Public Hearing on Coal in Olympia
Date posted: September 23, 2013
Bellevue College students will attend a public hearing on the use of coal power on October 10 in Olympia. Learn more and join!
Date posted: September 23, 2013
Bellevue College students will attend a public hearing on the use of coal power on October 10 in Olympia. Learn more and join!
Date posted: September 18, 2013
This last week our Office of Sustainability participated in the fall quarter open house here at Bellevue College showcasing our new RideShare incentives and the new ORCA card program! If you have not seen our Transportation desk yet, make it a point to stop by and say "Hi" to Becky today! The Office of Sustainability ...more about Open House is a Sustainable Success!
Date posted: September 12, 2013
Fall Quarter is coming up quick! Now is the time to consider how you can integrate sustainability in your sections. Here are a few resources and ideas: Sustainability Teaching and Learning Guide: See what your colleagues in the integrating workshop have done, link to BC and other colleges materials and syllabi, find faculty in your ...more about Teach Sustainability Fall Quarter!
Date posted: August 28, 2013
This August, Bellevue College's President David Rule along other higher education institutions voiced their concerns about consuming electricity produced from Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Colstrip Generating Facility in Eastern Montana. Coal-power creates a substantial carbon footprint for Bellevue College. While the college has invested in efficiency upgrades with the help of PSE conservation grants and our own small ...more about College Presidents Voice Concern on PSE Plan’s GHG Impacts
Date posted: August 28, 2013
Bellevue College and the Office of Sustainability are proud to offer many transportation related programs to help make your commute easier. Transportation Assistance Hopelink and Bellevue College are offering 15 minute one-on-one Transportation Assistance sessions beginning with New Student Orientation on September 12th. Whether you are a new student (welcome!) or just tired of driving ...more about How are YOU going to get to BC this Fall?
Date posted: August 27, 2013
Facilities Operations is implementing standard recycle stations in groups, with signage and standard colors for trash, recycling, and compost (where applicable) in interior common areas. This builds on last year's project implemented by Facilities Operations to standardize exterior waste bins and a student intern project from Winter 2013. Both were funded by the Student Environmental ...more about Recycle Station Improvements
Date posted: August 20, 2013
Faculty at Bellevue College participated in the second installment of the “Integrating Sustainability into Curriculum Workshop” on August 6th and 13th through the Faculty Commons. Presentations from the faculty demonstrated that sustainability can be practiced in all disciplines. This summer faculty members heralded from departments around campus, including the following: Nursing Chemistry English Philosophy Political ...more about Faculty Engaged in Sustainability – Summer Workshop
Date posted: August 12, 2013
The latest Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Survey, which is a requirement of Washington State's CTR Law for employers over 50 people like Bellevue College, showed the drive alone rate creeping up for affected full-time, day employees and the miles vehicles traveled declining slightly. The CTR survey reflects just around 330 mostly staff and administrators of the more than 1,400 Bellevue College employees. The ...more about Employee Commute Survey: VMT Down – SOV Up
Date posted: July 31, 2013
The battle to end the use of coal as an energy resource has been ongoing for decades, yet in a time where technology and investments in renewable and clean energy resources are bountiful and the transition to move entirely away from coal is at its peak, some energy companies plan to keep using dirty coal, ...more about Bellevue College Students Say “NO” to Coal: On the road to becoming a “Coal-Free Campus”
Date posted: July 30, 2013
Faculty in the summer Integrating Sustainability workshop will present 8/6 and 8/13