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!
Over the past few months, Bellevue College's Office of Sustainability have been collecting cigarette butts in an effort to reduce our student waste. Every year, billions of cigarette butts end up in dumpsters and landfills, or get tossed as litter on shorelines, parks, and sidewalks across the US. The waste collected through this program is ...more about Cigarette Recycling Program a Huge Success!
APPLICATIONS DUE BY FEBRUARY 29TH MIDNIGHT. Student Scholarships WSRA invites students interested in the recycling industry to apply for scholarships to attend our 36th Annual Conference and Trade Show as a part of our Student Guest Program! May 15-18, 2016 Wenatchee Convention Center | Wenatchee, WA With the support from our generous ...more about Washington State Recycling Association 36th Annual Conference: Apply Now!
It's approaching that time of year again- Earth Week is here! In the spirit of environmental literacy, the Office of Sustainability, Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC), and Sustainability and Science Association (SSA), are sponsoring the seventeenth annual Earth Week – a week of lectures, demonstrations, information booths, prizes, videos, and music! In order to make it happen though, WE ...more about Earth Week is Back!
Interested in sustainability? Want to learn more and become a voice for sustainability on campus? Apply to go to the Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (OHESC). The Office of Sustainability is accepting applications for students to go to Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon February 3 to 5th (leave on the 3rd in the afternoon, return on the 5th in the afternoon). All ...more about Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference!
What makes us happy? Is money the best measurement or happiness? As part of the ongoing Fall Social Justice series, The Office of Sustainability are proud to present 2011's hit documentary "The Economics of Happiness" directed by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page. The film aligns with the core missions of The Office of ...more about Cinema Days: “Economics of Happiness”