Date posted: June 25, 2012
Celebrate a step toward energy independence for Bellevue College as campus-wide energy saving lighting retrofits begin the first week of July. The lighting retrofits will touch nearly every room on campus as part of the Puget Sound Energy Enhanced Lighting Program to do “everything” and earn big incentives. Bellevue College’s retrofit is shaping up to ...more about July 4th Marks Lighting Retrofit Kickoff
Date posted: June 17, 2012
June 2012 Sustainability at Bellevue College newsletter…
Date posted: June 15, 2012
Bellevue College is taking important steps in promoting a sustainable transportation. Newly installed EV(Electric Vehicle) Charge units are available for use in the parking garage. The project, which was presented by student Robert Rowe to the SESF Committee in August 2011, aimed to create new opportunities for BC students, faculty, and the surrounding community to reduce their ...more about Electric Vehicle Chargers Installed in Garage
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: June 12, 2012
ASG Environmental & Social Responsibility Representative (425) 564-5089 asgenvir@bellevuecollege.edu
Date posted: June 8, 2012
If you are interested in purchasing healthy organic produce, Full Circle is now selling a fresh box of produce at Bellevue College in the C building’s employee dining room every Wednesday! Full Circle has been able to explore unique avenues in providing good food rooted in the importance of growing organically. Full Circle’s boxes provide ...more about Purchase fresh, healthy and organic produce right here at Bellevue College!
Date posted: June 7, 2012
Article written by Roger Ewald Projector lamps cost around $300 dollars each and last about 2,000 hours on average. Projectors consume about 300 watts with the lamp operating. The service life of a projector is directly related to its operating hours. Projectors last about 4 years on average before they fail and cost about $1,500 ...more about Projector Lamps: Save Energy
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
Date posted: May 25, 2012
Adjunct instructor Karrin Peterson and students in her English classes grow lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula, radishes and peas. Planter boxes form a row behind the greenhouse on the west side of campus where the students maintain and harvest their food. Back in the classroom, Karrin teaches English 101, 201 and 235 and has done since ...more about Staff Spotlight: Karrin Peterson
Date posted: May 22, 2012
Bellevue College is striving to make greener purchases. In Quarter 2, 2011 approximately 57% of Bellevue College spending was green. According to the Green Office Depot Product report, approximately 43% spending was on non-green products, 49% was on recycled product while 7% was on re-manufactured products. We our trying to implement greener products and there ...more about Greener Office Purchasing
