Sustainability at PSU

NEWS
May 11th 2021

Planning & campus sustainability merge to create PSU’s Planning & Sustainability Office: Senior Campus Planner Liz Hoekstra discusses how she brings a sustainability lens to her work

PSU’s Campus Sustainability Office merged with the Campus Planning Office to form the now Planning and Sustainability Office (PSO). With this merger, Senior Campus Planner, Liz Hoekstra, now finds herself in an exciting position to apply her knowledge and past experience in campus planning,...
Water coming out of pipe
April 30th 2021

Aquastry: Treating Water Right

For much of history, humanity has looked to the skies for provision. Where...
Cleantech Challenge 2021 Banner
April 28th 2021

The Cleantech Challenge: Crossing Disciplines in Service of the Greater Good

As another April Earth Day rolls by, it is a reminder that there is still...
shot of PSU greenery in the spring in the parkblocks looking up to the treetops
April 12th 2021

Workshop on research project exploring the use and value of Portland’s parks and natural areas among diverse community members

Written by: Molly Baer Kramer, Jake Kennedy, Randy Bluffstone and Sahan T.M....
sustainability round table update
March 17th 2021

PSU Leads and Participates in Regional Discussions about Environmental and Social Justice

Every year the WOHESC conference is an opportunity for sustainability staff...
SGI: Reference SGI on Campus. A: Flow-Through planter (FMH), B: Ecoroof (ASRC), C: Flow-Through planter (KMC), D: Bioswale (Central Park Food Carts), and E: Pervious pavers (ASRC).
March 16th 2021

PSU graduate students examine current stormwater practices & future implementation at PSU with the uncertainty of climate change

Being situated in downtown Portland, stormwater management is an important...
Background is cream with a green state of Oregon. Reads season in yellow letters on a green box. Reads plant based eating in green letters. Fruit and peaches are on the seasonal text.
March 11th 2021

Seasonal Plant Based Eating

I recall fondly the beginnings of last summer as the isolation felt from...
masked researcher waving from a boat
February 8th 2021

USGS Oregon Water Science Center (ORWSC) research during a pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted how research has been conducted. Many field...
January 4th 2021

New Water Science Grantees Announced by the USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP)

Andrés Holz, PSU (top left), Tess Harden (bottom left), Jennifer Morace, USGS (top right), Olyssa Starry (bottom right). The USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP) has announced two research funding awards for the 2020 Seed Grant Program. These...
oak with brown leaves at sw montgomery
December 15th 2020

Street trees along SW Broadway begin transformation through Broadway Arboretum vision

For years, there have been conversations about what to do with the Norway...
Smoke and fire billowing in the sky and burned trees
December 14th 2020

Oregon's Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires, PSU study finds

The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned...
Inmates sewing garments at sewing machines.
December 3rd 2020

Mass incarceration results in significant increases in industrial emissions, PSU study finds

Mass incarceration is as much an environmental problem as it is a social...