Sustainability at the U of O

I have read on multiple accounts that the state of Oregon is one of the forefront states taking on the issue of Climate change and sustainability. Being a student at the University of Oregon, I wondered what the university is doing to address this issue. After all, universities are always pushing to be the pinnacle of forward thinking, and being a university in Oregon I believed we must be striving to address this issue as well. In my search I came across the University of Oregon Office of Sustainability.

The Office of Sustainability is a campus organization that, according to their website "coordinates the various efforts on campus to provide an official stance on such an important issue. The goal of the Office of Sustainability is to coordinate the wide range of efforts on campus and to provide interdisciplinary support."

The Office of Sustainabilty offers a wide variety of information, as well as practice, that the university and its visitors can access and use. From information on how students at the university can get involved, to a self-guided tour through the campus covering all the various sustainable aspects the school has to offer. As a student in Green Brand Strategy, I find it to be a very intriguing resource that I plan on looking further into.

One interesting and useful tool their website offers is the Sustainability Database. Here, you can select from a list of campus activities and topics in your search query, and you will be directed to the the many sustainable tools our university has to offer.

I recommend visiting this website to not just the students of Green Brand Strategies, but to all students, staff and visitors alike. Climate change and sustainable practice is a very important issue we are facing, and as a university I believe we can be thought leaders and innovators in this field.