The Environmental and Economic Impacts of The Willow Project
ConocoPhillips is a U.S. oil and gas company that explores and produces crude oil and natural gas deposits. The company acquired a part of Alaska’s North Slope in 1999 and […]
Sustainability
Participate in BC’s Fibonacci Footprint Project Combining Art and Science to Address Climate Change
Bellevue College (BC) students interested in art and science have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative project that brings artists and scientists together to focus on the impact of […]
Boost Your Resume and Make a Difference: BC Office of Sustainability is Hiring for Two Student Sustainability Positions
Bellevue College’s Office of Sustainability recently released an update regarding the new environmental changes implemented on campus. Throughout the past quarter, Building L adopted a “centralized waste and mini-max program,” […]
Take the BC Transportation Survey for a Chance to Win
Bellevue College students can take this transportation survey for a chance to win a sourdough bread making kit, boba tea making kit or kombucha making kit. Questions include information like […]
OPINION: The Issue with Fast Fashion
Fast fashion is the name that has been given to the quick turnaround of ideas from what celebrities wear or what appears on the catwalk into items of clothing. These […]
WA Energy Code will Require Electric Heating in New Buildings
This year, Washington state started a law that all new buildings have to have electric space heating and hot water systems. This goes into effect on July 1, 2023. The […]
OPINION: Generation Z Could Have a Dire Impact On Our Future
Generation Z is the first generation to share the collective experience of war, pandemics, financial instability, and climate change. The cohort of up-and-coming world leaders born from 1995 to 2010 […]
Earth Week 2022: BC Office of Sustainability Calls for Ideas
Every year Bellevue College’s Office of Sustainability holds an Earth Week celebration that focuses on climate justice, action, and education for our campus and community. The theme this year? “Climate […]
Sustainability Funding Applications Open
Did you know you could get your sustainability project funded through the Student Environmental Sustainability Fund (SESF)? The SESF committee is in charge of recommending revenue allocation from the student’s […]
Watchdog Wellness: How to Create Sustainable Habits
Have you ditched your New Year’s resolutions? Yeah, me too. If New Year resolutions work for you, that’s great! However, I know New Year’s resolutions don’t work for many, so […]
Local artist Jeff Davis balances sustainability and art with new food forest
In Duvall, Washington, a local artist is experimenting with a new art form: a garden, and not just any garden. Jeff Davis is creating a ‘food forest,’ filled with trees […]
Sustainability department wins national award
At the start of April, Bellevue College was nominated as a finalist among 19 other colleges and universities for the annual 2013 Second Nature Climate Leadership Award. The BC Sustainability […]
Students advocate for public transportation
On Tuesday, May 14, nine Bellevue College students attended a King County Metro Transit hearing at Union Station in Seattle, Wash. to speak out against a proposed 17 percent budget […]
Sustainability in action: Adding water bottle spigots
Starting just last week, the Office of Sustainability at Bellevue College got the funds they needed from the Student Environmental Sustainability Fund Committee to install “Water Bottle Fill Station Retrofits” […]
Earth Week photo exhibition brings Mt. Rainier to BC
The Pacific Northwest is a vast, diverse geographic region. The highest peak in the area is Mount Rainier, in the Washington Cascades, at 14,410 feet high. Surrounding the mountain are […]
Earth Week rolls out display of electric vehicles
Last Monday, Bellevue College students were met by an array of vehicles exhibiting alternative energy options outside of the large semi-circle of glass that lets light into the Jean Sarto […]
Behind the scenes of Earth Week
There were a number of people that are a part of the sustainability department at BC who did their hard work to making Earth Week a fun and educational time […]
Earth Week 2013: Living in a changing climate
“What have we done to the world. Look what we’ve done. Did you ever stop to notice the crying Earth the weeping shores?” these are the iconic lines from Michael […]
Plastic bag ban takes effect in Issaquah
On May 28, 2012, the Issaquah city council voted 5-2 in favor of a ban on plastic bag use in retail checkout. A flyer sent out to businesses in the […]
“Let me decide” campaign
Students may think they are doing themselves a favor by purchasing foods with labels such as “natural,” “healthy” or “whole grain,” what they are getting is far from organic. The […]