Oregon School Sustainability Stories

Sustainability is a journey. Start at any point and next steps will emerge as you learn more.

Help inspire others to start. We invite you to share your story with us so we can all learn together. You can use the School / District Template as a guideline. School / District Template as a guideline.

Independent Schools

Catlin Gabel School

• Sustainability webpage

Public School Districts

Beaverton School District

• Sustainability Policy
• Sustainability webpage
• Resource Conservation webpage

Bend-La Pine School District

• Summary of efforts, including current status, partners, benefits, and obstacles
• More detail about how they got here
• District Sustainability webpage

David Douglas School District

• District Sustainability Policy

Gladstone School District

• Sustainability profile
• Begining the Transition to "Green", on the Road to Sustainability

Lake Oswego School District

• District Sustainability Policy

Portland Public Schools

• Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices Policy
• Sustainability activities on PPS webpage

Tigard-Tualatin School District

• Mary Woodward Elementary School efforts

West Linn-Wilsonville School District

• District blog on all things sustainability related

Education Service Districts

Multnomah Education Service District

• The newsletter Interaction tells how district staff address sustainability in their work and at home

Note: There are additional case studies in the Resources section.