SustainableInvention

When pushed to ideate for ‘Big Idea’ ventures only for greater environmental and societal impact this year’s cohort delivered Recap of this year’s #SustainableInvention♻️ Immersion Week business.uoregon.edu/news/immersed-…

So proud to see not one but TWO @OregonMBA alumni among the 2021 @GreenBiz 30 Under 30 honorees. Briana Buckles, MBA ’19, and Stacia Betley, MBA ’18, were both named to this exclusive list of global changemakers. Read more: uobiz.co/3v5RDWZ

Congratulations to product design senior Mila Penrith, who was recently named a finalist in the @IDSA Student Merit Awards! Read about Penrith’s work and design philosophy: fal.cn/3eWZY

Coming Summer 2021 - CH 113 Chemistry of Sustainability @uoregondesign @UOBusiness @UOsojc @uoeducation @uocas

Our @OregonGreenMBA has ranked third on @ThePrincetonRev’s “Best Green MBA” list. Check out the rankings at uobiz.co/2KlN7kU or learn more about our MBA specialization in sustainable business practices at uobiz.co/3nbOIIs

Don’t miss today’s 5pm session on Entrepreneurship and the Sciences Associate VP of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Andrew Nelson will be discussing how science majors can optimize entrepreneurship in their research & careers startupweek.uoregon.edu

We’re thrilled to announce The Techstars Sustainability Challenge. The Challenge brings together founders, nonprofits and universities with industry leaders in sustainability. The focus: Sustainable Supply Chains. Have an idea? Apply to the Challenge: tsta.rs/pp1O50CllSK

Congratulations to the Portland-based Product Design students of Studio Skosh, who recently launched their own design studio. Read the full scoop here: fal.cn/3bAiW

👏kudos to our #SustainableInvention alums

Read about @uoregon alum company @WheywardSpirit in the New York Times nytimes.com/2020/10/19/din…

👏Meet our Student Entrepreneur of the Week Lukas Ambrose 💡 Lukas created Surge a paper straw company whose product is biodegradable & offers a sustainable alternative to plastic 💰Both @uoregon & @OregonState dining halls now use Surge straws 👀 surgesupplyco.com

#ACLCA2020 is right around the corner next week. @OregonDEQ will lead a #challenge session to re-imagine #LCA through the whole system #wellbeing framing. Join us! #cooperation #science #sustainability #systemschange Agenda: conftool.org/aclca2020/sess…

@uoregon Student Team #BaskingFilter designed a new filter with, anti-clogging skeleton that could make wastewater treatment less wasteful and easier to maintain. They are #InventOR finalists, learn more about their invention and join the live stream inventoregon.org/post/basking-f…

A Greener Concrete? A Centuries-Old Material, Gets a New Recipe nytimes.com/2020/08/11/bus…?

Alexi Overland, a major in chem. & environ. sci. @uoregon, is interning w/ #Defunkify, a small company that produces #sustainable products. She is formulating an affordable & effective cleaning product w/ bio-based, #SaferChoice-approved ingredients to reduce toxic chemicals use.

Honored to be keynote at International Congress on #Sustainability #Science & #Engineering (ICOSSE '20) August 3-5, 2020 aiche.org/chenected/2020… @ChEnected @OregonDEQ Still time to register: icosse.org/2020

Upcycler to open new gig work, maker space for local sewists bit.ly/32MI1oV

Testing buildings may be the key to getting the economy going, says Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, whose innovative work in our Institute for Health in the Built Environment was featured today on @GMA fal.cn/39lsB @UO_IHBE

Join @vertuelab for Fuel 2020! Fuel is a digital summit focused on building community, catalyzing cleantech solutions & creating actionable steps to economic prosperity through climate innovation, entrepreneurship & investing eventbrite.com/e/fuel-2020-ca… @UOBusiness @UOregonLCE

Undergrad and grad students who have inventions should apply to our #StudentPrize! You could win up to $15K in 💰💲💵 lemelson.mit.edu/studentprize.

Keeping a garment in action for just 9 extra months reduces its carbon, water and waste footprints by around 20-30% each. @WSJ highlights benefits of the recommerce market and the age-old concept of mend vs. make. #circulareconomy #sustainablefashion wsj.com/articles/why-y…