John and Scott Fregonese are visionaries. They look at a cityscape and imagine the possibilities. The father-son duo of the Portland-based Fregonese Associates urban and regional planning have carved a niche for themselves by creating innovative software that helps planners visualize potential changes to communities. They also ensure that the members of those communities have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Every Bit Counts
Monday, November 29th, 2010
For the past two football seasons, OSU Athletics and Campus Recycling have teamed up in an effort to reduce waste and promote recycling at home football games – they recruit and coordinate volunteers to rove through the tailgating areas, as well as collect recycling at stadium gates. This video honors their efforts, and that of [...]
A Moral Ground
Friday, October 15th, 2010
While the scientific and economic evidence for combating environmental destruction may give us compelling reasons for acting, Kathleen Dean Moore argues that there are also powerful moral reasons to act – reasons based on justice, compassion, and care for future generations. More than 80 global leaders writing on the moral obligation to act to mitigate [...]
Real Genius
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Kelly Benoit-Bird, a pioneering young oceanographer from Oregon State University, has been selected as one of 23 recipients nationwide of prestigious 2010 MacArthur Fellowships. Popularly called “Genius Awards,” the fellowships include a $500,000 stipend to further the recipient’s scholarship. They are presented annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Benoit-Bird, 34, studies [...]
OSU’s Kathleen Dean Moore blogs for Powell’s
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Oregon State Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Kathleen Dean Moore has spent the past week guest blogging for Powell’s Books in Portland. Moore is writing about how we all have a moral obligation to confront climate change so that we can preserve the Earth for future generations. That idea is the central theme of the new [...]
OSU experts in the Gulf
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Two Oregon State researchers have headed to the Gulf of Mexico to monitor the effects of April’s Deepwater Horizon spill. Sea Grant director Stephen Brandt is currently in the Gulf – he’s studying how the spill is affecting fish and other marine life there. Brandt will be blogging throughout his trip. Three days ago Brandt [...]
It’s Urban Horticulture Field Day!
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
The Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture will have a public field day Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oregon State University students and faculty will share information and ideas about vegetable gardening, urban chickens, annual trials, hedge-row trials, green towers, beekeeping and green roofs. The Oak Creek Center is on the [...]
Oregon State named “Cool School” by Sierra Club
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
The Sierra Club has released its “Cool Schools” rankings based on the ‘greenness’ of participating universities, and Oregon State has the highest green ranking in the state, and is listed as 24th in the nation.
A Cultural Convergence
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Gunjan Dhakal, a student in the Master of Public Policy at OSU, has been hearing the words “sustainable development” for years, but until recently the concept was simply that – a concept – not a living, breathing reality. During the past month attending the 2010 International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Summer Institute, though, Dhakal finally [...]
Powered by Internships – stream ecology in Spain
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Beaverton native Celene Christensen has always loved the outdoors. As a geology and environmental science major in the University Honors College, she’s furthering that passion by developing a strong understanding of natural systems. Now, she’s working with what she considers our most important resource: water. This spring, Christensen headed to an internship in Blanes, Spain, [...]
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