Ecologue

Come to the weekly OSUsed Store public sale this Wednesday, November 23rd at 12:00 – 3:00 pm at 644 SW 13th Street in Corvallis for our “School Spirit Sale” in celebration of the upcoming Civil War football game. Wear your favorite school’s logo to receive 25% off your entire purchase, excluding spot bid and online […]

Interested in sustainability? Energy use? Reducing carbon in the air? How about receiving internship credit for working on a project aimed reducing energy use through simple behavior changes? Check out this undergraduate and graduate student internship opportunity for Winter and Spring terms through Energize Corvallis. This winter Energize Corvallis will be planning the OSU Campuses […]

The special recycling collection event organized for America Recycles Day on November 15th exceeded the expectations of volunteers and staff who organized it, with higher attendance and material collected than predicted. The event took place in the Memorial Union Brick Mall on Tuesday at 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. “The purpose of the event was […]

Interested in saving money, energy, and stress by sharing a ride? Drive Less Connect makes organizing trips simple and fun. Whether you’re interested in commuting to work or school, or sharing a ride on one-time trips (such as those coming up this Holiday Season) OSU’s free ridematching service can help. In promotion of Drive Less […]

Are you a commuter interested in saving some gas money? Do you regularly travel between Corvallis and Springfield/Eugene? Please join us this Friday, November 18th at 12:00 p.m. at the Student Sustainability Center for a vanpool formation meeting to discuss the details for putting one or two new vanpools together. This meeting will focus on […]

There are many different options available when selecting a compact florescent lamp (CFL) and it can be a little confusing.   If you are a fan of the old incandescent appearance, you can still get that look in a CFL.  For the yellowish color in a light bulb, look for something with a color temperature close […]

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In January, EnerG2 will open a new manufacturing plant in Albany, OR. EnerG2 received $21 million in stimulus funding last year as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s support of the electric vehicle industry and raised $14.5 million in venture capital investments. The Seattle based company will manufacture synthetic high-performance carbon electrode material, which […]

WHAT: America Recycles Day @ OSU: Special Recycling Collection WHEN: Tuesday, November 15, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM WHERE: Memorial Union Brick Mall (south end by Bookstore) To celebrate America Recycles Day, OSU wants to help staff, students and departments recycle your hard-to-recycle items! Bring any of the following items to this event for FREE […]

There is no doubt that OSU is a big consumer of natural resources.  In FY 2011 (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011), the Corvallis campus consumed more than 100 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, 8.8 million therms of natural gas, and over 230 million gallons of treated water.  The total bill for those […]