Submissions from 2015
Rock Creek Restoration Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report, Daniel Bedell
Utilizing Humidity and Temperature Data to Advance Monitoring and Prediction of Meteorological Drought, Ali Behrangi, Paul C. Loikith, Eric J. Fetzer, Hai M. Nguyen, and Stephanie L. Granger
Localized Ecological and Educational Effects of Environmental Service-Learning in Portland, Oregon, Steven Matthew Braun
Leadership for Sustainability: Theoretical Foundations and Pedagogical Practices that Foster Change, Heather Burns, Heather Diamond-Vaught, and Corin Bauman
Going Deep: Reflections on Teaching Deep Ecology in Costa Rica, Heather L. Burns and Jeffrey Briley
Dissolved: Lessons Learned from the Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council, Amy K. Coplen and Monica Cuneo
Mobility and Accessibility in Shrinking Cities, Joanna Ganning
The Effects of Global Change Upon United States Air Quality, Rodrigo Gonzalez-Abraham, Serena H. Chung, Jeremy C. Avise, Brian Lamb, Eric P. Salathé Jr., Christopher G. Nolte, Dan Loughlin, Alex Guenther, Christine Wiedinmyer, Tiffany Duhl, Yang Zhang, and David G. Streets
Environmental Sustainability in a Sraffian Framework, Robin Hahnel
Living Systems Immersion: Sustainability and PDC in the Peruvian Andes, David E. Hall
Exploring, Exploiting and Evolving Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystem Models: a Community Perspective, Annette B.G. Janssen, George B. Arhonditsis, Arthur Beusen, Karsten Bolding, Louise Bruce, Jorn Bruggeman, Raoul-Marie Couture, Andrea S. Downing, J. Alex Elliott, Marieke A. Frassl, Gideon Gal, Daan J. Gerla, Matthew R. Hipsey, Fenjuan Hu, Stephen C. Ives, Jan H. Janse, Erik Jeppesen, Klaus D. Jöhnk, David Kneis, Xiangzhen Kong, Jan J. Kuiper, Moritz K. Lehmann, Carsten Lemmen, Deniz Özkundakci, Thomas Petzoldt, Karsten Rinke, Barbara J. Robson, René Sachse, Sebastiaan A. Schep, Martin Schmid, Huub Scholten, Sven Teurlincx, Dennis Trolle, Tineke A. Troost, Anne A. Van Dam, Luuk P.A. Van Gerven, Mariska Weijerman, Scott A. Wells, and Wolf M. Mooij
Building Social Sustainability from the Ground Up: The Contested Social Dimension of Sustainability in Neighborhood-Scale Urban Regeneration in Portland, Copenhagen, and Nagoya, Jacklyn Nicole Kohon
Comparison between Observed and Model-Simulated Atmospheric CirculationPatterns Associated with Extreme Temperature Days over North AmericaUsing CMIP5 Historical Simulations, Paul C. Loikith and Anthony J. Broccoli
Portland State University School of Business Administration (SBA) Renovation + Personal Comfort Investigation, Abolfazl Mekanik, Corey Griffin, and Louise Foster
Green Roofs Support a Wide Diversity of Collembola in Urban Portland, Oregon, Konrad Miziolek
Multi-Model Ensemble Analysis of Runoff Extremes for Climate Change Impact Assessments, Mohammad Reza Najafi and Hamid Moradkhani
All Politics are Spatial: Integrating an Agent-Based Decision Support Model with Spatially Explicit Landscape Data, Hal T. Nelson
Peripheral No More: Repositioning Narratives for Empowerment and Change in Sustainability Education, Rell G. Ohlson
Institute for Sustainable Solutions Annual Report (2013-2014), Portland State University. Institute for Sustainable Solutions
Democratizing the City Through the Colonization of Public Space: A Case Study of Portland Food Not Bombs, Trent Adam Saari
Improving Access to Food Systems Among Communities of Color: A Food Justice Issue, Alma M. O. Trinidad, Helen Camden, and Anne Coleman
Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2015: 13th Annual (Abstracts), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver
Household Food Security and Food Sovereignty : Framing the Future of Hunger and Agriculture, Andrea Wilson
Fire Modulates Climate Change Response of Simulated Aspen Distribution Across Topoclimatic Gradients in a Semi-Arid Montane Landscape, Jian Yang, Peter J. Weisberg, Douglas J. Shinneman, Thomas E. Dilts, Susan L. Earnst, and Robert M. Scheller
Submissions from 2014
Building Communities as a Necessary Tool for Sustainability, China G. Ageros
Pathways to Sustainability Careers: Building Capacity To Solve Complex Problems, Jennifer H. Allen, Fletcher Beaudoin, Elizabeth Lloyd-Pool, and Jacob Sherman
Sense of Place and Stakeholder Involvement in Rural Environmental Management, Jessica Lynn Beutler
Leadership for Sustainability: Pedagogical Practices that Empower Learners to Become Leaders, Heather Burns and JR Wolf
The Community Economic Impacts of Large Wildfires: A Case Study from Trinity County, California, Emily Jane Davis, Cassandra Moseley, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Pamela J. Jakes
Accessibility-Based Transportation Planning: Literature and Applications for Shrinking Cities, Joanna Ganning
Food Deserts and Migrant Farmworkers: Assessing Food Access in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Katie Grauel and Kimberlee J. Chambers
Ecological Homogenization of Urban USA, Peter M. Groffman, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Neil D. Bettez, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Diane E. Pataki, Colin Polsky, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, and Meredith K. Steele
Sampling for Effective Ex Situ Plant Conservation, Edward O. Guerrant Jr., Kayri Havens, and Pati Vitt
Getting Plant Conservation Right (or Not): The Case of the United States, Kayri Havens, Andrea T. Kramer, and Edward O. Guerrant Jr.
Gresham Opportunity Framework Plan, Belinda Judelman, Carlos Gonzalez, Hayley Pickus, Lori Parks, Mike Simpson, and Pamela N. Phan
Eco-Innovation: Innovation Goes Green, Momtaj Khanam, Monticha Khammuang, and Nikesh Gajavelly
Friends or Foes?: Examining Social Capital of International NGOs and Food Security Programs, Mariah Ann Kraner
Predicted Effects of Gypsy Moth Defoliation and Climate Change on Forest Carbon Dynamics in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Alec M. Kretchun, Robert M. Scheller, Melissa S. Lucash, Kenneth L. Clark, John Hom, and Steve Van Tuyl
Radical, Reformist, and Garden-Variety Neoliberal: Coming to Terms with Urban Agriculture’s Contradictions, Nathan McClintock
A Global Investigation of Stakeholder and Contextual Influences on Firm Engagement in Sustainability, Annette M. Nemetz
A Missing Piece in the Sustainability Movement: The Human Spirit, Deborah S. Peterson
Assessing the Homogenization of Urban Land Management With an Application to US Residential Lawn Care, Colin Polsky, J. Morgan Grove, Chris Knudson, Peter M. Groffman, Neil D. Bettez, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kelli L. Larson, Jennifer L. Morse, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Laura A. Ogden, Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne, Diane E. Pataki, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, and Meredith K. Steele
Designing and assessing learning outcomes: A Framework for Co-Curricular Sustainability Programs, Heather E. Spalding, Dilafruz R. Williams, and Vicki L. Wise
From Food Desert to Food Mirage: Race, Social Class, and Food Shopping in a Gentrifying Neighborhood, Daniel Monroe Sullivan
Framing Transportation Planning Pedagogy for Sustainability Generalists, Beth Sweeney, Ann Scheerer, and Vicki Elmer
Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2014: 12th Annual (Abstracts), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver
A Framework for Leadership for Sustainability Education at Portland State University, Dilafruz R. Williams, Heather Burns, and Sybil Schantz Kelley
Cultivating Common Ground? A Case Study of a Community Garden Organization in Northeast Portland, Oregon, Bryan James Zinschlag
Submissions from 2013
Modeling and Mapping in Support of the Regional Conservational Strategy Framework, Theresa Burcsu, Thomas Albo, Joseph Bernert, Jennifer Dimiceli, James S. Kagan, and Matthew D. Noone
Meaningful Sustainability Learning: An Action Research Study of Sustainability Pedagogy in Two University Courses, Heather Burns
Impact and Signatures of Deglaciation on the Cryosphere, Landscape, and Habitability of Earth and Mars, Nathalie A. Cabrol, Andrew G. Fountain, and J. S. Kargel
Climate Action Progress, 2013, Campus Sustainability Office
Impacts of Climate Change on the Seasonality of Low Flows in 134 Catchments in the River Rhine Basin Using an Ensemble of Bias-Corrected Regional Climate Simulations, Mehmet C. Demirel, Martijn Booij, and Arjen Hoekstra
Portland State University Solid Waste Assessment Report, Moonrose Doherty, Brittany Ann Brannon, and Eric T. Crum
Disjointed Cosmopolitanism: Climate Change and Lived Experience in Portland, Oregon, Stephen Wayne Flinn
Book Review of, Patrick Daly, R. Michael Feener, and Anthony Reid, editors. From the Ground Up: Perspectives on Post-Tsunami and Post-Conflict Aceh, Michele Ruth Gamburd
The Value and Propriety of Reintroduction as a Conservation Tool for Rare Plants, Edward O. Guerrant Jr.
Tensions Between Firm Size and Sustainability Goals: Fair Trade Coffee in the United States, Philip H. Howard and Daniel Jaffee
Scenario Development and Analysis of Freshwater Ecosystem Services under Land Cover and Climate Change in the Tualatin and Yamhill River Basins, Oregon, Robert Wesley Hoyer
Access versus Choice: Testing the “Food Desert” Construct in Champaign, IL, Rhiannon L. Jerch, Kathy Baylis, and Sahan T.M. Dissanayake
Wood Microsites at Timberline-Alpine Meadow Borders: Implications for Conifer Seedling Regeneration and Alpine Meadow Conifer Invasion, Adelaide C. Johnson and J. Alan Yeakley
Information Literacy Instruction for an Honors Program First-Year Orientation: Lessons Learned over 15 Years of a Sustainable Partnership, Anna Marie Johnson
Teacher Professional Learning Communities for Sustainability: Supporting STEM in Learning Gardens in Low-Income Schools, Sybil S. Kelley and Dilafruz R. Williams
Mechanisms of Methane Transport Through Trees, Ellynne Marie Kutschera
Climate Change Impact on the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Hydro-Climate Extremes, Mohammad Reza Najafi
Pine Creek Conservation Area: 2013 Mapping and Monitoring Report, Eric M. Nielsen, Matthew D. Noone, James S. Kagan, and Matthew T. Lee
The Eugene Water and Electric Board’s McKenzie River payment for watershed services program: Research findings on ratepayers, landowners, and local stakeholders, Max Nielsen-Pincus
The Effects of Large Wildfires on Employment and Wage Growth and Volatility in the Western United States, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Cassandra Moseley, and Krista Gebert
Globalization and Environmental Sustainability: An Analysis of the Impact of Globalization Using the Natural Step Framework, Joyce S. Osland, K. Kathy Dhanda, and Kristi Jane Yuthas
Beyond Sustainable Bounds: Changing Weather, Emigration, and Irrigation in a Farming Village of Sichuan, China, 1945-2012, Joseph Lynn Parker
Impacts of Predicted Global Sea-Level Rise on Oregon Beaches and Tidelands, Curt D. Peterson
Final Coastal Lakes Aquatic Plant Survey Report, Mary Pfauth and Mark Sytsma
Understanding the Hidden Curriculum: Connecting Teachers to Themselves, Their Students, and the Earth, Michelle Sager
Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2013: 11th Annual (Abstracts), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver
School Learning Gardens as Multicultural Hubs for Sustainability: PSU-PPS Food Systems Partnerships in Outer Southeast Portland, Dilafruz R. Williams, Sybil Schantz Kelley, Leslie Blanchard, Brooke Hieserich, and Jon Zintel
Community Learning Garden Programs in the Portland Area: How do Learning Gardens Help Low‐Income Families Access Fresh Locally‐Grown Foods?, Denissia Elizabeth Withers
Submissions from 2012
Biological Treatment of Leachates of Microaerobic Fermentation, Manar Arica Alattar
Brazil: A Technological Poster Child, Nameer Al-Mulla, Melvin Cooper, Colette Cox, Ryan Menze, Michael Uffelman, and David Ulrich
On Solid Ground, John Boren, Michael Burnham, Jacob Nitchals, and Andrew Parish
Changing Climate, Changing Behavior: An Interview with Angus Duncan, Michael Burnham
Ecosystem health and ecological engineering, Robert Costanza
Needed: The Solutions Generation, Robert Costanza
The Solutions Generation, Robert Costanza
Building a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature, Robert Costanza, Gar Alperovitz, Herman E. Daly, Joshua C. Farley, Carol Franco, Tim Jackson, Ida Kubiszewski, Juliet Schor, and Peter A. Victor
Empowering Sustainability Leaders: Developing an Authentic Leadership Identity, Heather Diamond
Sustainable Activism: the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Laura Feldman
Assessing Environmental Inequality in Portland, Oregon: An Exploration of Local Environmental Justice Struggles, Jordan Douglas Folks
Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest, Peter M. Groffman, Lindsay E. Rustad, Pamela H. Templer, John L. Campbell, Lynn M. Christenson, Nina K. Lany, Anne M. Socci, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Paul G. Schaberg, Geoffrey W. Wilson, Charles T. Driscoll, Timothy J. Fahey, Melany C. Fisk, Christine L. Goodale, Mark B. Green, Steven P. Hamburg, Chris E. Johnson, Mryon J. Mitchell, Jennifer L. Morse, Linda H. Pardo, and Nicholas L. Rodenhouse
Students designing sustainability literacy and systemic change agent leadership curricula: an interconnected web approach at Portland State University, Angela L. Hamilton and Heather E. Spalding
How Well Do Home Energy Audits Serve the Homeowner?, Aaron Ingle, Mithra Moezzi, Loren Lutzenhiser, and Richard Diamond
Behavioral Perspectives on Home Energy Audits: The Role of Auditors, Labels, Reports, and Audit Tools on Homeowner Decision-Making, Aaron Ingle, Mithra Moezzi, Loren Lutzenhiser, Zachary Lawrence Hathaway, Susan Lutzenhiser, Joe Van Clock, Jane Peters, Rebecca Smith, David Heslam, and Richard Diamond
NGOs in the Transnational Development Network: Exploring Relational Resources in the Promotion of Food Security, Mariah Kraner and David Todd Kinsella
A Fair Share of the Information Commons, Ida Kubiszewski and Robert Costanza
Sustainability Education as a Framework for Enhancing Environmental Stewardship in Young Leaders: An Intervention at Tryon Creek Nature Day Camp, Andrea Nicole Lawrence
Lifestyles, Buildings and Technologies: What Matters Most?, Loren Lutzenhiser, Huafen Hu, Mithra Moezzi, Anthony Michael Levenda, and James Woods
Artificial modifications of the coast in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: quick solutions or long-term liabilities?, M. Luisa Martinez, Rusty A. Feagin, Kevin M. Yeager, John W. Day, Robert Costanza, Jim A. Harris, Richard J. Hobbs, Jorge López-Portillo, Ian J. Walker, Eric Higgs, Patricia Moreno-Casasola, Julio Sheinbaum, and Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia
Assessing Soil Lead Contamination at Multiple Scales in Oakland, California: Implications for Urban Agriculture and Environmental Justice, Nathan McClintock
The Influence of Market Proximity on National Forest Hazardous Fuels Treatments, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Susan Charnley, and Cassandra Moseley
Ecosystem Services: The Making of a Metaphor We Live (?) By, Richard B. Norgaard