Environment & Sustainability Articles

Autumn 2022

Center for Electrochemistry Generates Green Power

Students and faculty members search for solutions that will make green renewable energy work

Autumn 2022

Documenting an Elemental Approach to Wildfire

UO alumnus Trip Jennings created a film titled Elemental, examining ways to live with wildfire

Summer 2022

Live like a sea turtle? VR study gives humans the experience

Danny Pimentel's VR simulation increased empathy and tendency toward action

Summer 2022

Lab Applies Tech Tools to Meadow Maintenance

A riverside meadow is a testing ground with multiple goals in mind

Spring 2022

Queen of the Bees

Biologist Lauren Ponisio has a plan to help the pivotal pollinators in the Pacific Northwest

Winter 2022

Passive solar could furnish a third of home heating needs

New UO research examines the value of skylights in the effort to reduce fossil fuel use

Autumn 2020

Burning Question

Do forest fires hurt public health? An economics student finds an answer, and a future

Autumn 2020

Water for Life

Cheyenne Holliday organizes rural indigenous peoples and communities of color to explore water issues

Summer 2019

After the Exxon Valdez: Couple's Love Forged in Environmental Stewardship

Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup exemplified college sweethearts’ passion for protecting the planet