I meant to check on this before the Civil War, but the latest match-up on trash has pretty much the same outcome as Saturday's 48-24 football game. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Garbage, Oregon State University, Recycling, University of Oregon

Civil War upset! As promised, I have revisited the Ducks vs. Beavers green face-off today, and I'm declaring the Beavers victorious in a squeaker. As I explained last week, the schools are very closely matched in environmental leadership stats collected by the Environmental Protection Agency and the College Sustainability Report Card. But they can't both win. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Oregon State University, University of Oregon

Believe it or not, I’ve had a few requests to investigate the environmental virtues of Ducks vs. Beavers and figure out which school is greener. The annual Civil War rivalry kicks off this weekend. ESPN will be there, and everybody’s all worked up. Continue reading →

Filed under: Sustainability, Garbage, Oregon State University, Recycling, University of Oregon

Clear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion, University of Oregon researchers report. Continue reading →

Filed under: Land, Logging, University of Oregon