Special Event:  Friday, February 25th, 2011 - 1 to 3PM

Doing the Groundwork for a Sustainable Neighborhood:  A Celebration of Groundwork Portland

Portland State University School of Social Work
Academic Student Recreation Center (ASRC) Building
6th Floor
1800 SW 6th Ave.
Portland, OR 97201

Accessible by Streetcar, Max Green and Yellow Lines

Doing the Groundwork will be a fun and informative event that takes place with support from the PSU Social Sustainability Network.  This event will bring together students, PSU and Portland neighborhood community members from a variety of disciplines and range of interests.  The focus will be on Groundwork's efforts to clean up brownfields while building community.  In particular, the Emerson Street Garden Project will be highlighted as one way to build community and increase the local food supply.  Those interested in brownfield clean-ups, community development and local food production are strongly encouraged to attend.  We expect a number of other groups with similar missions to attend as well.

Join us on Friday, 2/25 from 1 to 3 pm and enjoy local, organic food appetizers, socializing as well as opportunities to learn more about how to support Groundwork Portland and local food production. 

FOR QUESTIONS OR TO RSVP:  Please contact John Ossowski, Social Work Student Intern

Welcome to the Social Sustainability Network and Colloquium website! As you can see we are 'under construction' but keep checking back as we get things set up.

The Social Sustainability Network operates as a living laboratory, acting as a forum in which scholars and practitioners can share, learn and collaborate.

Network members have access to: research development sessions; scholarly exchanges in a colloquium series co-sponsored by the Center of Professional Integrity & Accountability; and inventories of PSU social sustainability projects, related research tools and funding opportunities, and educational offerings on social sustainability.

The Network is funded by a Miller Foundation Grant through the PSU Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices

JOIN THE NETWORK TODAY - Send a request through our ning site by clicking here OR fill out and return our membership form.

CALL FOR PAPERS - Please click here to learn more about submitting an abstract for an edited volume on Social Sustainability in an Era of Scarcity.

Download the CSWE 2010 Presentation:

Using Community Projects to Teach Sustainability Theory

Announcement: Professor Eileen Brennan to Present at 2nd Annual Climate Change Conference

Thursday, July 8, 2010 - Saturday, July 10, 2010

University of Queensland, Bribane, Australia

For more information on the conference, please visit the conference web site.

Dr. Eileen Brennan, PSU School of Social Work, will give a presentation entitled "Fostering Sustainability and Mitigating the Social Impact of Climate Change: A Community-Based Learning Experience."

The objectives of her presentation are:

• To describe major roles that social workers can play in mitigating the effects of climate change and responding to climate disasters.

• To analyze the current status of sustainability in social work education in the USA.

• To present a case study of a pre-service course on social work and sustainability that focused on community-based learning.

• To discuss the challenges of introducing environmental frameworks into professional education.

The presentation powerpoint is available here. (Complete list of references also available.)

SPRING 2010 EVENTS

Social Sustainability Colloquium and Work Session Schedule

WINTER 2010 EVENTS

Social Sustainability Colloquium and Work Session Schedule

FALL 2009 EVENTS

Social Sustainability Colloquium and Work Session Schedule