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Sustainable Business and Job Development Publications
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Resource Innovations work in sustainable business and job development is focused on building public education and communication, local and regional business and job economic impact assessments as well as projects related to sustainable food systems and sustainable mobility systems.
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1998-01)Specifically, CWCH and SRI have researched the opportunities that exist to stimulate environmentally sound closed-loop economic development within the Hood River/Columbia Gorge region based on (1) the re-use and recycling ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1999-02)This report assesses opportunities for stimulating closed-loop environmentally sound economic development in the Illinois River/Lower Rogue region based on the reuse and recycling of 1) solid and industrial waste materials; ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1998-01)This report assesses opportunities for stimulating closed-loop economic development in the Southern Willamette Valley region based on the reuse and recycling of: (1) materials in the municipality, (2) agricultural and ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1998-01)This report examines the agricultural and forestry economies in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, focusing on the potential for using agricultural and forestry waste as raw material for the manufacture of industrial products ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1999-10)This document recommends establishing zero waste goals and policies in Oregon and the Northwest and suggests a number of steps that can be phased-in to achieve this. To aim towards zero waste, the region must move from an ...
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(ECONorthwest, 2000-09)The Pacific Northwest faces a number of growing environmental challenges. For example, at least 19 wild salmon populations in Washington and Oregon are extinct and the remainder are in trouble. More than 70 percent of ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000)This report describes how over 160 companies and organizations have adopted practices and programs that generated savings of over $55 million annually while dramatically reducing their environment impacts. It follows the ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000-01)This report documents that 375 businesses and other organizations in the Pacific Northwest, through aggressive pursuit of environmental efficiency opportunities, have substantially reduced water, energy, hazardous materials ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000)This report explores the validity of these concerns. It poses the question: do the costs of adopting more environmentally sustainable and salmon friendly agricultural practices outweigh the economic benefits? The result ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000-04-10)This document outlines some of the challenges facing the region’s financial community regarding its contribution to "sustainable development." Strategies and practices which reduce the pressures that economic and community ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2001-03)This report examines the principles, practices and policies of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and "product take-back" programs, and their potential application to the Pacific Northwest. EPR is an emerging principle ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2001)This paper provides an overview of how the adoption of sustainable practices by businesses, communities and governments can affect employment and economic opportunities for distressed communities in the Pacific Northwest. ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002-12-03)The Green Building Initiative operated by the City of Portland, Oregon, defines green building as "innovative building and site design techniques that improve the quality and performance of buildings while simultaneously ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2002-04-01)The Waste to Work Partnership, a program of the Center for Watershed and Community Health at Portland State University, today released a report that concludes that thousands of new jobs could be created in the Northwest ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003-10-10)This report outlines business and job opportunities for Lane County, Oregon, in the diverse field of Eco-Industrial Development. The research and writing was completed by a team of graduate student interns from the University ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003-10-10)In winter 2003, a team of graduate student researchers working with the University of Oregon Program for Watershed and Community Health initiated a project to analyze the costs, benefits, and potential opportunities for ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003-10-10)In winter 2003, graduate students researchers working with the University of Oregon Program for Watershed and Community Health analyzed the size, scope, and interrelationships of the natural foods industry in Lane County. ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003-02-25)This document provides background information on the benefits communities in Lane County and vicinity can gain in terms of job retention and growth by expanding, incubating, and recruiting businesses in “sustainable” ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003-02-26)This document has two components. Part I includes a preliminary list of Lane County companies and organizations that can be considered part of the sustainability sector. Part II briefly summarizes information from readily ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2004-02-19)In the winter of 2003 the University of Oregon Program for Watershed and Community Health completed an assessment of the local arts and craft sectors at the request of the Oregon Council for Business Education. The goal ...