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Held every April since 1995,

HOPES (Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability) works to promote deeper understanding and broader application of sustainable design principles. The Ecological Design Center’s HOPES conference is the only ecological design conference developed and managed by students. The conference has brought such luminaries as Sim Van der Ryn, Samuel Mockbee, James Hubbel, Angela Danadijieva, Michael Pyatok, Steve Badanes, Richard Register, David Orr, John Schaeffer and Clare Cooper Marcus to the University of Oregon campus.

Click here for an archive of previous HOPES conferences.