Date posted: January 29, 2013
Are you a member of a club? Do you need money for your club budget? Thanks to generous funding from the Student Environmental Sustainability Fund (SESF), clubs can improve the environment and win $100 for their budget. Learn more here. The steps are simple: Check out a Compost Bin from C 211 Compost correctly – ...more about Clubs and Composting – Enter to Win $100 for Club Budget
Date posted: December 21, 2012
In order to promote sustainable and financially responsible practices on campus, the Associated Student Government of 2010-2011 launched a print reduction initiative with a goal of reeling in the excessive printing of some students and educating students to be successful in a low paper or paper-free learning environment. ASG research found that nearly all colleges ...more about ASG Print Reduction Initiative – Next Phase
Date posted: September 28, 2012
There are many types of rating systems to assess an institutions level of commitment to sustainability. From LEED Certification which assesses a building carbon neutrality and sustainability to the STARS rating system which looks at college's sustainability, there are many ways to find the extent of how "green" something is. The Go Green Rating System ...more about Early Learning Center Proves Sustainable
Date posted: September 28, 2012
We have expanded our composting efforts into the cafes and faculty kitchens around campus. Compost bins are now available for the community to utilize in the C Cafe, L Cafe, and R Cafe. All of the coffee cups and lids sold in our cafes can be composted. Composting is an important step in the recycling ...more about Compost Expansion Reaches Campus Cafés
Date posted: September 25, 2012
Bellevue College is getting its hands dirty. After washing, it dries its hands...sustainably? The simple, hygienic task is getting more sustainable as Facilities Operations changes the type of towel dispensers used in bathrooms. Paper towel use in Bellevue College bathrooms is high, and it increases the carbon footprint of the campus. Moreover, the cost of ...more about Dispensing Sustainable Solutions – One Towel at a Time
Date posted: August 28, 2012
To make BC’s sustainability initiatives easier to find and become involved with, we have created an interactive map of Sustainability at Bellevue College. Important places, such as the location of compost bins and EV-Chargers, are marked with tabs, while the building are all outlined. Click a point on the map to see what it is! ...more about Map of Sustainability at Bellevue College
Date posted: August 28, 2012
When Johannes Gutenberg became the first European to use movable type in 1439, he could not have imagined his role in the “Printing Revolution” would have such a lasting impression. Gutenberg hoped to make an efficient, useful product, but has printing become inefficient and wasteful? After more than half of a millennium, we readers should ...more about Inkjets and Desktops – What’s the cost of that print?
Date posted: June 29, 2012
Bellevue College will take some important strides toward reducing the amount of paper waste we create and the dollars and time spent on printing starting next week. Why Save Paper? Making paper harms the environment and is costly. Pulp and paper mills are among the worst polluters to air, water and land of any industry ...more about New Strategies to Cut Printing Waste and Spending
Date posted: June 13, 2012
Two and a half months ago, a group of students in Nancy Gonlin’s class, worked on a very interesting project. They began to observe and collect data on the usage of the trash cans and recycle bins all around campus. Their findings indicated that there was a lot more work needed to be done so ...more about Student’s Evaluation Shows Recycling Improvement
Date posted: May 29, 2012
For the past couple weeks, my Tourette's has been extremely violent and frequent. I'd run into walls, thrust the nape of my neck backwards until a feel a slight pain, and little things like a generic specific pen on campus triggered my tics. Just thinking about this specific orange and white colored Campus Activities Board ...more about How Food Affects Health & Environment
