Hours after Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Chloe Eudaly revoked their support from the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter project, a controversial freeway widening project, the council voted to adopt a climate emergency declaration. Globally, thousands of jurisdictions have declared climate...
Former refugee Carina Hoang has urged the world to step up. Just under 80 million people were forcibly displaced globally in 2019 due to “persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, or events seriously disturbing public order,” according to a new Global Trends report from UNHCR, the...
By, Neeraja Havaligi June 2020 Inner Pandemic, A fragile unyoked need for assertion and power one over the other. Fed by fear, shaped by stereotypes, grown in suspicion, evolving sight that only sees, ‘the other’. Inner Pandemic Intimidates into silence, Overlooks, un-hears, And claims it did not...
Introducing Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park: Major improvements complete at historic park (Portland, OR) – Portland Parks & Recreation and Mayor Ted Wheeler are pleased to announce that the former Lynchview Park (SE 167th Avenue and Market Street in east Portland) has been renamed Verdell...
This week, amid a surge of protests over police violence against black Americans, there’s been renewed scrutiny on the links between racism and environmental degradation in the United States. To help readers understand those links, I put together a quick reading list about climate change and...
We are so proud of all of the efforts that have been accomplished at PSU this year! So many GPSEN leaders are included in this video, including former GPSEN Board President, Heather Spalding, who won the PSU Sustainability Legacy Award. Such wonderful news, Heather! Hear from President Percy,...
Does Art Matter? A Reflection on GPSEN’s Sustainability Symposium Series “Arts and Activism” Webinar By, Neeraja Havaligi, GPSEN Executive Director Art, a thread A memory, of the past and the present, A reminder, for the future, Art. Art, Opens senses, Multiplies capacity finds...
LONDON, May 12 2020 (IPS) – The coronavirus pandemic underscores the profound fragility and unsustainability of today’s world. It exposes the chronic underinvestment in human health and well-being and the consequences of a relentless exploitation of biodiversity and the natural environment....
This spring, Portland State has been recognized for its positive global impact through the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, which consider the intersection of higher education and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). PSU ranked in the top 300 internationally and...
Decolonizing Sustainability: Cooperative Approaches to Environmental Preservation Rising to the challenge of keeping our community engaged for sustainability, while respecting social distancing requirements, the Bridging for Sustainability event hosted the second installment of its innovative...