PULLMAN — Robert and Cecilia Richards make a bold statement about energy sustainability, every time they go for a drive. The couple, both professors in WSU’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, recently purchased their eye-popping pink, eerily-quiet electric car, called the Xebra, in an effort to reduce emissions and do their part for the […]
PUYALLUP — This fall local farmers and those interested in becoming farmers have an opportunity to learn about new farming models. Selected county extension offices in Washington and Idaho are now taking registrations for a weekly course titled Sustainable Small Farming and Ranching. This evening course is part of an expanding series developed by […]
WSU officials committed the institution to a sustainability initiative on Nov. 15, 2005. Closing in on one year, some questions include: How far has WSU come? How much more could be achieved? What still stands in our way? The third annual WSU Sustainability Forum intends to answer these questions, with four days filled with lectures, […]
Photo: Judi Dunn, right, WSU’s recycling/sustainablity coordinator, worked with Aaron Mulim, left, and Matt Stampalia, resident advisers at Waller residence hall, to organize a dumpster dive for sustainability in September. (Photo by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services) Reusing, recycling and composting aren’t just environmentally sensitive things to do, they make sense financially as well. During […]
PULLMAN — Washington State University held its first Environmental Management System/Sustainability Initiative Summit on June 15, focusing on a campuswide effort to implement Executive Policy 24, also known as WSU Sustainability Initiative. The summit is the first meeting of campus organizations involved in implementing the policy, which was approved by President V. Lane Rawlins last November. The policy states […]
With weather warming and the school year coming to a close, many departments are planning end-of-the-year barbecues, meetings and events. University Recycling hopes event planners include environmental sustainability in their party plans.The WSU Sustainability Initiative Executive Policy 24, which passed in November 2005, “seeks to provide an exemplary teaching, research and outreach environment that fosters […]
The WSU Spokane Third Friday Seminar Series presents “What Accounts for the Adoption of ‘Sustainability’ Policies and Programs in American Cities?” on Friday, Jan. 20 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Health Sciences Building.Hosted by the WSU Spokane Office of Research and the Health Research and Education Center, the lecture features political science […]
A four-day sustainability forum is scheduled for Oct. 24-27 at WSU Pullman. The forum will include exhibits and sessions on sustainability, environmental consciousness, consensus building and change management, as well as panel discussions on sustaining food systems and environmental education. For more information and a schedule of events, go to http://sustainability.wsu.edu.
What if technology and the economy were designed to sustain rather than degrade the natural environment? Imagine a world where waste is eliminated because all waste products are recycled. Does this sound like a pipe dream? Not if you believe in the concept of sustainability, which is reshaping state institutions from WSU to Olympia. Gov. […]
Discussions on sustainability principles and practices will highlight an open public forum at Washington State University Oct. 14-15, hosted by the WSU Environmental Science and Regional Planning Program.The event is intended to show what can be done and is being done to foster sustainability, as well as focus on opportunities for individual to become proactive […]