The Office of Sustainable Development is an innovative and effective resource for the City of Portland and other governments that are committed to reducing resource use, slowing global warming, improving efficiency, and addressing other critical environmental issues. Our Green Team volunteers reduce waste and conserve resources throughout the City. And our Green Building Division encourages the design and construction of buildings that use less, yet work better. OSD also oversees the City's Global Warming Strategy , which made Portland the first city in the US to address, and work to reduce its impact on, global warming. But we don't stop in Portland.
True sustainability extends beyond any border.
Many of them use OSD programs and policies as models for their own approaches to sustainability.