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Making Sense of the Label: A Collaboration Between Chemistry Graduate Students and University Facilities to Rank and Compare Green Cleaning Products
- University of Oregon (OR)
Green cleaning products are traditionally considered based on vendor recommendations and third-party certifications as well as cleaning efficacy. A desire to satisfy the green cleaning standards for LEED certification raises ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Ecochallenge: Tips for creating and implementing cost effective behavior change programs for your campus
- University of Oregon (OR)
Ecochallenges encourage people to experiment with simple environmentally friendly changes in their daily routines. These highly participatory events help build an environmentally and socially responsible campus culture, an important pre-condition ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Capping campus energy consumption despite massive growth: The Oregon Model for Sustainable Development
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Oregon Model for Sustainable Development is a new policy that places a firm ceiling on campus energy consumption. To achieve it, new construction projects must meet aggressive energy efficiency ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Community Partnerships for Sustainable Materials Management
- Harvard University (MA)
- Indiana University Bloomington (IN)
- Ohio University (OH)
- University of Oregon (OR)
Can campuses help our neediest neighbors and reduce greenhouse gas at the same time? Yes we can. This session will offer several examples of how schools partner with other non-profit ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Universities as catalysts for Sustainable City Design
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) is a ground breaking new sustainability-based service learning program located at the University of Oregon. We tackle issues of sustainable city design with a cross ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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RecycleMania: The Race to Zero Campus Waste
- University of Oregon (OR)
Join a dynamic panel of representatives from campuses large and small, public and private, who will discuss how they have used this EPA-sponsored, Keep America Beautiful-administered tournament to promote recycling ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Toward an Ecologically Sustainable Vocabulary--Avoiding the Linguistic Colonization of the Present by Earlier Thinkers
- University of Oregon (OR)
The current approach in many social science and humanities courses that introduce students to environmental issues fails to address the deeper and taken for granted ways in which the metaphors ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Ecological Design Center
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Ecological Design Center (EDC) promotes a sustainable relationship between the built and natural worlds. The EDC educates University of Oregon design students with the awareness, sensitivity, and expertise necessary ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BA or BS in Planning, Public Policy and Management
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) offers an undergraduate major for students interested in public or nonprofit careers who seek to make a difference in their communities ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Environmental Science, Studies, & Policy
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Environmental Studies Program offers a master of science (M.S.) or master of arts (M.A.) degree in Environmental Studies and a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Ecological Design Certificate
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Ecological Design Certificate is a design-based, interdisciplinary program focused on the development of a practical framework for the integration of the built environment with locale and region specific natural ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Studies (MA/MS)
- University of Oregon (OR)
The Environmental Studies Program offers a master of science (M.S.) or master of arts (M.A.) degree in Environmental Studies and a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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LLM in Environmental & Natural Resources Law
- University of Oregon (OR)
The University of Oregon offers a select group of students the opportunity to earn an LLM in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. The Oregon LLM combines :a small class size ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MBA with a Concentration in Sustainable Business Practices
- University of Oregon (OR)
Sustainability at the University of Oregon is not a new concept--it is in our DNA and part of our heritage. We've been teaching and practicing it for almost two ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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University of Oregon Sustainability Leadership Certificate Program
- University of Oregon (OR)
At the University of Oregon in Portland, the Sustainability Leadership Program offers a series of on site and online workshops that address the latest topics on sustainable economic, social, and ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Communicating Carbon: Visualizing Energy Inputs, Activities, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- University of Oregon (OR)
Sustainability decision-making requires both accurate and informative data, and effective stakeholder communication. Higher education sustainability professionals must not only estimate energy inputs, activities, and greenhouse gas emissions data, they must ...
- Posted April 30, 2013
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44 kW Rooftop and Curtain Wall Arrays: Lillis Business Complex
- University of Oregon (OR)
- Solar Design Associates (MA)
The building integrates three different types of photovoltaic arrays: glass-integrated PVs for the atrium curtain wall and skylights, peel-and-stick thin-film PVs on the penthouse metal roof, and flat-rooftop arrays. The ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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15 kW Rooftop Arrays: Student Recreation Center and Erb Memorial Union
- University of Oregon (OR)
Roofs (2: Student Recreation Center/ 12 kW, Erb Memorial Union/ 3 kW).Student Recreation Center and Erb Memorial Union: The Ecological Design Center (EDC), a student organization, was awarded a ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Sustainable Cities Initiative at the University of Oregon
- University of Oregon (OR)
Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) is a cross-disciplinary organization at the University of Oregon that seeks to promote education, service, public outreach and research on the development and design of sustainable ...
- Posted July 9, 2010
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UO vs OSU Energy Civil War
- University of Oregon (OR)
The University of Oregon (UO) and Oregon State University (OSU) staged a human-powered energy generation contest to see which school could produce the most energy from their Recreation Centers' ReCardio ...
- Posted June 8, 2010
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