Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference
Conference Agenda
| 8:00-9:00am | Breakfast | |
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| 9:00-9:20am | Opening Remarks | |
 Jennifer Allen | Portland State University |
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| 9:20-9:30am | Break | |
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| 9:30am-12:30pm | Student Summit | |
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| 9:30-10:45am | Concurrent Session A | |
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| Room 327 | Materials Management in Oregon: 2050 Vision & Framework for Action  |
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| Room 328/329 | Supporting Sustainable Transportation: Scalable Models for University Bicycle Programs | |
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| Collaboration Corvallis: Community-based Solutions for a Growing Campus | ||
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| Room 333 | Curricular Innovation: Why and How Infusing Sustainability is a Catalyst for Creativity | |
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| Engaging Students in Personal Sustainability in Large Enrollment Classes | ||
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| 10:45-11:15am | Break | |
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| 11:15am-12:30pm | Concurrent Session B | |
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| Room 327 | Zero Waste Campuses in Oregon: What, Why and How to Get There | |
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| Room 328/329 | Social Sustainability at PSU: Lessons from a Community-University Collaborative Partnership |
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| Room 333 | Energy Efficiency: Powerful Creator of Green Jobs for Professionals |
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| Using Bluegrass Music to Power Sustainable Energy in Appalachia |
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| 12:30-2:00pm | Lunch & Keynote | |
| Clean Technology, Oregon Universities & Economic Prosperity | ||
| Introduction: Jon Fink | Portland State University | ||
 David Kenney | President and Executive Director, Oregon BEST | ||
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| 2:00-3:15pm | Concurrent Session C | |
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| Room 327 | Greenhouse Gas Inventories: How Deep Do You Go? An Analysis of Scope III Emissions |
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| Strategic Energy Management: A Roadmap for Achieving Energy Savings Goals |
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| Room 328/329 | LiveMove Student Group Leads UO and Eugene/Springfield in Active Transportation |
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| Overcoming Silos in Student Activism | ||
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| Room 333 | Solutions Generator: A Project-based Sustainability Leadership Program |
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| Going DEAPer: Methods for Joining Student Enthusiasm and Institutional Support |
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| 3:15-3:45 | Break | |
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| 3:45-5:00pm | Concurrent Session D | |
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| Room 327 | Innovative Financing: OSU's Student-governed Revolving Loan Fund |
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| Let's Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is |
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| Room 328/329 | Developing an Authentic Undergraduate Sustainability Experience: Connecting Curriculum and Campus |
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| Using Your Campus as a Learning Laboratory |
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| Room 333 | The Pedagogy of Sustainability: Applying Transformative Learning Theory |
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| 5:00-6:00pm | Networking Reception | |
| 8:00-9:00am | Breakfast | |
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| 9:00-10:15am | Concurrent Session E | |
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| Room 327 | Revitalizing STEM and Sustainability Education through Learning Gardens | |
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| The B Street Learning Lab: An Interdisciplinary Learning Collaboration |
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| Room 328/329 | Beyond Paper or Plastic, Building a Sustainability Movement for All PSU | |
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| Creating Leadership for Sustainability in Student Affairs |
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| Room 333 | UO Sustainable City Year Program |
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| Town & Gown: Collaboration on a New Sustainability Course | ||
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| Room 238 | Cause, Collaboration, & Compromise: PSU's Sustainable Drinking Water Initiative | |
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| Taking Back the Tap by Going Bottled Water-Free at UO | ||
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| Fresh from the Faucet at OSU |
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| 10:15-10:45am | Break | |
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| 10:45am-12:00pm | Concurrent Session F | |
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| Room 327 | Case Studies in Sustainable Social Work Practice: An MSW Class Project | |
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| Sustainability Through Civic Engagement in the Humanities |
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| Room 328/329 | Revitalizing an Old Building for Another 100 Years at PSU | |
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| Renewable Energy Potential of the College Campus |
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| Room 333 | You think that's a sustainability course?!? |
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| Creating and Assessing Learning Outcomes for Co-curricular Sustainability Programs | ||
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| Room 238 | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Getting Things Done with Planning! |
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| 12:00-1:30pm | Lunch | Smith Ballroom | |
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| 12:00-1:30pm | Optional Event: Regional Sustainability Collaboration Meeting | |
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| 1:30-2:45pm | Closing Session | Smith Ballroom | |
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| 3:00pm | Community College Meet-Up | |
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