Camp and Conservation Committee: Ralph Bloemers, Wildfires
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Mar
20
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Base Camp: Wild Food Adventures, Wild foods of PNW
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Apr
9
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(Virtual) Base Camp: Backcountry Foodie, High Altitude Cold Weather Nutrition
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Apr
25
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Base Camp: The Blue Mountains Trall, A Long Distance Route through Hells Canyon
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Apr
25
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Base Camp: The Blue Mountains Trall, A Long Distance Route through Hells Canyon
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Apr
25
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Base Camp: The Blue Mountains Trail, A Long Distance Route through Hells Canyon
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May
8
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Base Camp: Author Rand Schenk
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May
21
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Base Camp: "The Volunteers" Film Screening
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Oct
8
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Base Camp: Denali's South Buttress, A Historic Perspective
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Oct
22
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Base Camp: No Man’s Land Film Festival presented by She/They/Us [ticketed event]
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Nov
5
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Base Camp: Tracking Oregon’s Glacier Changes
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Nov
5
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Tracking Oregon’s Glacier Changes: Climbing, Satellites and New Mobile Apps
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Nov
5
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Tracking Oregon’s Glacier Changes: Climbing, Satellites and New Mobile Apps
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Nov
15
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Base Camp: Arlene Blum Breaking Trail Mountains and Molecules
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Nov
19
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Base Camp: Embodied Intelligence Method
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Dec
9
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Base Camp: Siskiyou Mountain Film Tour
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Dec
17
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Base Camp (Virtual): From Fearful to Fearless and the Beautiful Balance
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Jan
14
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Base Camp: Exploring the Sahara, High Atlas Mountains, and Imperial Capitals
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Jan
27
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Base Camp (Virtual): Grizzly Confidential
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Feb
11
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Base Camp: Passions and Perils of the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
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Feb
11
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Base Camp: Passions and Perils of the Pamir Mountains,Tajikistan
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Feb
25
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Base Camp: Adventure Photography Workshop with Alex Zimm, Zach Joseph, and NWAC
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Feb
25
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(Canceled) Base Camp: Photography Workshop with NWAC
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Mar
11
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Base Camp: Arctos School Mt. Hood Medicinal Plants
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Mar
25
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Base Camp: Wild Food Adventures Study of Edible Wild Plants with John Kallas
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Apr
29
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Base Camp: Bill Sullivan's New Hikes near Portland
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May
13
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Base Camp: Wolverine Tracking on Mt. Hood with Cascadia Wild and Teri Lysak
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May
27
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Exploring the Sahara, High Atlas Mountains, and Imperial Capitals of Morocco
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May
27
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Base Camp: Exploring the Sahara, High Atlas Mountains, and Imperial Capitals
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Jun
10
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Beta from Patagonia: The Frey Expedition Report
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