The Portland State University (PSU) Institute for Sustainable Solutions hosts Solutions Seminars every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., at PSU’s Shattuck Hall Annex (1914 SW Park Ave.). These seminars “explore visionary and desirable solutions to the environmental, economic, and social challenges of our time.”
PSU’s journal Solutions: For a Sustainable and Desirable Future helps sponsor this series. Learn more about the Solutions Seminars series at the Solutions website here.
Past speakers have included:
- Robert Costanza, PSU professor of sustainability, director of the ISS, and co-founder and editor-in-chief of Solutions. He spoke on “Solutions for a Sustainable and Desirable Future.”
- Spencer Beebe, founder of Ecotrust who presently serves on the boards of Ecotrust, Ecotrust Canada, Ecotrust Forest Management, Inc., the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, and Walsh Construction Company of Portland. He spoke on “Creating Natural Economies.”
- Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project, and former director of the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Central Regional Office, where he specialized in energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies and sustainable community development.
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Sustainability History Project 
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