The Greening of Educational Institutions When we began to build the collection of EarthSayers.tv, we reviewed many videos featuring professors and students from colleges around the world, mostly addressing issues of how to make their living, learning, and working spaces more sustainable. It was how I became aware of the growing movement of “greening” campus operations and endowment practices.... [Read more]
Posts Tagged ‘Portland State University’
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Sustainability and Higher Education
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Social Sustainability
On Friday I attended a kick off meeting at Portland State University (PSU) addressing social sustainability. It is a PSU Collaborative Focused on Improving Community Health and Well Being and it took place in the School of Social Work. What is meant by social sustainability? The definition for social responsibility refers “to both the processes that create, and the institutions that facilitate,... [Read more]
