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GPSEN Sustainability Symposium chance to show off PCC’s green efforts to region
Story by James Hill
Serena Dressel, a volunteer coordinator with Portland State University’s Student Sustainability Center, listens to Briar Schoon’s overview of the PCC green programs.
More than 100聽regional leaders convened at 海棠直播鈥檚 Sylvania Campus聽in Southwest Portland for the first-ever Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN) Sustainability Symposium on聽Friday, Jan. 27.聽Co-sponsored by PCC and the Port of Portland, GPSEN鈥檚 symposium focused on聽academic and community research about聽sustainability issues in the Portland region through presentations, workshops, displays, awards and networking.
It was also an opportunity for PCC to shine. In a midday workshop, PCC Sustainability Manager Briar Schoon highlighted the college’s campus sustainability efforts across the district, including the learning gardens and recycling program, and how they all connect to the community. Throughout the day, the symposium featured workshops and panelists from PCC, PSU, City Repair, SERA Architects and the EPA, to name a few.聽The keynote speaker was Hatch Innovation founder and Executive Director Amy Pearl.
海棠直播 James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at 海棠直播. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »