Ecologue

Students in University of Portland’s LEED Gold-certified Fields and Schoenfeldt Halls will compete to try to save the most electricity and water. Students at the University of Portland and Oregon State University are joining a national competition this month, going head to to head with students at schools around the country to reduce their electricity […]

Join Bay-area sculptor Kate Stirr and Corvallis essayist Kathleen Dean Moore as they trade images and ideas about the creative impulse, sculpture and essay, the inspiration of oceans, and the resonance of art and nature. The conversation will be led by Spring Creek Project Director and poet, Charles Goodrich. Kate will show still and video […]

“The Great Work: Re-imagining Humanity as the Planet Changes” is a contest which invites OSU students to submit written works or videos that tell hopeful stories about new ways for humans to prosper on Earth. This contest is sponsored by the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word, with support from the […]

Instead of doing the normal Spring Break vacation, are you interested in serving a community with important and complex needs? The Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program enables students to immerse themselves in a new and different community to learn its historical, sociological, cultural and/or political background. Each trip focuses on a particular social issue, such […]

Encouraging OSU to go paperless when it is feasible is a main focus of those working for the Greening IT initiative, which is a new program aimed at reducing the environmental impact of information technology. Did you know that if every student in the university printed 100 fewer sheets of paper per year, or the […]

The OSU Building Energy Challenge aims to reduce energy consumption through the combined effects of individual action by occupants of participating buildings. By using no-to-low cost actions such as turning off computers and lights, unplugging non-essential equipment, and replacing incandescent lamps with compact fluorescents (CFLs), we can significantly reduce our energy consumption. And we can […]

With over a hundred users in just a few months, OSU’s new and secure rideshare system, Drive Less Connect, is off to a great start! To help more folks save gas money and reduce carbon emissions into the air, we plan on promoting this fun program heavily throughout Winter and Spring terms. To encourage more […]

The OSU Sustainability Office is looking for a student employee to develop and deliver marketing and outreach material and programs. The Sustainability Office, with two full time staff and three student worker positions, is part of Facilities Services, the department responsible for OSU’s infrastructure development and maintenance. The Sustainability Office serves the broader campus through […]

OSU is taking big steps towards greening operations, from designing energy efficient buildings to purchasing eco-certified cleaning products. Now the university is launching a “Greening IT Initiative” to reduce the environmental impact of information technology on-campus. In getting the initiative off the ground, Lucas Friedrichsen at Information Services assembled a diverse task force to tackle three […]