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Meet Professor Shpresa Halimi
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PSU professors co-author U.N. report on happiness
Report: economies need to focus more directly on the goal of sustainable human well-being rather than merely GDP growth.
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Conserving Oregon's Rich Biodiversity
Supporting Biodiversity Conservation: The Oregon Biodiversity Information Center at Portland State University
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Applying Nature's Lessons to Saving the Environment
Associate Professor of Biology, Radu Popa and his colleagues are using black soldier fly larvae to recycle nutrients from waste water.
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Travel Choices
Kelly Clifton: Rethinking transportation choices for healthy communities
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NSF Initative for Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
A video presentation for PSU by the National Science Foundation on the SEES initiative and investments.
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Understanding the Social Dimensions of Sustainability
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Reclaiming Sustainability: Harrell Fletcher
Connecting art, community, and sustainability
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Assistant Professor Pamela Yeh
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Meet Keith
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Meet Heather Spalding
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Reclaiming Sustainability: Vivek Shandas
Collectively addressing big problems to find equitable solutions
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Video: Shaping our Place, Scaling up Solutions
CIMM: A new collaborative research center aims to scale-up solutions
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City Solutions
Transforming urban spaces and natural places
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Public works
Greening schools and housing
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Reclaiming Sustainability: Bob Costanza
Reframing our relationship with the natural environment
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Meet Assistant Professor Thad Miller
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Video: Robert Costanza, Visions of a Sustainable World
An interview with Robert Costanza, part of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies series, Visions of a Sustainable World
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Seed Science
Assessing the impact of biotech on farming
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Green Building Counsel
Changing the science of building
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Earning Power
Lifting people out of poverty through business education
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Ice Field
Calculating climate change
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Clean Water Acts
Keeping surface water safe from pollution
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Dr. James F. Pankow
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Report: Fundamentals of Bicycle Boulevard Planning and Design
A guidebook to designing and planning bicycle boulevards
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Parasite Prescription
Revising solutions, reviving hope
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Natural Capital
Fostering rural-urban connections
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Capture the Sun
Harvesting solar power
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Shapes of Ideas
Forming communities through design
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Better Business
Valuing equity and ecology
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Engineering Star
Joining an elite academy
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Worlds Together
Weighing global issues on a human scale
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Food Chain
Bringing the freshest ideas to market
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Pollution Prevention
Restoring stream banks with plants and people
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Certain Chemistry
Cooking up a killer app. TB and malaria, beware!
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Gardens in the Sky
Reaping the facts and weeding the myths about eco-roofs
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Research Profile - Carl Wamser
Carl Wamser and about 50 others researchers worldwide are developing synthetic membranes using a similar process to convert sunlight into electricity—on a scale that one day could be used in homes and skyscrapers.
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Research Profile - Loren Lutzenhiser
Before the survey, commissioned by the California Energy Commission, "It was assumed," says Lutzenhiser, "that people would tar and feather you" if you suggested they do without modern conveniences such as air conditioning. "That was the received wisdom, but that's not what happened."
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PA Professor Marcus Ingle
Interested in Global Leadership? What about traveling? If yes, Professor Ingle's Development Management in Vietnam class might be a good fit for you.
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Meet Professor Miguel Figliozzi
"Innovations in freight transportation and logistics are necessary for a sustainable and vibrant economy."
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Meet Professor Graig Spolek
The city is Professor Spolek's laboratory.
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Meet Professor Dundar Kocaoglu
Dundar Kocaoglu and his team of researchers have developed a process to help companies make strategic decisions using mathematical models to determine a decision's impact.
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Meet Professor David Sailor
David Sailor is an expert in urban climates and how they're affected by buildings, energy consumption, and human activity.
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Meet Professor Tugrul Daim
Tugrul Daim's research and teachings revolve around the creation of roadmaps that organizations can use to implement emerging technologies.
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Meet Professor David Jay
David Jay is working to reinvent the field study of tidal analysis.
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Meet Professor Peter Dusicka
Peter Dusicka's research revolves around promoting survivability through materials and engineering.
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Meet Professor Scott Wells
Scott Wells specializes in developing computer models for reservoirs, lakes, and rivers in order to maintain their quality.
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Janet Hammer
Program Director, The Initiative on Triple Bottom Line Development - College of Urban & Public Affairs
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Meet Robyn Pierce
Robyn Pierce's upbeat personality helps keep morale high in a department that must race to keep up with the facilities and planning needs of Oregon's largest university.
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Meet Mark A. Gregory
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Climate Change
Glacier research at Portland State
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Learning Garden Laboratory
Promoting sustainable gardening, growing food and healthy nutrition.
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Sustainable Development
The College of Urban and Public Affairs
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Bamboo clothing with a message
Alum Ryan Christensen uses "eco-friendly" clothing as his "weapon of choice" to convey a social message.
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Meet Professor Heejun Chang
Professor Chang believes that the 21st century will be the Climate and Water Century.
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David Ervin
David Ervin, Professor, Environmental Sciences and Resources
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Jennifer Allen
Jennifer H. Allen, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Acting Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions
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Meet Professor Dilafruz Williams
Do you want to talk "politics, public education and environment?" Meet Dr. Dilafruz Williams.
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Meet Associate Professor Vivek Shandas
Associate Professor Shandas' teaching and research interests include: environmental policy, geographic information systems, natural resource management, participatory planning, and urban ecology.
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Meet Professor Karen Karavanic
Karen Karavanic's enthusiasm for research motivates her to integrate cutting edge results into all of her courses.
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Meet Professor Aslam Khalil
Whether from rice paddies, cities, landfills or cattle, Professor Khalil understands how trace gases effect global warming.
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Meet Professor Andrew G. Fountain
This Ice Man travels the world to study glaciers, including the one named after him the Fountain Glacier in Antarctica.
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Meet Professor Loren Lutzenhiser
Loren Lutzenhiser understands how the way you live affects the global climate.
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Meet Professor Connie Ozawa
Connie Ozawa knows how to help people make good decisions about their communities.
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Meet Associate Professor Barry Messer
Barry Messer knows why healthy rivers make healthy communities.
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Meet Jeff Gerwing
How can people have equitable access to rich and rewarding lives while living within the means of natural systems? This question is central to the research and teaching of Dr. Jeff Gerwing.
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Our Community Partner: Axis Performance
AXIS Performance Advisors is a management consulting firm specializing in the implementation of sustainable business practices. This partnership is a joint collaboration between PSU and Axis Performance to offer a professional certificate in implementing sustainability practices.
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Our Community Partner: Metro Regional Government
Metro funds commercial technical assistance projects providing on-site assistance to businesses throughout the region focusing on recovering additional resources from the waste stream, increasing markets for recycled content products, and promoting waste prevention practices.
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Our Community Partner: Johnson Creek Watershed Council
PSU students and the Johnson Creek Watershed Council work together to set up a snapshot monitoring event designed to empower individual landowners to learn about the health of Johnson Creek on their property, meeting the goals of the watershed council in the areas of protection, conservation, and restoration of the watershed.
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Our Community Partner: US Fish and Wildlife Service
This partnership involves the cooperation of the USFWS, the Chinook Tribe and Portland State University and is aimed at archaeological and environmental research, public education and student training.
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Our Community Partner: Bureau of Environmental Services
The Community Watershed Stewardship Partnership utilizes PSU students in assisting neighborhoods and communities to develop voluntary watershed protection activities and programs.
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Our Community Partner: Office of Sustainable Development
The Commercial Recycling Project provides education, outreach, research, data collection, and technical assistance services to commercial businesses, the multi-family sector, and public events in the areas of recycling practices and waste prevention.
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Meet Professor Bryant York
When not teaching and working with students in his adaptive learning lab in PSU's Computer Science Department, Dr. Bryant York helps shape the future of computer science.
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Meet Professor Thomas Gillpatrick
Oregon's food industry has a lot of cravings. Tom Gillpatrick satisfies them.
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Meet Professor Robert Bertini
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Meet Professor Mark Sytsma
When aliens invade our waters, Mark Sytsma fights back.
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