Lydia Lapporte is a M.A. student in the Environmental Studies program at the University of Oregon.
Her research focuses on the collapse of bull kelp communities in the Eastern Pacific and explores the possibilities of acting in solidarity with kelp and kelp-impacted communities by attending to the conditions of possibility that produce kelp collapse and futures.
Her previous work experience includes community-based watershed restoration with the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District; public humanities with the California Institute for Community, Art & Nature; project management with Seaweed Commons; agricultural operations; arts and environment programming; environmental education; and seaweed harvesting in Maine and California.
Personal email: lydialapporte@gmail.com
