2019 GPSEN Newsletters
Check out our Newsletter archives, in case you missed any of them or need to access to some of the details again. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, please click here. Mid-December 2019...
View ArticleWhy the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could lead to a revolution of...
Rob Hopkins August 26, 2020 One of the few rays of hopeful sunshine in the UK’s currently bleak political landscape is the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. In fact, I feel like it is such a...
View ArticleCommunity organizations awarded $200,000 in Portland Clean Energy Community...
The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) is excited to announce the funding of 42 local nonprofit organizations to help build their capacity to engage in upcoming grant opportunities...
View Article“Live Locally” the Fall Green Living Journal is available on line
“Live Locally” explores the idea that living locally can actually be an effective action plan for reducing the threat of both a pandemic and climate change. Focusing on our local businesses, neighbors,...
View ArticleHow video games are joining the fight to save the planet
As bush fires were raging across Australia in December 2019, players of Space Ape video games reached out to the company and asked what they could do to help. The London-based firm quickly put an...
View ArticleHow Climate Migration will Reshape America
By Abrahm Lustgarten | Photographs by Meridith Kohut Millions will be displaced. Where will they go? August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations. A surge in air-conditioning broke the...
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Announcing Model the Way Awardees
The Lloyd EcoDistrict announces their new awardees! Congrats to our first two awardees! Model the Way awards celebrate practical sustainability by recognizing institutions, firms, and individuals who...
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A Beautiful International Day of Peace
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing...
View ArticlePortlands for Parks
As United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged on World Environment Day 2020,“To care for humanity, we must care for nature.” Here in the Portland-Vancouver region, we know that the...
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UNGA75 Take-Aways
With the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) now behind us, it is clear: the world is grappling with unprecedented challenges, and the only way to address them is through more global cooperation —...
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PSU’s Emerging Sustainability Leaders Program
Former ISS Student Fellows program transitions to the SSC as the Emerging Sustainability Leaders program Dear Sustainability Community and PSU Students, Faculty & Staff, Since the Fall of 2016, the...
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RCE Americas – Incredible Projects Across the Region
RCE Salisbury and the Bosserman Center of Conflict Resolution (Maryland, USA), acknowledged by United Nations University and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),...
View ArticleGPSEN Welcomes New ED – Jonathan Ostar
Join GPSEN in welcoming our new Executive Director, Jonathan Ostar! Jonathan is a Civil Rights attorney and environmental justice advocate with a passion for sustainability, community organizing and...
View ArticleRCE Project Trends During the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD
During the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD, from 2015-2019, Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs) conducted close to 480 projects across 46 countries....
View ArticleSpeak Truth to Power
Greetings GPSEN friends! It is a pleasure to be back in Portland, serving our communities and helping to shape and create a sustainable future for our region and beyond. I want to extend immense...
View Article#TheWorldWeWant
On the United Nations 75th anniversary, we asked people around the world to share their vision of #TheWorldWeWant United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched a global conversation on...
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The Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network College Network hosted a powerful event focused on “Food Security in Uncertain Times” on Tuesday, November 17. We appreciate the time and...
View ArticleESD for 2030 Regional Launch
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) supports efforts to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to contribute to a more inclusive, just, peaceful and...
View ArticleEnthusiastic response to PCEF’s first request for proposals
PCEF received 140 applications from community groups to invest in climate action that advances racial and social justice. At the close of the two-month application period on November 23, the Portland...
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Monarch Butterflies: On the Brink of Extinction
Even though we’ve all had that on our minds lately, it’s still important to consider species that play critical roles in ecosystems and are threatened with extinction. One such species is the monarch...
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