Sustainability

Briar Schoon, Sustainability Manager | 971-722-8322

#PCCEarthWeek2018 DONE! Earth (Extended) Week 2018 Recap
For being mid April, we sure found ourselves with an unusual abundance of sunshine and hot weather here in the […] Posted May 10, 2018
April Ann Fong of PCC A Sunny & Successful Day of Native Plant Restoration in the ‘Rainy Woods’ of Sylvania
This past Saturday the PCC Sylvania Habitat Restoration Team, under the leadership of Instructor April Ann Fong partnered with the […] Posted March 15, 2018
WOHESC Logo Washington – Oregon Higher Ed Sustainability Conference Recap!
This past week PCC was delighted to help sponsor, organize and participate in the 2018 Washington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability […] Posted February 16, 2018
RC Learning Garden cover Campus Sustainability Spotlight: Rock Creek Learning Garden 1
The PCC Rock Creek Learning Garden was recently featured in the Budget Dumpster online sustainability blog, The Fill. Posted May 17, 2017
Compost Earth Week 2017 Recap
The PCC community demonstrated its enthusiasm for sustainability with a wide range of events during our extended Earth Week, and […] Posted May 12, 2017
Smiling person carries tray of plant starts in the greenhouse Intel Encore Fellow retiree finds joyful work at PCC’s Rock Creek Campus
May 4, 2017 Retiring is a big deal. For some, it’s like volunteering to jump off a cliff. For Susan […] Posted May 9, 2017
Beaverton School District Home- Article full PCC Rock Creek Learning Garden – Springville K-8 Collaboration Featured by Beaverton School District
The collaboration between PCC Rock Creek Learning Garden and Springville K-8 school has been quite fruitful. This April, the Beaverton […] Posted April 19, 2017
Earth Week 2017 Earth Week 2017
Earth Day is on Saturday, April 22nd, but PCC is celebrating it with several days of awesome events at all […] Posted April 10, 2017
PCC logo Newberg Center hires Learning Garden Coordinator
PCC Newberg Center has hired a Learning Garden Coordinator. Moonrose Doherty will be implementing the third phase of the Garden’s […] Posted April 5, 2017
Edible Schoolyard Project Blog Part 1 Community College Cultivates a Learning Garden: PCC Rock Creek Learning Garden Featured on Edible Schoolyard Project Blog
PCC Rock Creek’s AmeriCorps Learning Garden Educator, Blair Borax wrote a blog for the Edible Schoolyard Project?, an international network […] Posted February 28, 2017