Ecologue

On Wednesday, February 25th, Oregon State will be hosting the Stand-Up Economist, a performance of economics, climate change, and comedy. The event will take place in the Memorial Union Horizon Room from 7:00-8:30 PM, with sponsor group tabling starting at 6:00. Pricing carbon pollution, either by a tax or through a cap and trade mechanism, […]

This Wednesday, February 18th, will be the first community meeting to discuss Corvallis’ entry in the Georgetown University Energy Prize. The meeting will be at 7pm at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library (645 NW Monroe Ave). The city of Corvallis is currently a quarterfinalist for the Prize, a $5 million incentive to reduce energy consumption. But now that […]

Wastehacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy Wastehacks so you don’t waste time or materials. WasteHacks for Printing When it comes to printing, the simplest answer to being environmentally […]

Wastehacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy Wastehacks so you don’t waste time or materials. WasteHacks for Repair Repairing broken items has become something of a niche skill in […]

2014 AASHE Conference (Portland, Oregon) 2014 conference for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education was an extremely informative and gratifying experience. During the conference I attended a variety of sessions, the most enlightening ones involving communication strategies surrounding sustainability. I learned a great deal about the barriers that sustainable practices are […]

RecycleMania is a national and civil war recycling competition between universities that runs eight weeks every winter term. This year’s competition spans February 1 – March 28. You can help OSU compete by recycling, composting, and reducing your trash. In celebration of the competition, there will be events spanning nearly every week of the competition: […]

Bring those broken or damaged items to the February Repair Fair, Wednesday from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. The event will be held at the OSU Recycling Warehouse, a.k.a. the OSUsed Store (644 SW 13th Street). The event is free and open to all. Volunteers will teach you how to fix your broken items; attend demos […]

Wastehacks [wāst-haks] pl. noun – any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that reduces waste in all walks of life. This term, Campus Recycling and the Waste Watchers will share with you easy Wastehacks so you don’t waste time or materials. Wastehacks to Go Reusable Last week, we talked about how to extend the life […]

We were able to stay with some organizers I knew who work on fossil fuel divestment at Seattle University. One night, we created Butterfly Talks, a TED Talk like experience where we challenged ourselves and each other to speak for one minute straight about any topic ever, on the fly. Topics ranged from favorite foods […]

Don’t forget to stop by the Nonprofit Opportunities Fair on Wednesday, February 4th. The event will take place from 12 – 3 pm in the Memorial Union Ballroom and all are welcome to attend. This event is an excellent opportunity for students interested in social work, nonprofit work, public service, public policy or just getting […]