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Healthy Planet Marine Studies Initiative Stewardship

Yellow tang study shows marine reserve benefit

Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and “re-seed” fish stocks significant distances away – more than 100 miles in a new study from Hawaii.

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Healthy Economy Innovation

The Greening of Wood Products

Wood composites offer resilience, efficiency and strength.

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Healthy Planet Stewardship

Earth Ethics

Extension’s National Network for Sustainable Living Education has grown from the work of OSU professor Viviane Simon-Brown. Starting with 12 colleagues in five states in 2004, more than 80 people at 30 land grant universities now collaborate to promote planet-friendly lifestyles.

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Earth Healthy Economy Healthy Planet

Power Wave

Thanks to a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy, Oregon State University and the private sector, wave energy is moving out of the lab and into the ocean.

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Innovation

Seismic Safety

In an earthquake, Tom Miller knows which buildings to avoid.

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Healthy Planet Stewardship

A Way Forward for Oregon’s O&C Forests

Any fair-minded reading of the history of the O&C (Oregon and California Railroad) lands in Western Oregon would conclude that they were intended to provide economic support for the 18 counties in which they reside.