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Just enough nitrogen for our ecosystem

Laura Gleim wrote 1 year ago: Toxic algae blooms caused by nitrogen fertilizer runoff in Florida's St. Johns River. Photo by … more →

Tags: Solutions Seminar, economic sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Portland State University, nitrogen, ecosystem services, dead zones, Nitrogen Footprint, nitrogen fertilizer

Students host sustainability talking circle with mayoral candidates

Laura Gleim wrote 1 year ago: Talking circle with mayoral candidates at the PSU Native American Student and Community Center. Inst … more →

Tags: Social sustainability, Sustainability at PSU, Portland State University, Portland Mayoral Candidates, Charlie Hales, Eileen Brady, Jefferson Smith, Max Brumm, Political talking circle

Remembering the roots of social sustainability

Laura Gleim wrote 1 year ago: When it comes to sustainability, race and equity aren’t usually the first things that come to mind. … more →

Tags: Social sustainability, Sustainability at PSU, Portland State University, Social Sustainability Month, Race and Sustainability, Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate

An economic perspective on social sustainability

Laura Gleim wrote 1 year ago: Keeping the conversation rolling on November 7, during the second week of Social Sustainability Mont … more →

Tags: Social sustainability, economic sustainability, Sustainability at PSU, Portland State University, Social Costs, Social Sustainability Month, Externalities, Social-economics, David Ervin

Destruction or construction? Dams from the Pacific Northwest to the Lower Mekong Basin

Laura Gleim wrote 1 year ago: Last Wednesday, Pacific Power blew up the nearly 100-year-old Condit Dam on the White Salmon River i … more →

Tags: Solutions Seminar, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Solutions Seminar, Sustainability at PSU, Portland State University, Ida Kubiszewski, Lower Mekong River, White Salmon River, Conduit Dam

A big, fat check from my nonexistent grandchildren? A look at Intergenerational Finance

Laura Gleim wrote 1 year ago: Money. In our consumer-driven society, it always comes back to money. So what if instead of relative … more →

Tags: Solutions Seminar, economic sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable Solutions Seminar, Sustainability at PSU, Portland State University, Intergenerational Finance, IGF

Can Sustainable and University Be Used in the Same Sentence?

Gretchen Fogelstrom wrote 2 years ago: I live in an amazing city. Portland Skyline. Image courtesy of Renegade Professional News It is phys … more →

Tags: Education 2, sustainability, Environment, Portland State University, University of Vermont, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Robert Costanza, Environmental Science, portland oregon


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