Topic: environment
First-of-its-kind partnership to reduce college’s carbon footprint
15 February 2008
- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—In an effort to expand its use of alternative energies, Lewis & Clark is partnering with Honeywell International, a technology and manufacturing company, to supply the campus sports facility with solar power. Under the agreement, Honeywell will install solar panels on the roof of the Pamplin Sports Center and sell to the college the [...]
Nature: The remedy for holiday stress
19 December 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—A lot of attention is paid to the environmental impact of living in a global economy and consumer-centric culture but the psychological impact of a consumer-driven culture is often ignored. Thomas Doherty, an adjunct faculty member in counseling and psychology and practitioner of eco-based therapies, talks about the negative affects the holidays can have [...]
Focus the Nation at Lewis & Clark schedule announced
14 December 2007
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—A preliminary schedule of events for Focus the Nation at Lewis & Clark is now available online. On January 31, 2008, Focus the Nation events throughout the country will bring together millions of people at universities, colleges, and faith and civic organizations to create a sustained, non-partisan national discussion about confronting the challenge of [...]
Goodstein takes the plunge to raise awareness of global warming
13 December 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—For Professor of Economics and Focus the Nation Project Director Eban Goodstein, the chilly banks of the Willamette River are just another stop on the path to the elimination of global warming. On Saturday, December 8, Goodstein and others hosted a Polar Bear Plunge to raise awareness about the plight of the polar bear [...]
Goodstein delivers keynote address at Convocation
13 November 2007
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)— Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, delivered the keynote address at Opening Convocation for the College of Arts & Sciences. Goodstein, the project director for Focus the Nation, challenged the class of 2011 to join the effort to find new solutions to the global warming dilemma. With less than three months to go before [...]
Success of alternative transportation program reveals commitment to sustainability
27 September 2007
- Engaging our World
- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—The problem facing Mark Morgan, director of Transportation & Parking, would be a dream in almost any other city. As the campus swelled with the back-to-school rush this month, Lewis & Clark suffered a parking crunch of the green era: campus didn’t have enough bike parking to meet the community’s demand. The college’s commitment to [...]
Ocean wave technology gaining momentum
20 September 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Ocean wave technology could eventually power as much as 10 percent of the world’s electrical demand, but it is an alternative energy source that comes with little-understood legal, economic and environmental impacts. The day before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convenes a public hearing on licensing pilot projects along Oregon’s coast, Lewis & [...]
Hot air: Goodstein squelches global warming skeptics
30 August 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—When it comes to global warming, ignorance is not bliss—it’s irresponsible and it’s dangerous. From that perspective, a recent book review penned by Eban Goodstein, Focus the Nation project director and professor of economics, confronts not only skeptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg, author of “Cool It,” but all global warming doubters. Wielding his expertise on [...]
Finders keepers in the Arctic: Professor Miller on the North Pole land grab
6 August 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
(Portland, Ore.)—Professor of Law Robert Miller weighed in on Russia’s contested claim to land below the Arctic Sea in a recent Los Angeles Times column, employing his expertise on the history of the Doctrine of Discovery and Native American land rights. Miller charts the discovery doctrine’s role in land-rights disputes from the 15th century to [...]
Focus the Nation wins MySpace award for cultural impact
30 July 2007
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Focus the Nation, a national project housed at Lewis & Clark, won an Impact Award from MySpace for its efforts to build community engagement around the global warming crisis. The largest online community portal nominated the Focus the Nation Web site for its positive cultural impact, and MySpace members voted it the top environmental [...]