News Posts
Happy Holidays from CASL!
Dec 6, 2018 by Zach Colligan
We wish everyone a "happy holiday break!" Fall term has gone by very quickly but we've done a lot to restore the CASL house and put ourselves in a good position for next term. Be on the lookout for information about our work parties and weekly meetings as the break comes to an end. During Winter term we will be building new compost bins! We encourage everyone to stop by 1801 Moss St to see the CASL house and Grove garden, also start brainstorming ideas to make the property more sustainable!...
Journalism Student Highlights CASL!
Apr 3, 2012 by Emi Day
Thanks to Jordan McDonnell for making a lovely video about CASL, using footage from our Blower Door Test on March 3, 2012. Emi Day, Co-Director for the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living from Jordan McDonnell on Vimeo.
ARCHIVE: University organization focuses on sustainability and community experience
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By KAITIE TODD OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published November 21, 2011 http://dailyemerald.com/2011/11/20/university-organization-focuses-on-sustainability-and-community-experience/ Leaving behind more traditional classes for hands-on experience, architecture students and non-majors alike are being offered a unique and educational experience just off campus to aid a University organization, the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living, in its effort to build and maintain ...
ARCHIVE: O'brien: Permaculture teaches sustainable life
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By BAYLEA O'BRIEN OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published March 7, 2011 http://dailyemerald.com/2011/03/07/obrien-permaculture-teaches-sustainable-life/ “What do you see here?” University Instructor Judith Hobbs asks the students in her permaculture class. Despite the brisk, wet breeze blowing in, the pause for answers doesn’t last long. Huddled above a snake-shaped trail, like one that would flow from a grand sand castle, students add input about the swale they began building only...
ARCHIVE: Q&A with co-director of the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By HANNAH HOFFMAN OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published April 20, 2009 http://dailyemerald.com/2009/04/20/q-a-with-co-director-of-the-center-for-the-advancement-of-sustainable-living/ The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living is a campus program with a mission to promote environmentally sustainable living practices in residential homes. The group will host a groundbreaking event on its home at 1801 Moss Street on Wednesday. The Emerald sat down with CASL co-director Alden...
ARCHIVE: Students will make sustainable lifestyle a reality
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By ALLIE GRASGREEN OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published June 9, 2008 http://dailyemerald.com/2008/06/09/students-will-make-sustainable-lifestyle-a-reality/ It’s one thing to preach sustainability; it’s another thing to live it. But that’s what a small group of students at the University of Oregon are trying to do. The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living is a relatively young student organization with the main goal of promoting sustainable living practices among ...
ARCHIVE: Lecture series to focus on local sustainability
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By MIKE O'BRIEN OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published February 12, 2008 http://dailyemerald.com/2008/02/12/lecture-series-to-focus-on-local-sustainability/ The distance from the University to Albuquerque, N.M., is 1,400 miles, which would take nearly 22-and-a-half hours to drive, according to Mapquest.com. According to a 2002 study at Iowa State University, the average tomato travels about the same distance before arriving at the grocery store. Tonight’s Redefine the Dream le...
ARCHIVE: Bike tour aims to spread truth about sustainable lifestyle
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By JENNIFER MANNING OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published January 26, 2007 http://dailyemerald.com/2007/01/26/bike-tour-aims-to-spread-truth-about-sustainable-lifestyle/ A dozen students and community members braved the cold Saturday morning to meet in the EMU Amphitheater and participate in the Green Eugene Bike Tour, an event sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living (CASL) and led by Jan Spencer of the Eugene Permaculture Guild. Student-run CASL’s missio...
ARCHIVE: Hands-on house
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By SHELDON TRAVER OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published April 7, 2005 http://dailyemerald.com/2005/04/07/hands-on-house/ The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living met with University officials Wednesday to discuss the possibility of receiving a house that it could use to showcase advancements in sustainable building techniques. CASL is a student group that promotes research and education in sustainable building practices. The group, which works under the School of ...
ARCHIVE: Campus group continues sustainable house hunt
Feb 4, 2012 by Emi Day
By JON ITKIN OREGON DAILY EMERALD Published November 18, 2004 http://dailyemerald.com/2004/11/18/campus-group-continues-sustainable-house-hunt/ James Hiebert wants a house. Hiebert, a co-director of the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living, says a student-maintained home is the ideal way to foster sustainable values. Since its inception, CASL has been working to gain usage of one of the University-owned properties in the East Campus neighborhood to serve ...