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Putting Impact First: Community-University Partnerships To Advance Authentic Neighborhood Sustainability, Michelle L. Holliday, Tony Defalco, Jacob Sherman
Putting Impact First: Community-University Partnerships To Advance Authentic Neighborhood Sustainability, Michelle L. Holliday, Tony Defalco, Jacob Sherman
Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations
This article profiles a partnership between the Living Cully ecodistrict and Portland State University’s Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative. The case studies presented in this article explore how Living Cully leveraged PSU assets to advance their goals, highlighting successes and lessons learned. This article also addresses how the partnership was formed, what makes the partnership innovative, the role of interdisciplinary/intercommunity organizational strategies, and how the community partner commits to urban sustainability and social justice.
Contesting Sustainability: Bikes, Race, And Politics In Portlandia, Amy Lubitow, Thaddeus R. Miller
Contesting Sustainability: Bikes, Race, And Politics In Portlandia, Amy Lubitow, Thaddeus R. Miller
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
Despite decade old calls for a "just sustainability," urban sustainability policy and practice remains oriented toward environmental outcomes and eco-lifestyle projects. Notions of equity, justice, and inclusion continue to be marginalized in favor of technological solutions, such as green buildings, that are visible, easy to implement, and help to promote economic development. By examining a controversy over a bikeway development project in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in Northeast Portland, Oregon, this article explores how despite apolitical appeals to broadly shared values or visions of what a sustainable city ought to look like, sustainability projects can be—and perhaps should be—hotly contested. …
Urban Studies: Ecodistrict Research, Ethan Seltzer
Urban Studies: Ecodistrict Research, Ethan Seltzer
Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations
This presentation focuses on the central ideas of EcoDistricts
Interview With Renee Loveland, Gerding Edlen, 2010 (Audio), Renee Loveland
Interview With Renee Loveland, Gerding Edlen, 2010 (Audio), Renee Loveland
All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories
Interview of Renee Loveland by Jena Orr at Gerding Edlen, Portland, Oregon on November 17th, 2010.
The interview index is available for download.
Interview With Dan Lajoie, Departure: Architecture Planning, 2006 (Audio), Dan Lajoie
Interview With Dan Lajoie, Departure: Architecture Planning, 2006 (Audio), Dan Lajoie
All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories
Interview of Dan Lajoie by Tirsa Firncrook in SE Portland, Oregon on December 4th, 2006.
The interview index is available for download.
Interview With Alisa Kane, Office Of Sustainable Development, 2006 (Audio), Alisa Kane
Interview With Alisa Kane, Office Of Sustainable Development, 2006 (Audio), Alisa Kane
All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories
Interview of Alisa Kane by Daniel Woodward at City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development, Oregon on November 30th, 2006.
The interview index is available for download.