You can help build a sustainable foundation with a gift to the Campaign for Future Generations The Campaign for Future Generations was launched at the 2013 Town Hall Meeting in March. Our local fundraising goal is to raise $20,000 this year, and the amount donated so far is $15,000. Thank you, donors! In order to [...]
Quarterly Gathering May 2nd
The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition will host a Quarterly Gathering on Thursday, May 2, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. The public is invited to attend. At the gathering, we will: Share ideas from our annual Town Hall about how to create sustainable meetings and events, Hear from the Coalition’s [...]
The first steps toward creating a sustainable economy are to acknowledge that “business as usual” isn’t working and to begin to explore outside-the-box solutions. That’s exactly what Enough Is Enough is designed to do. “This is the book we’ve all been waiting for,” OSU’s Kathleen Dean Moore has said of Enough Is Enough. Co-authored by [...]
Among the many highlights of Town Hall 2013 was an opportunity for attendees to vote for the next project of the Sustainability Coalition’s Economic Vitality Action Team. The team had identified three projects to help advance a sustainable economy in Corvallis, and they invited Town Hall attendees to vote on the one that should have [...]
Rob Dietz, author of Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, presented the keynote address to a crowd of more than 400 people at this year’s Sustainability Town Hall on March 14 at the CH2MHill Alumni Center. Dietz’s book has been receiving much acclaim since its release in January, and [...]
Registration is now open for the Sustainability Coalition’s annual Town Hall Meeting. All are welcome, but space is limited — register HERE today! (NOTE: Registration is not required for the Sustainability Fair, just for the Town Hall.) Join us on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the CH2MHill Alumni Center on the OSU campus for an evening [...]
To: All Sustainability Coalition Partner Organizations Sustainability Town Hall 2013 on March 14th will be a great venue to promote the sustainability efforts of your business or organization! “Highlights of 2012” Scrapbook – During the first part of the Town Hall meeting, we’re going to present a slide program – the annual “community scrapbook” – [...]
The 9th Annual Eco-film Festival concludes this Friday, February 22, with SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories. The program will open with a special short feature about the Willamette River by local filmmaker Jeremy Monroe of Freshwaters Illustrated. SoLa investigates how the exploitation of Southern Louisiana’s abundant natural resources compromised the resiliency of its ecology and culture, [...]
Mark your calendars for this Thursday’s Food Action Team Meet & Greet! Please come a few minutes early to grab a cup of tea courtesy of Oregon Legacy Coffee & Tea and yummy local snacks provided by First Alternative Co-op. Agenda: 7:05 – Welcome, Review Agenda 7:10 – Intros: your name, organization(s), and your favorite [...]
The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition will host its Annual Meeting of partner organizations and volunteers on Wednesday, January 16, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Avenue. The public is invited to attend. The meeting will feature presentations on accomplishments of 2012 and plans for 2013. The Coalition [...]
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