Sustainability at PSU

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PSU Student Research Symposium Presenter: Nicole Zimmerman

Nicole Zimmerman's research focuses on electric vehicle charging stations: how they effect the grid, and ways to make them better.
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Research

Ecotrust Outdoor Concert Series & Innovation Showcase

When: Wednesdays, July 10–31 | 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Eoctrust 
Natural Capital Center, 721 NW 9th Ave., Portland
FREE and open to the public

Celebrate summer in the city on Wednesdays in July at Ecotrust’s Natural Capital Center. Join us for the fourth year of free outdoor concerts that bring together Portland's top musical acts, green living, and community wellbeing.

PSU waste sort reveals opportunities



This spring, Portland State University staff sorted through 690 pounds of campus garbage to find out what portion of materials could have been diverted from the landfill through recycling and composting, or avoided altogether by using durable goods. 

Sustainable Business Oregon: Climate leadership is Second Nature to PSU

Portland State University has received honors for its climate awareness efforts.

The school captured a 2013 Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature, which works with higher education institutions. The awards honored 10 schools that subscribe to the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. PSU was one of three doctorate-granting institutions receiving Second Nature honors.

PSU receives national Climate Leadership Award for innovation in sustainability

Portland State University received a 2013 Climate Leadership Award announced today by Second Nature, a national nonprofit that works to create a healthy, just and sustainable society by transforming

EV World: Electric-assist bicycles open up travel options for more people, study finds

Portland State University and Monash University in Australia reasearch finds that e-bikes may help overcome barriers to bicycling for all types of riders. (Read original EV World story here.)