PULLMAN – Dining Services recently partnered with Cedar Grove Packaging of Seattle to serve faculty, staff and students on dinnerware and food containers that easily go from the table to the WSU compost facility. The university has used compostable dishware for 10 years and silverware and cups for three years, said Shawn Hoch, […]
PULLMAN – When most people think of building a sustainable house, they think of throwing a few solar panels on the roof and buying an “environmentally friendly” dishwasher. For Dyonne Davidson, WSU Capital Planning project manager, constructing a “green” home meant starting from scratch – solar panels included. “One of the […]
PULLMAN — Daniel Jaffee, assistant professor of Sociology at WSU Vancouver, will discuss findings from his award-winning book, “Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival” from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. April 22 in CUE 518. “Brewing Justice” examines the social, economic and environmental effects of fair trade, based on extensive research in Zapotec indigenous […]
Paul Roberts (Photo by Karen Dickinson) “Global food challenges, agricultural sustainability, obesity among some and starvation among others are just a few of the issues that Paul Roberts, author of the now-renowned “The End of Oil,” will discuss at the WSU Extension Symposium: Relentless Pursuit of a Healthier World on March 11. The symposium, […]
PULLMAN — Ernesta Ballard, senior vice-president for corporate affairs at Weyerhaeuser, will speak on “Defining Sustainability and Its Connection to the Entire Human Endeavor” at WSU. The lecture is scheduled at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, in the CUB auditorium Ballard was elected to her position at Weyerhaeuser in October, 2004. In this role, […]
Calling the failure to address global warming “arguably the greatest failure of my generation,” Bullitt Foundation President Denis Hayes told an audience of high school students Saturday night that they must be the ones to pick up the challenge. “Don’t expect anyone to pass you a torch,” he said during his keynote address at […]
VANCOUVER – WSU’s historic 78th St. Agricultural Research and Extension Center has new owners as of today, along with a new mission and a new plan for the future, all based on a decades-long partnership. Clark County commissioners today announced they will assume ownership of the 79-acre property from WSU. They also outlined a new […]
Sa hlin Award for Outreach/Engagement Sustainability. It’s a hot buzz word, but it hasn’t always been that way. David Granatstein, area extension educator, sustainable agriculture specialist and 2007-08 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award winner for outreach and engagement, can clearly remember days when his line of research was looked upon as just a nice idea. […]
PULLMAN – The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Symposium Series and Graduate Seminar will take place March 20, at 11:10 a.m. The seminar will discuss “Materials, Energy and Climate: Requirements and Strategies for Sustainability in the 21st Century” by Dr. Tomas Diaz De La Rubia, Chemistry, Materials, Earth and Life Sciences Directorate from Lawrence […]
Extension Engaged will address practical aspects of community sustainability during its production at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in FSHN T-101. The Pullman audience is asked to be seated by 9:45 a.m. Videostream access also will begin then ONLINE @ http://eces.wsu.edu/video/stream.html. Toll-free numbers and an e-mail provided during the program will allow viewers to send […]