The 2020 RCE SDG Youth Challenge ‘Youth for the Goals’ is an exciting and unique youth-led initiative focused on delivering the SDGs at a local level. This year, the Challenge will be focusing on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and...
K-12 students from the United States and Canada are invited to participate in a recycling contest by creating a video or a poster that imagines what recycling will look like in 50, 75, or even 100 years from now by designing a solution to a current problem. You could win a trip to the Institute of...
From materiality and metrics to telling a good story, sustainability reporting can quickly become overwhelming. Join the Corporate Sustainability Collaborative and local experts for a deep dive into sustainability reporting best practices. We’ll cover the benefits of developing a report, critical...
PSU’s Judy Walton is the Recipient of 2019 AASHE Lifetime Achievement Award Judy Walton was the founding director of AASHE, serving the organization from 2006 to 2013. Sustainability has been her lifelong passion, with a focus on higher education and cities. Her experiences include community-led...
Ghost Net Landscape is an interactive art installation and performance, in which Emily Miller collaborates with visitors to transform piles of “ghost net” fishing rope waste into sculptural, tactile basket forms. The project involves three major components: a massive pile of ghost net rescued from...
Held every October, Campus Sustainability Month is an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. Throughout the month, colleges and universities organize events on campus and elsewhere to engage and inspire incoming students and other campus stakeholders to become...
PCC was named top community college for sustainability in the country by The Chronicle of Higher Education. We’re in some elite company as we try to combat climate change & create a healthier future. Check out our ranking! http://bit.ly/2lwVvS1
Parents, teachers, and grandparents – join us to learn what you can do to make your child’s school greener and healthier! We offer free training to help you carry out a project that gets students practicing sustainability at school. Meetups are at 7:00 pm on Sept 23 in NE Portland,...
Climate change poses a major threat to sustainable development. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ‘Poverty and disadvantage are expected to increase in some populations as global warming increases; limiting global warming to 1.5°C, compared with 2°C, could reduce the...
A couple of days ago on 29 July was 2019’s Earth Overshoot Day, marking the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and...
The winners of the 2019 International Green Gown Awards were announced on 10th July 2019 at our host partner venue – the Institute of International Education (IIE) – in New York as part of the United Nations High Level Political Forum. The International Green Gown Awards celebrate the...
Sustainability practitioners are frequently confronted with a tough question: “How do I measure that?” Here’s how. This is a survey course on life cycle assessment. Participants will learn the steps involved and gain a basic understanding of the scope, challenges and...