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by Laura Gleim November 1, 2012
From the Bike Hub and Electric Avenue to La Casa Latina and the Native American Student and Community Center, Portland State is just about as diverse and green as it gets. Check out this new video for a glimpse of the PSU experience.
by Jeanette Sharp October 31, 2012
After more than a month of recruiting, planning, orienting, and overall just getting pumped up, the EcoReps are ready to introduce ourselves to the rest of campus. And, in the spirit of Halloween, we’ll be launching our efforts with a Fair Trade trick or treat event!
by Grant Lynn Neely October 30, 2012
Hailed by Mayor Sam Adams as the largest gathering in the western hemisphere focused on neighborhood-scale sustainability, last week’s EcoDistricts Summit at Portland State University was a milestone in the field of urban innovation.
by Cindy Cooper September 25, 2012
This fall, PSU has been selected to join the Ashoka U Changemaker Campus consortium: a select group of institutions of higher education that demonstrate commitment and cutting-edge approaches to galvanizing solutions to major human and environmental challenges.
by David Matthew N... September 6, 2012
This summer, I decided to do something drastic. Something I had never really considered before—I took summer classes! And I do not regret it one bit. I took a class called Oregon Farmscapes—a four-day adventure as we circumnavigated Mt. Hood and the Portland metro region to investigate agricultural issues in our great state of Oregon.
by Emily Dietrich August 15, 2012
From July 31 through August 3, the Ecosystem Services Partnership hosted its fifth annual international conference in Portland. With more than 350 participants from 47 different countries, the conference represented the growing global interest in ecosystem services—ways of valuing nature’s benefits in order to preserve them for present and future generations.

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