Ecologue

Come to the OSUsed Store on Wednesday, November 14th at 12 to 3 p.m., at which all new OSUsed Store customers and the friends that refer them will get 25% off their entire purchase! Existing customers who bring in a new customer will get a coupon for 25% off their entire purchase on November 14th. […]

To celebrate America Recycles Day, OSU wants to help you recycle your hard-to-recycle items! Our special recycling collection event will be held on Thursday, November 15 at 12:00 – 4:00 PM in the Memorial Union Brick Mall. What is Accepted: Bring any of the following items to this event for FREE recycling: Styrofoam – rigid […]

This year the OSU Sustainability Office, Campus Recycling, UHDS, RHA, Student Leadership and SSI came together to create the Eco-Representative Pilot Program for school year 2012/2013 in select resident halls.  This program was developed with the goal of hiring resident representatives in select resident halls to represent OSU Campus Sustainability. Eco-Reps are responsible for advancing […]

The City of Corvallis put together an outreach team to publicize the new plastic bag ordinance that will take effect in January. This team, in conjunction with the School of Design and Human Environment at Oregon State University, is sponsoring a competition which entails the design of a logo and the design of a reusable […]

Oregon State University is selling five structures, three of which are historic, including three houses, a garage and a shed. All structures are being sold separately, under a sealed bid auction. The sales do not include the land and all structures must be removed from OSU property at the buyer’s expense, following OSU House Removal […]

Campus Recycling and the OSU Sustainability Office are teaming up to produce a session for Training Days 2012.  The session, entitled Sustainability for Campus Communicators, is Wednesday, Nov.14 at 10:00-10:50 am and will cover current and upcoming hot topics and accomplishments that may be useful in your marketing and communications work at OSU. One focus […]

Celebrate Halloween at the OSUsed Store on Wednesday, October 31st at 12 to 3 p.m. Reach into the foggy “cauldron” for a chance to draw a sale price of 25, 50 or 75% off one item! Sale price is good on one item purchased on October 31st. Excludes spot bid and online merchandise. Customers have […]

The 2013 Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference will take place January 31 — February 1, 2013 at the Smith Memorial Student Union at Portland State University. Three important developments have occurred recently. The deadline for session proposals (PDF) has been extended to at least Nov.2.  Presentations can be 20, 30 or 60 minutes with 15 […]

Come to the Student Sustainability Center (738 SW 15th St.) on Monday, October 29 between the hours of 6:30 to 9:00 pm for the October Repair Fair. Bring your broken items and questions; volunteers will help you learn how to repair your things (see list below for what’s on offer this month)! Save money, save […]

This weekend, October 20th and 21st, OSU will compete in the EPA Game Day Challenge, a nationwide competition between universities to reduce waste at football games. The challenge is to educate football fans about waste reduction, and weigh all the trash and recycling from one game. The EPA takes the data and calculates stats such […]