Jim Labbe
Portland
Jim served Audubon Society of Portland’s Urban Conservationist from 2003-2016 where he led several habitat protection, access to nature, and constituency building projects and initiatives while advising and supporting local conservation advocates throughout the Portland-metro region. He also worked on numerous research projects including co-authoring the 2007 Regional Equity Atlas’s “Parks & Nature” chapter. Jim is currently serving as the executive director of Depave.org. In his free time, Jim enjoys biking, dancing, studying Russian, playing music, and lollygagging in his garden.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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Ecosystems for everyone: Who should have access to the myriad benefits of ecosystem services and urban nature? Everyone. Does everyone? No. How will we achieve this moral imperative?
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What are the social justice implications of urban ecology, and how can we make sure that “green cities” are not synonymous with “gentrified” or “exclusive” cities?
