Portland State University and Wells Fargo are teaming up to present a new competition for students and faculty with innovative ideas about how to improve the way we operate in a resource-constrained environment.
As a part of the PSU School of Business Administration’s growing relationship with Nürtingen-Geislingen University (NGU) in Germany, NGU has put together an incredible and unique short-term summer program for PSU students who are interested in innovation and sustainability.
Coffee. Basketball. Beer. Portland has a lot of great things to offer, but these are three of our best. Mix in a ride on the Streetcar, and you have yourself a true Portland experience. As part of the Oregon Higher Education Conference last week, I led a group of students and staff from three different Oregon universities on a tour featuring three of Portland’s greenest local businesses. And, of course, we did it all by public transit.
Would a cow be the first image to pop into your mind when you think of sustainable farming? Not likely. But what if that cow wasn’t the normal feedlot cow, but instead represented the grassland cattle that are raised by ranchers like Corey Carman from Carman Ranch?
Leading Portland State’s Net Impact team as president over the last year has been an amazing experience. Net Impact is an organization committed to connecting MBA students to businesses that make the world a better place.
My dad used to wrap Christmas presents in newspaper comics. I was excited as long as they were the good colored comics from the Sunday paper, but it drove my mother crazy. “What? I’m recycling,” he’d say. With the holidays again approaching and consumerism reaching a peak, it’s worth considering ways to reduce the global impact of well-intentioned holiday giving.
From 3D TVs to wind turbines, new technologies seem to pop up every day. Using “technology roadmaps,” Associate Professor Tugral Daim helps companies, governments, and communities prioritize the needs of technology—improving inter-agency communication while integrating technological considerations into products and services.
Nearly a billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and half the world’s population burns wood as a sole means of cooking and sanitation. Consequently, two million people—mostly kids—die every year from contaminated water, and millions more from upper-respiratory disease caused by prolonged exposure to black soot. Unbelievable.
Money. In our consumer-driven society, it always comes back to money. So what if instead of relatively short-term profit, we consider the entire cost and return of our actions on a scale that spans generations?
