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UO Sustainability Walk

  • Start date: 12/14/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 12/14/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is the second of three tours the University of Oregon has designed to showcase established sustainability practices within buildings and infrastructure, academic programs, faculty research, and student life. This 90-minute walk is more of a saunter and features 10-12 stops when UO Office of Sustainability Director, Steve Mital will review and discuss specific practices in various campus locations.
It is not necessary to participate in all three tours or to go on tours in order. Campus will be on winter break so we will be avoiding crowds.
This walk is sponsored by the Conservation, Science and Education Committee.

  • Event Leader: Coots Kay

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Conservation, Science, & Education

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Masks are required outdoors when physical distancing cannot be maintained – so please be prepared to wear your mask. Clothing appropriate for weather conditions.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 50

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Conservation, Science, & Education

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Eleven Obsidians enjoyed the second of a three-part series of walks with UO Sustainability Director, Steve Mital. This walk focused on building materials used to promote sustainability principles, current environmental research projects underway, recent accomplishments of UO research and educational opportunities related to sustainability. In addition to Steve, short presentations by UO faculty member Mark Blaine discussed the UO's science communication education, Ann Craig with the Museum of Cultural and Natural History shared information on the museum’s activities supporting sustainability and Cimmeron Gillespie with the Office of Sustainability shared examples of his program’s accomplishments.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 15
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Coots, Kay 541-729-7215 N 1
2 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1
3 Signed-Up Baldwin, Mari 541-206-9251 N 1
4 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
5 Signed-Up Whitfield, Nancy 541-520-0450 N 1
6 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N 1
7 Signed-Up Hanson, Vicky 541-683-7107- cell 541-954-5269 N 1
8 Signed-Up Hopkins, Yuan 541-484-4269 N 1
9 Signed-Up Esch, Patricia 541-338-8280 N 1
10 Signed-Up Ashmore, Charles 530-394-7880 N 1
11 Signed-Up Hougardy, Mark 541-206-9532 N 1
12 Signed-Up Rubenstein, Denise 248-514-5092 N 1
13 Signed-Up Rubenstein, Louis 248-408-1992 N 1
14 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1
15 Signed-Up Sayre, Gordon 541-515-9450 N 1
16 Signed-Up Fogg, May 541-998-3891 N 1
17 Signed-Up Allen, Jane 541-731-1338 N 2
18 Signed-Up Marsonette, Vern 541-600-5332 N 1