Are you a local business? Do you offer locally sourced, organic, vegan, or gluten free products? Are your products hand crafted or unique? Do you offer something that meets ALL of the above? We would love to consider you for our Sustainable Festival on April 19th from 10 am to 2 pm. We are having ...more about Earth Week Vendor Call Out!
Interested in apiaries and beekeeping? Looking to get involved on campus? Craig Hauser, Transportation Coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, is looking to gather all bee-minded students in an Interest Meeting to form a Bellevue College Beekeeping Society! Plans are in the works to have hives on campus that will serve as learning labs. Come ...more about Interested in Beekeeping? Meeting March 11 in C225!
Become a Master Recycler Composter this spring! Are you passionate about the environment and want to make a positive change in your community? Concerned about climate change, but don’t know how to help? Seattle Tilth offers three programs that empower community members to do just that! Gain expertise in food waste prevention, composting and recycling, resource conservation and ...more about Volunteer Opportunity: Seattle Tilth Master Composter
The Office of Sustainability were thrilled to find out about some sustainability ideas being brought to fruition right here on our BC campus. Many students pass by our grounds crew every day; the team with the bright fluorescent vests driving throughout our campus each day. These often-unnoticed faculty in our BC community are humble heroes, ...more about BC’s Grounds Crew’s Secret Sustainability Initiative
Walkers, bikers: ID imperfections with online mapping tool BELLEVUE, Wash. – The city’s Transportation Department is asking the public to identify unsafe conditions or behaviors in Bellevue’s walking and bicycling network. Information gathered through a “wiki” mapping survey will be used to address locations where problems occur. Participate in the survey. The online survey, ...more about Walking and Biking Maps: Unsafe Area Database
Farmer Frog: Bellevue Lake Hills Farms Work Parties Working with the Urban Farmer Educator, volunteers will assist with gardening duties such as weeding, planting and general garden clean up. Wednesdays 10 am-12 pm and Sundays 2 pm-6 pm 2. Pedestrian and Bicycle Implementation Initiative Bellevue supports walking and biking as safe, healthy and attractive alternatives to ...more about Fall Volunteer Opportunities: Off Campus
WetLab Volunteer Pacific Science Center is committed to driving science education forward in Washington State, and inspiring today’s youth to further their education and pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. We offer a wide variety of programs, including standards-based formal and informal science education programs and an award-winning environmental education center. Located on ...more about Volunteer Opportunity: Wetlab at Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center
Bellevue Lake Hills Farm Volunteer Information Join us for one of the following Weekly Drop-In Work Parties: Wednesdays 10 am – Noon Sundays 2 pm – 6 pm Location: Just South of SE 16th Street on 156th Ave. SE. Park at the Lake Hills produce stand and walk South on 156th. ...more about Volunteer Opportunity: Farmer Frog
Bellevue supports walking and biking as safe, healthy and attractive alternatives to driving. The Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Plan articulates a shared vision of a desirable future that remains relevant today. The Pedestrian & Bicycle Implementation Initiative (PBII) is a complement of action-oriented efforts that will advance project designs and programs identified in ...more about Volunteer Opportunities: Pedestrian and Bicycle Implementation Initiative
Polliwog Preschool Volunteers Located on a biologically diverse 320-acre wetland nature park in the heart of urban Bellevue, WA, the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center is a collaboration between the City of Bellevue and Pacific Science Center. Polliwog Preschool is a Mercer Slough program for preschoolers (3-5 years old) and is seeking Preschool Volunteers. At ...more about Volunteer Opportunity: Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center