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Georgetown University Prize: Community Meeting

This Wednesday, February 18th, will be the first community meeting to discuss Corvallis’ entry in the Georgetown University Energy Prize. The meeting will be at 7pm at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library (645 NW Monroe Ave). The city of Corvallis is currently a quarterfinalist for the Prize, a $5 million incentive to reduce energy consumption. But now that […]

OSU Nonprofit Opportunities Fair

Don’t forget to stop by the Nonprofit Opportunities Fair on Wednesday, February 4th. The event will take place from 12 – 3 pm in the Memorial Union Ballroom and all are welcome to attend. This event is an excellent opportunity for students interested in social work, nonprofit work, public service, public policy or just getting […]

Corvallis makes Georgetown University Energy Prize Quarterfinals!

Corvallis has made it to the quarterfinals for the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a $5 million incentive to reduce energy consumption. Now that we’ve made it this far, we need everyone’s help to save more energy than the 49 other American cities in the competition. The winning city will be judged based on reductions in energy […]

Rethinking our Wardrobe: Saving the World and our Wallets

We all need clothes. Frequently, we find ourselves buying more clothes. We add to our closets when our old clothes don’t fit us anymore or are completely falling apart. We update our wardrobe for the new school year, to keep up with new fashion trends or when we get a new job. When we buy […]

Win a Free Copy of The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. She will be speaking at  OSU on Monday, February 2nd, at 7 pm at the LaSells Stewart Center. Kolbert has received multiple awards for her writings including the American Association for the […]

The Trade Off Conjecture

Over the last several decades the sustainability movement has gained great momentum. Legislation has slowly started to work in favor of sustainability, recycling programs have been enacted in various organizations and sustainability has become an integrated area of study across the globe. Unfortunately, there is still one aspect of the sustainable movement that is incomplete, […]

Neighborhood Sustainability Stewards Volunteer Program

Are you interested in making a difference in your community? Do you want to learn more about climate change and what you can do to help? OSU Extension’s innovative Neighborhood Sustainability Stewards volunteer program brings people together to talk about what steps to take. The goals of the program are to get people talking about […]

Help Combat Climate Change as a Neighborhood Sustainability Steward!

OSU Extension’s innovative Neighborhood Sustainability Stewards volunteer program engages the local community in climate change actions on a household level.  Program goals are: to engage the general public in a climate change conversation, to give the public tools to lower CO2 emissions on a household level, and to provide skills to live sustainably in a […]

Alternative Spring Break

The Center for Civic Engagement is now accepting applications for their Alternative Spring Break Program! Having started in the early 1980s, these trips focus on engaging students in non-profit service that focuses on social issues like poverty, hunger, homelessness, immigration rights and the environment. Students immerse themselves in an opportunity that allows them to grow […]

Portland to host this year's annual aashe conference

This year the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education will be holding their annual Conference and Expo in our very own Portland, Oregon. With nearly 2,000 participants, AASHE’s annual conference is the largest gathering of higher education sustainability professionals and students in North America. What is AASHE you ask? AASHE is an […]