Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.10
Liaison Steve Mital
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2011
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University of Oregon
Tier2-6: Sustainability Events

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Steve Mital
Office of Sustainability Director
Finance & Administration
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Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
Yes

A brief description of the event(s):

The University has had several events that meet this criteria. One of the largest in the last three years was the Oregon University System (OUS) Sustainability Conference.

On October 23-24, 2008, the University of Oregon hosted the inaugural OUS Conference. Senior administrators, auxiliaries directors, staff, and students came together to share on-the-ground successes, discuss new challenges, and build the critical information networks necessary to transform our campuses into models of sustainability. The second OUS Sustainability Conference is planned for February 28, 2011.

In addition, the UO hosted the Powershift West Summit in 2009, which helped promote clean energy on a national scale (http://west.powershift09.org/)

Several departments and groups on campus host speakers and other, smaller sustainability-related events. For example, in fall 2010, the UO Law School hosted a community presentation by James Hanson, the leading climate scientist for NASA, for a presentation about climate change research and policies (http://sustainability.uoregon.edu/news/global-warming-will-be-problem-youth-nasa-climatologist-warns)

Several events like this take place throughout the year.


The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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