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Applications are still available for Alternative Spring Break trips! Apply now while a handful of spaces still remain. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all trips are filled. Looking to spend your spring break (March 25th-April 1st) doing something meaningful and making a positive impact? The location with the most space available […]

2017 MLK Day of Service, Saturday January 14th Start the year 2017 working to strengthen the greater Corvallis community! Registration for the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service on Saturday January 14th is open and plenty of spaces remain available! Students, faculty, staff, and their partners and children are all invited to participate […]

The Bioneers Conference is an annual gathering of social and environmental activists from all over the world which provides many kinds of opportunities for its participants to engage in the idea of sustainability, and what it means to create a “sustainable” world.  The conference achieves this by offering many types of lectures and activities, including […]

The Oregon Drive Less Connect Challenge ran from Oct 1-Oct 15 and the results are in! In just 15 days, thousands of Oregonians succeeded in finding alternative transportation to work, school errands and more. Here is our collective impact: TOTAL PARTICIPANTS: 4,797 Oregonians. TRIPS LOGGED: 91,628 trips. NON-DRIVE ALONE MILES*: 819,525 miles!! POUNDS OF CO2 REDUCED: 530,436 […]

Remember a few months ago our exciting announcement that Corvallis now has a bikeshare program? Now there is a wonderful opportunity to become involved. Pedal Corvallis is now hiring for an outreach ambassador. The goal of the bikeshare program is to offer an affordable and easily accessible transportation option to residents and visitors to encourage active […]

The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition is seeking interns for Winter term for the 2016-2017 school year. If you or anyone you know is a senior in an undergraduate program and needs to fulfill an internship requirement for their degree, here is a great opportunity! Build your resume and work on one or more projects that will […]

Do you have a torn shirt, broken bike, or otherwise damaged items? Bring them to the Fall Repair Fair on Wednesday, November 2 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM in the OSUsed Store (644 SW 13th Street). Volunteers will teach you how to fix your broken items; attend demos to learn more skills! See the list below for this month’s skills […]

Join Student Leadership & Involvement and the Center for Civic Engagement for this year’s Make a Difference Day 2016, happening on Saturday, October 22! Make a Difference Day is a nationally recognized day of service where thousands of people across the country work to improve their community. Join us to learn about and contribute to […]

Have you seen the new restaurant in town? 70-75% of the ingredients are locally sourced. Their vegetable oil is recycled into bio-diesel. They provide affordable health care to employees.  Right off 9th Street, Burgerville has joined Corvallis! With a tag line, “Fresh. Local. Sustainable.” it only felt right to do some research and highlight sustainable efforts Burgerville have put […]

Yesterday marked the first Green Sports Day, brought to you by President Obama and the Green Sports Alliance. Obama honored the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins and their win of the Stanley Cup. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been a leader within Green Sports Alliance by making their arenas more energy efficient and lowering their carbon footprint as a team. […]