Ecologue

The Sustainability in Business Club was founded in 2023 by a few College of Business students who were passionate about the role that business plays in advancing environmental and social sustainability. Since its inception, the club has continued to provide students of any major with exposure to sustainability topics both in and outside of business […]

The 2025 Washington & Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) was hosted from March 5-7 at Portland Community College! WOHESC is organized by Pacific Northwest higher education institutions and travels to a different host school each year to inspire change, facilitate action, and promote collaboration around sustainability within the region. Over 50 students and staff from Oregon State […]

OSU’s agrivoltaics group, part of the Ecological Engineering Student Society’s Club, has been working to expand their field of crops around a solar panel mount on SW Campus Way. Agrivoltaics is the use of land for both solar power generation and agriculture.  A plot of land near one of OSU’s solar fields has been serving […]

EcoBricks are created by tightly stuffing plastic or other non-recyclable trash into plastic bottles. These compact, durable “bricks” can be repurposed into structures like garden beds, benches, or walls using cement or other binding materials. Haeli Rowland, a senior majoring in Tourism Recreation and Adventure Leadership at Oregon State University, is taking a hands-on approach […]

The Sustainability Office would like to welcome Brandon Lee, our new Software Engineer Intern! In this role, Brandon will contribute to the maintenance and development of the Sustainability Office’s various websites and software applications. Originally from Beaverton, Oregon, Brandon is a third-year Computer Science student focusing on artificial intelligence. He chose OSU for its strong […]

The OSU Sustainability Office would like to welcome our new Energy Intern, Isabel Curtin! Isabel’s role will focus on improving energy efficiency by reading utility meters across campus and reading drawings for corvallis campus buildings. She will also manage projects around OSU’s solar arrays and solar trailer. Isabel is a second year student majoring in […]

The Sustainability Office is off to a great fall term with many accomplishments to celebrate! OSU has been included in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition! Every year since 2011, OSU has been recognized in the annual Guide to Green Colleges for sustainability practices such as food sourcing, transportation, green building, opportunities […]

Oregon State University’s yearly Greenhouse Gas Report helps to track the progress of OSU’s Path to Carbon Neutrality.  Data from four different inventories make up the report: Corvallis Campus, OSU-Cascades, Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC), and the Statewide Public Services.  The OSU Sustainability Office would like to feature the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center (EOARC) […]

The OSU Sustainability Office would like to congratulate two interns, Ava Wright and Jeff Huang, who have just graduated from Oregon State University!  Ava and Jeff are hard working individuals who have made significant contributions to the Sustainability Office over the past few years! Ava Wright is from Vancouver, Washington and started at OSU in […]

This spring, the OSU Sustainability Office hired two new interns! Mia will be in the Student Engagement role and Tucker in the Assessment and Planning role. We are so excited to welcome them into the office! Mia Saunders will be taking on the Student Engagement role as the new Sustainability Council Facilitator! In this position, […]