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More Than Fair: Developing Ethical & Sustainable Guidelines for Purchasing
- Oregon State University (OR)
Over the past two years, multiple organizations within Oregon State University have collaborated to develop a set of priorities and guidelines aimed at increasing ethical purchasing practices on campus. This ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Recruiting students for sustainability: Start with the ’Why?’
- Oregon State University (OR)
- EcoChallenge.org (OR)
Recruiting students for sustainability: Start with the “Why?” In this interactive world café-style session, participants will explore ways to inspire, motivate, and recruit students for sustainability initiatives on their campuses ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Knight Law Center: A Case for LEED EBOM on Campus
- University of Oregon (OR)
In 2011, the University of Oregon began the process of certifying an existing facility using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance (EBOM). Many campuses across the United States have ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships Open New Capital Market to Spur Campus Energy Innovation
- Ball State University (IN)
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
- Spelman College (GA)
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
- Chevrolet (OR)
Six partners come together to share their unique perspectives on what it takes to drive systemic change across US higher education – using a ground-breaking series of public/private partnerships to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Catchment systems through collaboration: A strategic framework
- Oregon State University (OR)
In Corvallis, Oregon, home of Oregon State University (OSU), the majority of rain falls between November and April, with significantly less falling in the summer months. Thousands of gallons of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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LCC’s Downtown Campus: Adventures in Housing, Collaboration and LEED
- Lane Community College (OR)
Profile: The Lane Community College Downtown Campus in Eugene, Oregon is a landmark project for education, business and the community. The innovative design and features of the campus allow Lane ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Understanding the Community Rights Framework
- Portland State University (OR)
Ecuador’s 2008 Constitution gives nature the right to “respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles.” Many sustainability scholars are well aware of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Using campus farms to engage students in experiential learning
- Linfield College (OR)
- Linn-Benton Community College (OR)
- Pacific University (OR)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Willamette University (OR)
Growing food on college campuses is deeply rooted in many institutions of higher learning. There are many reasons for engaging in food production at these institutions and these reasons change ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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University Research in Support of Local Sustainable Food Systems
- Portland State University (OR)
In this poster presentation, faculty researchers from Portland State University will share examples of meaningful partnerships with the local community and demonstrate the reciprocal relationship between research and practice. During ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Permaculture pedagogy: Critically engaging students through place
- Portland State University (OR)
The Learning Gardens Laboratory (LGL) is a 4-acre garden-education site in southeast Portland that facilitates hands-on and place-based education in sustainable gardening, healthy nutrition, and permaculture design for k-12, college ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Repair Fairs: Promoting waste reduction in community involvement
- Oregon State University (OR)
One of the largest challenges in engaging students in sustainability is creating meaningful experiences. Encouraging students to practice reuse is particularly challenging, as it requires a personal commitment. Likewise, educating ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability at Scale: LEED EBOM and The Next Big Step Toward the Sustainable Campus
- California State University, Channel Islands (CA)
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- Brightworks Sustainability (OR)
To emphasize the high importance but low attention paid to existing facilities in environmental stewardship, in 2012 the U. S. Green Building council published an article calling existing buildings “the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Portland State University - Cultural Sustainability Walking Tour Map
- Portland State University (OR)
Portland State University is situated on a large urban campus in downtown Portland, Oregon. Disseminating information about cultural and resource centers as well as other services on campus to the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Pursuing Impact: PSU’s Sustainable Neighborhood Initiative
- Portland State University (OR)
Portland State University (PSU) takes its role as an urban-serving university seriously. For decades, PSU has been nationally recognized for our commitment to “Let Knowledge Serve the City” by engaging ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Nuts & Bolts of Adapting the UO’s Sustainable City Year Program
- University of Oregon (OR)
In 2010, the New York Times called the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) “perhaps the most comprehensive effort by a U.S. university to infuse sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Social Experiment of Voluntary Carbon Offsets at App State
- Appalachian State University (NC)
By the time the 2014 AASHE Conference opens in Portland Oregon is fall, Appalachian State will have, for the first time, made the voluntary purchase of carbon offsets a web-click ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Creating a Sustainable Community Together
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
‘Town – Gown’ collaborations, initiated around sustainability challenges, seem to be re-defining Happy Valley, with big impacts on both Penn State and the Commonwealth. Sustainable Communities Collaborative (SCC) is an initiative ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The “Three Es” of Sustainability Portland Style
- Portland State University (OR)
This is a three-part poster presentation with each poster (24” x 36”) representing one of the “three Es” of sustainability: Environmental, Economic, and Equity, as can be viewed locally in ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Establishing Sustainability as a General Education Directive
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Colleges and universities nationwide continue to struggle with strategies for integrating sustainability within higher education curricula. While many universities have encouraged faculty to develop one or more courses that introduce ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Higher Education and Student Affairs Networking Luncheon
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Waubonsee Community College (IL)
Drop by and join your student affairs colleagues for a conversation about the role of student affairs professionals in the sustainability movement. Hosted by the NASPA Knowledge Community on Sustainability ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bringing Farmworker Awareness to the Sustainable Food Table at PSU
- Portland State University (OR)
This presentation will highlight the work of three students who brought the national Farmworker Awareness Week campaign to Portland State University. The groups' primary goal was to educate students on ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Bleeding Beyond the Campus Boundaries: How Colleges and Universities are Collaborating with their Local Communities to Realize Restorative Cities Now
- Emory University (GA)
- Portland State University (OR)
- U.S. Green Building Council (DC)
This session will explore how colleges and universities are serving as living laboratories of sustainability and how these schools are engaging their local communities to re-imagine a restorative civilization now ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Embedding Sustainability Into the Collegiate Recreation Culture: the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association's Journey Forward
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Sonoma State University (CA)
- NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation (OR)
Within the past year, embedding sustainability throughout the collegiate recreation culture has emerged as a strategic initiative with the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA). NIRSA is the leading resource ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Collaborating with Campus Recreation Departments: How Students and Sustainability Directors Can Engage Campus Recreation in Sustainability Efforts
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Portland State University (OR)
- Sonoma State University (CA)
- Washington State University, Pullman (WA)
Campus recreation departments and student recreation centers have become one of the largest hubs for student activities on campuses in recent years. In addition to often serving 50-90% of the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Influencing the Culture of Sustainability through Campus Recreation Programs and Services Across North America
- Oregon State University (OR)
- Sonoma State University (CA)
Sustainability is rapidly becoming an established factor in the construction and operation of recreational facilities on campuses everywhere. Whether implemented in the design and construction of new recreation centers or ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Path to the Net Zero Building: What You Can Learn from One College's Success Story
- Portland Community College (OR)
In the fall of 2011, Portland Community College (PCC) will begin classes in one of the first Net-Zero academic buildings in the state of Oregon. The 5-classroom, 13,000- square-foot ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Student Sustainability Internship Program: Creatively Involving Students in Sustainability Efforts
- Oregon Institute of Technology (OR)
Sustainability initiatives on college campuses, whether education campaigns or tracking and reporting for STARS, require significant time commitments that often cannot be met by sustainability personnel. Simultaneously, students are seeking ...
- 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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Hatfield Marine Science Center
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Hatfield Marine Science Center advances the mission of Oregon State University and its partner agencies though collaboration and innovation. As OSU’s campus for research, education, and outreach in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility
- Oregon State University (OR)
The WESRF at OSU provides research, testing and consulting services related to machines and drives, power electronics, hybrid electric vehicles, power systems and renewables.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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AAS in Green Technology & Sustainability Option
- Portland Community College (OR)
The program's Green Technology and Sustainability Option, approved this spring by the state of Oregon, provides Mechanical and Civil Engineering Technology students with the skills to better prepare them ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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AAS in Renewable Energy Systems
- Portland Community College (OR)
The most comprehensive Renewable Energy Systems (RES) training offering in the State of Oregon preparing technicians for solar power, wind power, fuel cell and other renewable energy fields.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Ecological Engineering
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Ecological Engineering BS program graduates students capable of analyzing problems that occur at the interface between humankind and the environment and synthesizing solutions to the benefit of both. These ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS in Environmental Economics, Policy & Management
- Oregon State University (OR)
Students majoring in Environmental Economics and Policy must choose one of three options: The Environmental Economics Option focuses on development of strong economic and statistical skills and their use in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Community Development & Leadership Option (BS in Social Science)
- Oregon State University (OR)
As a Social Science student pursing the option in Community Development and Leadership program, you will investigate the social and cultural dynamics in our communities, explore how these dynamics impact ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Energy Systems Engineering (BS)
- Oregon State University (OR)
OSU-Cascades’ energy systems engineering (ESE) program is a combination of mechanical and industrial engineering core courses supplemented with energy-related and business management courses, and is offered in partnership with Oregon ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Sciences (BS)
- Oregon State University (OR)
The Environmental Sciences degree builds on the interdisciplinary strengths in the natural and social sciences at OSU. Our students learn broadly about environmental sciences from a variety of perspectives, while ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in City & Regional Planning
- Cornell University (NY)
The PhD program offers advanced specialized education for a career in academic research and teaching or in policy research and administration. Degrees have been granted to 271 students. Recent PhD ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Environmental Sciences
- Oregon State University (OR)
To encourage the development of interdisciplinary ES Graduate Study Programs, guidelines for course selection are flexible. PhD students must complete 108 graduate credits. A program of study for PhD students ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Environmental Sciences
- Oregon State University (OR)
The purpose of the ES Graduate Program is to develop scientists who will be able to analyze and understand environmental systems, predict environmental change, and participate in the management of ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Sustainable Urban Development
- Portland State University (OR)
Interest in sustainability and urban development has steadily grown in recent years among students. Our urban region has attracted considerable national and international attention and been a center of activity ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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The Sage Project at San Diego State University
- San Diego State University (CA)
The Sage Project is a partnership between San Diego State University (SDSU) and a local government in the San Diego region, connecting students and faculty with high-priority, high-need community projects ...
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Addressing Food Insecurity at Portland Community College-Rock Creek Campus
- Portland Community College (OR)
Our campus community faces food and nutritional challenges like much of the nation. Portland Community College's Rock Creek Campus, with 50% of the student population receiving financial aid, chose ...
- Posted June 11, 2015
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Bee Campus USA as a Model for Pollinator-Friendly Campuses
- Southern Oregon University (OR)
Southern Oregon University collaborated with Bee City USA, a private nonprofit organization based in Asheville, North Carolina, to establish a Bee Campus USA designation. This designation recognizes campuses that commit ...
- Posted June 11, 2015
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4th Avenue Parklet
- Portland State University (OR)
The 4th Avenue Parklet was researched, designed and built by students from Portland State University's School of Architecture to creatively addresses sustainability based place-making issues in Portland's South ...
- Posted June 8, 2015
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2 MW Solar Field (9 Acres)
- Oregon Institute of Technology (OR)
Oregon Tech installed 7,800 ground-mounted solar electric panels on 9 acres of hillside next to the John F. Moehl football stadium, with a total capacity of just under 2 ...
- Posted April 8, 2014
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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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50 kW Rooftop Array: Cascades Campus
- Oregon State University (OR)
The solar project is expected to cost about $575,000 and will be funded out of the school’s general fund, which is primarily a combination of state dollars and ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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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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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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