About Us

Community Environmental Services (CES) is a research and service unit within the Center for Urban Studies in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University. CES has provided high quality research, technical assistance, data collection, and educational outreach services in the areas of solid waste management, recycling, waste prevention, and other resource conservation and business sustainability issues since the late 1980's.

CES employs between 15-20 students annually. Over 80% of CES staff are graduate students from programs within Portland State University including Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Studies, Public Administration and Portland International Initiative for Leadership in Ecology, Culture and Learning (PIIECEL). 

Mission Statement: to provide students with the opportunity to develop leadership, practical job skills and civic responsibility, through education, service and research, which address urban environmental issues and resource sustainability.

 

CES Staff

Back Row, left to right: Tom Egleston, Ryan Trif, Nathan Shulte, Bridger Wineman, Melissa Johnston, Caroline Leary, Lauren Larin, Shanna Eller

Second Row: Dan Blue, Mario Ruiz, Aaron Wythe, Eric Crum, Mitch Frister, Michelle Knaus, Hans VanDerSchaaf, Meredith Sorensen

Front Row: Andrea Bowles, R. Curtis, Kaleen Hyde, Danielle Yesland, Sara Ennis, Andrew Kjar, Sara Freed

Not Pictured: Will Elder, Wei Zhong, Devin McCarthy, Aymie Reynolds