The Sustainability Initiative and the Library Media Center are pleased to announce the BC Reads! selection for 2012-2013. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (2007) is written by one of the greatest environmental writers and activists in the United States, Bill McKibben. In Deep Economy, you will read about how our ...more about BC Reads! Presents Deep Economy for ’12-’13
Look! In the corner of the office! It’s a bird! It’s a tree! No it’s a Captain of Sustainability! The Captains of Sustainability have made it their goal to improve sustainability around their office space. The latest campaign, Double or Nothing, is a great initiative to reduce printing wastage. If you need help figuring out ...more about Captains of Sustainability Recruitment & Promotion of Dept. Rep’s
Bellevue College Student Sustainability Coordinators visited offices around campus and replaced about 70 old, energy-intensive incandescent light bulbs in desk lamps with new, state-of-the -art LEDs. Everybody’s familiar with Edison’s old incandescent which have been around for 133 years but many people are in the dark (HDHH) about LEDs which are basically a computer chip that puts ...more about A Bright Idea
Students of the Survey of Energy Systems & Management course, part of the Sustainable Business Practices Program, recently completed a thorough exploration of opportunities make sustainability the foundation of Bellevue College's East Campus. The East Campus will be created in the Issaquah Highlands on a site acquired in 2010. In their report, "Bellevue College East Campus: Sustainability ...more about East Campus – Student Sustainability Proposal
March to Savings is a no-cost call to action to educate and encourage Washington state employees to reduce the use of energy in state government buildings during March 2012. Governor Gregoire encourages all Washington state employees to participate in the March to Savings! Each of Washington's 100,000 state employees has control over some of their ...more about March to Savings
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Kris Orlowski & the Passenger String Quartet Coming to Bellevue College on Tuesday, April 10th 11:30-12:30 in the cafeteria for Earth Week: Kris Orlowski & the Passenger String Quartet Bellevue College's 13th annual Earth Week celebration is coming this Spring from April 16-20th with a full schedule. For a kick off to this huge celebration, ...more about Earth Week: Music for Social Justice
Click hear to hear Van Jone's message to BC! Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean-energy economy. Jones, who served as adviser to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is currently a senior fellow in the Energy and Environment program at the Center For American Progress. ...more about Van Jones Gives a Message to Bellevue College