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• 1. [Article] Coupled Pedagogy: A Study of Sustainability Education and Community-Based Learning in the Senior Capstone Program at Portland State University

  Sustainability has emerged in mainstream higher education over the last few years, and the fields of community-based learning and sustainability education are closely linked through their emphases on active, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Coupled Pedagogy: A Study of Sustainability Education and Community-Based Learning in the Senior Capstone Program at Portland State University Author: Bowling, Emily Erin Year: 2011 Sustainability has emerged in mainstream higher education over the last few years, and the fields of community-based learning and sustainability education are closely linked through their emphases on active, experiential learning in place-based contexts. In order to create ecologically literate citizens to more adequately address environmental problems, there is a logical connection between teaching about sustainability and engaging students in the community, which can serve as a relevant forum to address sustainability issues. However, there is a problem in that educational programs and courses dealing directly with sustainability topics across the higher education landscape often do not emphasize or include experiential, community-based elements. Understanding this relationship is crucial to advance the field of sustainability with meaningful community engagement. This research investigated the pedagogical strategies and frameworks that are foundational in undergraduate capstone courses that include sustainability education and community-based learning. A sample of five community-based, interdisciplinary senior capstone courses at Portland State University was examined through semi-structured interviews with course instructors and syllabi review. Three broad themes emerged as common values among the instructors: connectedness and relationships, community and place, and diversity and inclusiveness. Reflection was a tool utilized universally by instructors to personalize the learning process, cultivate understanding of connectedness and relationships, and incorporate feelings into the learning process. Competencies and skills related to sustainability and those related to civic engagement were very similar; engagement in community is a sustainable practice. This study provides cogent support for the notion that achieving meaningful, transformative sustainability learning requires community-based learning. Title: Coupled Pedagogy: A Study of Sustainability Education and Community-Based Learning in the Senior Capstone Program at Portland State University Author: Bowling, Emily Erin Year: 2011 Sustainability has emerged in mainstream higher education over the last few years, and the fields of community-based learning and sustainability education are closely linked through their emphases on active, experiential learning in place-based contexts. In order to create ecologically literate citizens to more adequately address environmental problems, there is a logical connection between teaching about sustainability and engaging students in the community, which can serve as a relevant forum to address sustainability issues. However, there is a problem in that educational programs and courses dealing directly with sustainability topics across the higher education landscape often do not emphasize or include experiential, community-based elements. Understanding this relationship is crucial to advance the field of sustainability with meaningful community engagement. This research investigated the pedagogical strategies and frameworks that are foundational in undergraduate capstone courses that include sustainability education and community-based learning. A sample of five community-based, interdisciplinary senior capstone courses at Portland State University was examined through semi-structured interviews with course instructors and syllabi review. Three broad themes emerged as common values among the instructors: connectedness and relationships, community and place, and diversity and inclusiveness. Reflection was a tool utilized universally by instructors to personalize the learning process, cultivate understanding of connectedness and relationships, and incorporate feelings into the learning process. Competencies and skills related to sustainability and those related to civic engagement were very similar; engagement in community is a sustainable practice. This study provides cogent support for the notion that achieving meaningful, transformative sustainability learning requires community-based learning. Close

• 2. [Article] Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program

  Highlights • Presumed open access forests have as little as 34% of those under collective action. • No evidence that Community Forestry Programme forests store more carbon .• Carbon from collective action ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program Author: Bluffstone, Randall, Somanathan, Eswaran, Jha, Prakash, Luintel, Harisharan, Bista, Rajesh, Toman, Mike, Paudel, Naya, Adhikari, Bhim Year: 2018 Highlights • Presumed open access forests have as little as 34% of those under collective action. • No evidence that Community Forestry Programme forests store more carbon .• Carbon from collective action not conditional on Community Forestry Programme. Title: Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program Author: Bluffstone, Randall, Somanathan, Eswaran, Jha, Prakash, Luintel, Harisharan, Bista, Rajesh, Toman, Mike, Paudel, Naya, Adhikari, Bhim Year: 2018 Highlights • Presumed open access forests have as little as 34% of those under collective action. • No evidence that Community Forestry Programme forests store more carbon .• Carbon from collective action not conditional on Community Forestry Programme. Close

• 3. [Article] Interview with Caitlin Blethen, Growing Gardens, 2009 (audio)

  Interview of Caitlin Blethen by Kristin Milner at Growing Gardens Organization Portland, Oregon on July 29th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with Caitlin Blethen, Growing Gardens, 2009 (audio) Author: Blethen, Caitlin Year: 2009 Interview of Caitlin Blethen by Kristin Milner at Growing Gardens Organization Portland, Oregon on July 29th, 2009. The interview index is available for download. Title: Interview with Caitlin Blethen, Growing Gardens, 2009 (audio) Author: Blethen, Caitlin Year: 2009 Interview of Caitlin Blethen by Kristin Milner at Growing Gardens Organization Portland, Oregon on July 29th, 2009. The interview index is available for download. Close

• 4. [Article] Interview with Daniel Hilton, Mt. Hood Community College, 2009 (audio)

  Interview of Daniel Hilton by Cory Minick at Mt. Hood Community College on March 5th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with Daniel Hilton, Mt. Hood Community College, 2009 (audio) Author: Hilton, Daniel Year: 2009 Interview of Daniel Hilton by Cory Minick at Mt. Hood Community College on March 5th, 2009. The interview index is available for download. Title: Interview with Daniel Hilton, Mt. Hood Community College, 2009 (audio) Author: Hilton, Daniel Year: 2009 Interview of Daniel Hilton by Cory Minick at Mt. Hood Community College on March 5th, 2009. The interview index is available for download. Close

• 5. [Article] Interview with Angela Martin, Village Gardens, 2009 (audio)

  Interview of Angela Martin by Steve Jarosz at Village Gardens, Portland, Oregon on August 6th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with Angela Martin, Village Gardens, 2009 (audio) Author: Martin, Angela Year: 2009 Interview of Angela Martin by Steve Jarosz at Village Gardens, Portland, Oregon on August 6th, 2009. The interview index is available for download. Title: Interview with Angela Martin, Village Gardens, 2009 (audio) Author: Martin, Angela Year: 2009 Interview of Angela Martin by Steve Jarosz at Village Gardens, Portland, Oregon on August 6th, 2009. The interview index is available for download. Close

• 6. [Article] Interview with Darrell Sanders, Cully Community Garden, 2010 (audio)

  Interview of Darrell Sanders by Jeremy Cohen in Portland, Oregon on February 20th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with Darrell Sanders, Cully Community Garden, 2010 (audio) Author: Sanders, Darrell Year: 2010 Interview of Darrell Sanders by Jeremy Cohen in Portland, Oregon on February 20th, 2010. The interview index is available for download. Title: Interview with Darrell Sanders, Cully Community Garden, 2010 (audio) Author: Sanders, Darrell Year: 2010 Interview of Darrell Sanders by Jeremy Cohen in Portland, Oregon on February 20th, 2010. The interview index is available for download. Close

• 7. [Article] Interview with Susan Stelljes, Woodlawn Community Garden, 2010 (audio)

  Interview of Susan Stellijess by Stephanie Mackey on March 6th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with Susan Stelljes, Woodlawn Community Garden, 2010 (audio) Author: Stelljes, Susan Year: 2010 Interview of Susan Stellijess by Stephanie Mackey on March 6th, 2010. The interview index is available for download. Title: Interview with Susan Stelljes, Woodlawn Community Garden, 2010 (audio) Author: Stelljes, Susan Year: 2010 Interview of Susan Stellijess by Stephanie Mackey on March 6th, 2010. The interview index is available for download. Close

• 8. [Article] Interview with John Martinson Jr., Birds & Bees Community Farm, 2008 (audio)

  Interview of John Martinson Jr. by Clint Anderson in Oregon City, Oregon on May 8th, 2008. The interview index is available for download.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with John Martinson Jr., Birds & Bees Community Farm, 2008 (audio) Author: Martinson, John, Jr. Year: 2008 Interview of John Martinson Jr. by Clint Anderson in Oregon City, Oregon on May 8th, 2008. The interview index is available for download. Title: Interview with John Martinson Jr., Birds & Bees Community Farm, 2008 (audio) Author: Martinson, John, Jr. Year: 2008 Interview of John Martinson Jr. by Clint Anderson in Oregon City, Oregon on May 8th, 2008. The interview index is available for download. Close

• 9. [Article] Interview with Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, Community Garden Project, 2009 (audio)

  Interview of Leslie Pohl-Kosbau by Jayne Pelling on July 31st, 2009.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Interview with Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, Community Garden Project, 2009 (audio) Author: Pohl-Kosbau, Leslie Year: 2009 Interview of Leslie Pohl-Kosbau by Jayne Pelling on July 31st, 2009. Title: Interview with Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, Community Garden Project, 2009 (audio) Author: Pohl-Kosbau, Leslie Year: 2009 Interview of Leslie Pohl-Kosbau by Jayne Pelling on July 31st, 2009. Close

• 10. [Article] Building the Platform: Supporting a Sustainability Agenda and University-Community Relationships

  Portland State University’s (PSU) faculty and students routinely put into practice the University’s motto, “Let knowledge serve the city”. This chapter presents the early efforts and the role PSU faculty, ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Building the Platform: Supporting a Sustainability Agenda and University-Community Relationships Author: Allen, Jennifer H., Wortham-Galvin, B. D., Ervin, David, Sherman, Jacob Year: 2017 Portland State University’s (PSU) faculty and students routinely put into practice the University’s motto, “Let knowledge serve the city”. This chapter presents the early efforts and the role PSU faculty, students, and administrators have played in local, state, national and international sustainability movements. Importantly, it reviews the pathway and reasoning behind the critical decisions to create a campus wide, cross cutting initiative integrating sustainability across the campus in academic programs, centers of community service, and PSU’s own footprint. Emphasis is placed on the diverse and innovative sustainability projects and processes across a variety of educational programs in order to document and disseminate best practices in multi-disciplinary community-engaged teaching and research with a focus on sustainability (cultural, social, economic and/or ecological). Title: Building the Platform: Supporting a Sustainability Agenda and University-Community Relationships Author: Allen, Jennifer H., Wortham-Galvin, B. D., Ervin, David, Sherman, Jacob Year: 2017 Portland State University’s (PSU) faculty and students routinely put into practice the University’s motto, “Let knowledge serve the city”. This chapter presents the early efforts and the role PSU faculty, students, and administrators have played in local, state, national and international sustainability movements. Importantly, it reviews the pathway and reasoning behind the critical decisions to create a campus wide, cross cutting initiative integrating sustainability across the campus in academic programs, centers of community service, and PSU’s own footprint. Emphasis is placed on the diverse and innovative sustainability projects and processes across a variety of educational programs in order to document and disseminate best practices in multi-disciplinary community-engaged teaching and research with a focus on sustainability (cultural, social, economic and/or ecological). Close