Sustainable Solutions

The Sustainable Solutions series examines Portland State University, sharing best practice in community-engaged teaching and research with a sustainability focus. This volume looks at how barriers between disciplines and communities have been overcome, and introduces themes shaping PSU's work: justice, partnership and climate change.

PrefaceWim WiewelIntroduction to Building the PlatformJennifer H. Allen, David Ervin, B.D. Wortham-Galvin and Jacob Sherman1. Building Sustainability Scholarship: Lessons Learned from Portland State UniversityJennifer H. Allen, David Ervin, B. D. Wortham-Galvin and Jacob Sherman2. Engaging Undergraduates across a Four-Year General Education CurriculumJ. R. Estes, Jeff Gerwing, Celine Fitsmaurice and Nathan McClintock3. SBA undergraduate Business Strategy/Capstone Program: the Value of Working with Community Based PartnersWilliam Jones and Darrell Brown4. Cultivating Sustainability: A decade of Innovation and Community Partnerships at the Learning Gardens Laboratory in Southeast PortlandHeather Burns, Sybil Kelley and Dilafruz Williams5. Building Capacity: Sustainability through Student LeadershipAmy Spring and Rachel Samuelson6. Creating a Campus Culture of Sustainability through Partnerships with Enrollment Management and Student AffairsHeather E. Spalding and Vicki L. Wise7. Integrating Aging and Sustainability through University-Community PartnershipAlan DeLaTorre and Margaret Neal8. Who's at the Table? Food Justice Dialogue Series: Bridging Critical Food Studies and Anti-Oppression Praxis for just SustainabilityNathan McClintock, Jen Turner, Monica Cuneo, Alex Novie and Sally Eck9. Research and Action: The First Two Years of the Center for Public Interest DesignR. Todd Ferry and Sergio Palleroni10. Accelerating Urban Sustainability: Helping Cities' Translate Plans and Policies into the Reality of a More Sustainable CommunityRobert Liberty and Judy Walton11. Higher education as a driver for sustainability: The opportunities and challenges of the 21st century urban universityJacob Sherman and Fletcher BeaudoinAfterwordAcknowledgements