Learn to Lead
The interdisciplinary Environmental Leadership Program matches student teams with community-based nonprofits and other advocates to promote environmental and social justice.
Become an Environmental LeaderGet Out There
Make the most of the UO by tapping into all that the university’s Outdoor Program has to offer. Launched in 1967 after students posted notes to share rides and gear, the program has become a mainstay of student life.
Adventure Trips
Cooperative student-led trips take Ducks of all skill levels on adventures that span hiking, paddleboarding, kayaking, bicycling, and beyond.
Guided Outings
New to outdoor pursuits? Join a staff-led trip to discover Oregon’s natural wonders by bike path, waterway, hiking trail, and ski slope.
Bike Program
It’s always a great day to ride at the UO. Rent a bike, take a class, use the free DIY maintenance workshop—all courtesy of this dynamic biking resource.
Service Projects
Roll up your sleeves for environmental restoration projects: beach cleanups, trail work, and other creative ways to give back to the Earth.
Gear Rentals
From cooking equipment to camping gear, skateboards to snow shoes, outfit your next adventure with low-cost rentals that let you try before you buy.
Outdoor Sports Clubs
Looking for camaraderie, competition, or a new skill set? Find all these in an outdoor club, where both newbie and seasoned athletes climb higher, ski faster, row harder, and bike farther—together.
School for Adventure
Earn credit in the Outdoor Pursuits Program, where you’ll learn backcountry safety, technical skills, and leadership. Dreaming of an outdoor career? Get a leg up with the OPP Leadership Training certificate.
Find Your Flock
Live alongside like-minded Ducks in the Environmental Leaders residential community, where you’ll share housing, courses, outdoor trips, and service projects that put the planet first.
An Outdoor Classroom and Lab
Study and investigate nature. As a UO undergraduate, you can find academic and co-curricular experiences that take advantage of Oregon’s various ecosystems—from our campus farm to the Oregon Coast.
Study the Ocean
Incoming marine biology majors investigate the Oregon Coast’s marine habitat with a weeklong summer immersion that blends lectures, labs, and field trips on both land and sea.
Explore the Immersion Week
Restore Nature
Working hand in hand with Indigenous peoples of California, UO students are pioneering a new kind of archaeology with a monthlong field school that blends history, ecology, and restoration projects.
Read About the Summer Course
Seed and Grow
In a thriving outdoor classroom known as the Urban Farm, UO students learn to grow organic, sustainable food crops. Ducks have gathered here for decades to work, care for the land, and build community.
See the Urban Farm
Protect Bees
Long a magnet for honey bees, mason bees, and other pollinators, UO is a certified bee-friendly campus. The Urban Farm led a cooperative effort by students, faculty, and staff to gain the designation.
Learn About Our Bee Campus