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Lewis & Clark College Fossil Fuel Divestment

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

Fossil Fuel Divestment - The Board of Trustees at Lewis & Clark College voted unanimously to divest from fossil fuel holdings in the endowment


Using Endowment Investing to Help Create a Sustainable Economy

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)
  • Intentional Endowments Network (MA)
  • Cambridge Associates (VA)

The half trillion dollars in endowment funds invested by higher education institutions in the United States represent a relatively untapped resource with immense economic and social power. The past few ...

  • Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Green Fee Fund

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

The Green Fee Fund was established by student legislation in order to allocate a surplus in the green fee used to purchase renewable energy certificates (REC) for the Green Power ...


Environmental Studies Bachelor

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

The Environmental Studies Program at Lewis & Clark, one of a number of interdisciplinary programs on campus, benefits from the participation of many departments in the College of Arts and ...

  • Posted April 12, 2018
  • Academic Programs
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Building Community through Intergroup Dialogue

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

Intergroup dialogue (IGD) is a facilitated discussion between two or more identity groups that explores conflict and tension around issues of social justice, power, privilege, and bias. IGD is designed ...

  • Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Guidelines for College-Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)
  • National Wildlife Federation (VA)
  • Second Nature (MA)

This guide is the product of a summer research project performing a GHG emissions inventory for Lewis & Clark College and a full school year refining the method. It includes ...


Solar Energy Justice in Portland

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

Project Description We are two Environmental Studies majors pursuing a project to put solar panels on affordable housing in Portland. We are working with Central City Concern (CCC) to put ...


AASHE Award Winner Webinar - Biodiversity-friendly Campuses

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)
  • Southern Oregon University (OR)
  • AASHE (MA)
  • Audubon International (NY)
  • Salmon Safe (OR)

Colleges and universities are playing a crucial role in protecting wildlife and restoring habitats on and off campus, and students, faculty, administrators, and staff are champions for sustainable environmental practices ...

  • Posted March 3, 2016
  • Videos & Webinars
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Liberal Arts Institutions Networking Meeting (2014)

  • Dickinson College (PA)
  • Linfield College (OR)
  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)
  • Sewanee - The University of the South (TN)
  • Willamette University (OR)

A lunch meeting for representatives of liberal arts colleges and universities. A similar lunchtime networking event was hosted by others in Nashville with approximately 100 attendees.

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Amplify Your Message: Advice from Communications Professionals

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)
  • Pennsylvania State University (PA)
  • Santa Clara University (CA)

The basic tenets of marketing communications—defining an audience and explaining how the benefits of a product or service suit that audience’s needs—are important tools for sustainability professionals ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Talking about Campus Sustainability: Some Tips from a Psychologist

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

“How to talk about sustainability so people will listen, and how to listen so people will hear.” This skill building session provides a psychological perspective on the dynamics of defining ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Mapping of College Campuses

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

Lewis & Clark College has recently made significant improvements in green infrastructure and sustainability services, and has seen improvements in the capacity to support student endeavors of sustainability. However, there ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Innovating Parking; A Necessary Evil

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

This session will describe recent efforts at Lewis & Clark College to design and build innovative and more environmentally friendly parking lots. While parking lots are often associated with all ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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No Campus Is An Island: College Sustainability As Interdependence vs. Self-Sufficiency

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

Definitions of sustainability at institutions of higher education often hearken back to the 1987 Brundtland Commission report, Our Common Future, yet many fail to capture its global scope, resulting in ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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LEED Education Credit; Bridging the Gap between Design and Performance

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

In Fall 2011 Lewis & Clark began building a new residence hall that would continue its commitment to green living. The project's goal is to ultimately increase student awareness ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Focusing Again: The National Teach-in on Global Warming Solutions

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

February 2009 will be a watershed for the United States, and indeed, the planet. Decisions made in the first hundred days of the new congress will determine whether serious action ...

  • Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Natural Resources Law Institute

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

The Natural Resources Law Institute (NRLI) provides a focus for legal scholarship at Lewis & Clark’s law school. The NRLI supports work by an annual research fellow, distinguished faculty ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
  • Research Centers & Institutes
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JD in Environmental & Natural Resources Law

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

At Lewis & Clark, law students studying for the JD degree can take a few environmental law classes or they can emphasize environmental and natural resources law by earning a ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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LLM in Environmental Law & Natural Resources Law

  • Lewis & Clark College (OR)

Lewis & Clark's overall environmental law program was founded in 1970 and is consistently ranked as one of the best in the United States by U.S. News and ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
  • Academic Programs
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