Community service in an important component in promoting and achieving sustainability. Departments throughout campus have integrated public service into their programs and individual students work with non-profits and local community groups to bring about social and environmental change.
On campus The Community Service Center and the Environmental Studies Service Learning Program are two model efforts in the integration of public service and education. They partner students with government agencies, businesses, and non-profits to work on real-world environmental projects all over Oregon. The Sustainability Leadership Academy hosts a workshop on strategies for zero waste (and many other workshops) for managers wishing to steer their organizations towards sustainability.
To learn more about how the University of Oregon is serving the public by promoting sustainability, visit the Sustainability Database.
Members of the Ecosystem Workforce Program support
community-based forestry programs throughout the Pacific Northerwest.
