Instructor Name: Amy Steel
CRN: 64565
This class typically facilitates a Creative Reuse S.U.N. after school art class at Vestal Elementary School for Social Justice. During Covid 19 remote instruction this class will operate slightly differently. We will have scheduled remote meetings on Thursday from 2-450 with up to 3 hours a week of homework a week due on Wednesday nights before class. We will work with SCRAP (School and Community Reuse Action Project) to develop creative reuse video lessons for elementary students for...
Spring 2021
Sustainability Education-Youth Arts
Instructor Name: Annie Knepler
Grant Writing for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance Grant writing skills are critical to the survival of non-profit organizations. In this course, we partner with Portland’s Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to help them increase their capacity by developing grants for specific projects. The BTA (http://www.bta4bikes.org/) works to promote bicycling and improve bicycling conditions in Oregon and SW Washington. Through reading, writing, research, and presentations, students in this...
Sustainability Research Grantwriting Retired-course
Instructor Name: Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate
This Capstone addresses concepts of racial equity, social sustainability, public health and environmental justice. We will study the racial disparities related to public health, and specifically, access to healthy food systems, and use an “equity lens” research study with a local food store (People’s Food Cooperative), to understand institutional barriers to providing healthy food to underserved communities of color.
Sustainability Community Health
Instructor Name: Marion Dresner
This class will involve students in monitoring the ecological impacts of backyard habitats that are near Portland parks. Students will work in teams in particular targeted neighborhoods. They will monitor some of the following: native and non-native plants, birds, and insects. They will learn about the ecology behind backyard restoration, the procedure for establishing backyard habitats, and assist as residents implement new habitats. They will develop presentations about benefits of...
Sustainability Education-Youth Community Health
Instructor Name: Mary Ann Schmidt
CRN: 64095
Quality Assurance for Volunteer Stream Monitoring.Science Background Not Required.
Students will coordinate and implement all aspects of the quality assurance project plan (QAPP) for the Student Watershed Research Project (SWRP)'s volunteer monitoring program. Students will work as a team to ensure data quality for the 15 high school groups involved in SWRP. Non-science majors are encouraged to become "citizen scientists" through their participation in this capstone.
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Education Sustainability Research Science Retired-course
Instructor Name: Nariyo Kono
The goal of this course is to provide students professional skills for grant proposal writing in the field of language diversity and sustainability. Along with the proposal writing skills, the students will learn a solid background in historical and societal issues that influence language diversity through hands-on collaboration with current language sustainability efforts. This capstone partners with one of the endangered language communities in the Northwest, specifically, the Warm Springs...
Sustainability Grantwriting Education Online or Hybrid Courses
Instructor Name: Annie Knepler
CRN: 64111
This course will partner with Portland’s Community Cycling Center, helping them increase their capacity by developing grants for specific projects. The Community Cycling Center works to broaden access to bicycling and the benefits of cycling. Their vision is to build a vibrant community where people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected. In order to write a successful grant proposal, one must gather up as much knowledge about the topic and the organization as possible....
Grantwriting Sustainability Transportation Community Health Research Retired-course
Instructor Name: Lisa Jo Frech
CRN: 63537, 80923
Environmentalism is a philosophy and social movement (some call it a revolution) involving both protection and improvement of the health of our natural environment. Environmentalism is an attempt to achieve sustainability so that both humans and the Earth thrive without compromising future generations. The movement in this country is credited as starting with Rachel Carson and her extremely popular book Silent Spring published in 1962, when it fact it was spawned in 1945 with the return of...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2024
Grantwriting Ecology Online or Hybrid Courses Sustainability Ecology or Sustainability Advocacy Hybrid or Fully online
Instructor Name: David Osborn
CRN: 63512, 80912
Celilo Falls: Decolonization, Dams and Salmon in the Pacific NW
The Columbia river flows through our region in physical and metaphorical ways. Present in the story of the river and the salmon that navigate it are social issues, history and conflict that continue to impact NW communities. Through a place-based, experiential approach we will engage this content. Over the course of the term we will spend the majority of our class time outside of the classroom near the river and at sites of...
Spring 2024Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024
social movements environmental justice Northwest history colonization social change Sustainability Ecology Activism
Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 63495, 80913
The time is ripe to be part of the growing sustainable food movement! This class addresses the current food issues that face urban citizens by holistically engaging students in the many layers of Portland's local food and farm culture. Students will critically analyze the state of our current food systems while being engaged in positive solutions to agricultural-related issues. The community partner and classroom is the Learning Gardens Lab, where students will gain hands-on farming...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Education-Youth Sustainability Community Health Science
Instructor Name: Nariyo Kono
CRN: 44067
The goal of this course is to give students a solid background in historical and societal issues that influence language diversity through hands-on collaboration with current language sustainability efforts. This capstone partners with endangered language communities in the Northwest (tribal language programs in general and the Warm Springs Tribal Language Program, specifically) to work together to support those programs by giving students “on-the-ground” skills to accompany class studies....
Spring 2020Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023
Online or Hybrid Courses Activism Education Fund Raising indigenous Sustainability
Instructor Name: Annie Knepler
CRN: 63518
This Capstone will partner with the Learning Gardens Laboratory (LGL), a 12-acre garden education site on Portland’s southeast side. Students work collaboratively to gather stories of community gardeners, teachers, and community partners who regularly gather at LGL to learn and farm. Capstone students will gain skills in interviewing, storytelling, and using narrative as a means for social change, in addition to learning about sustainable food systems and the impact of learning gardens.
Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Spring 2020
Community Health Sustainability Education social justice Ecology Garden-based learning food
Instructor Name: Lydia Fisher
CRN: 45260
Farm Ed for Youth: Growing Stories
"Do you want to help connect school age children to the natural environment at this time when outdoor learning is so important?"
This Capstone will partner with the Sauvie Island Center (sauvieislandcenter.org). The mission of the Sauvie Island Center is “educating youth about food, farming, and the land.” Students will work collaboratively with the Sauvie Island Center staff to develop curriculum for school age children, help the Center to share the...
Winter 2022
Community Health Sustainability Ecology Farm-based learning food Education Storytelling
Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 80921
This course will explore the concepts of sustainability, growing food, and personal connection to land/nature through community engagement with the PSU Learning Gardens Lab (LGL). This course focuses on community building, group discussion, and personal reflection and will involve working on projects that support the mission of LGL. LGL is located in SE Portland at 6745 SE 60th Ave, Portland, OR 97206.
Spring 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024
Garden-based learning Learning Gardens Learning Garden Sustainability community engagement