Sustainability Project: Public Events at Portland State University

Sustainability—this multifaceted word is on everyone's lips, but what does it really mean?

Citizens and scholars have united to explore this question through a series of public events beginning March 3.

The Humanities Sustainability Research Project, an initiative of the Portland Center for Public Humanities at Portland State, will explore concepts of sustainability through panels, lectures and events by activists, artists and scholars in fields such as history, philosophy, literature, critical theory, and anthropology.

Activities begin with "Food Clothing Shelter," a sequence of public dialogues in March and April on the meaning and practice of sustainability in daily life.