Check This Out! GEF's SEED Blog

The students who are involved with the Sustainable Energy Efficiency Dorm (SEED) pilot project started a blog to share their stories and news about this awesome Green Energy Fee Grant project. Check it out!

Climate Action: Reasons for Optimism

Interesting article by Michael Northrup.   If you think things are bad on the government and climate change, think about how things were three years ago...

What Would John Muir Think about National Park Wilderness Today?

We hope you can join us in Special Collections (Wilson Library 6th Floor) at Western Libraries this coming Thursday, Feb. 13 at 4pm for a Whatcom READS! sponsored event featuring Huxley Professor John Miles who will be exploring the question: What would John Muir think about National Park Wilderness today? 

Bicycles and Icycles

Do you ride to work all winter through? Here is an organization creating a Winter Bike To Work Day.

Not for me.  My problem isn't the cold; it's the darkness going home...

Something You Won't Want to Miss: Nancy Lord, Thursday, 2/6 (4pm, AH 100)

This is a reminder that Nancy Lord, author of this year's Western Reads book: Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North, will be on campus this coming Thursday, February 6th at 4pm in Arntzen Hall 100. 

The presentation is free and open to the public, and it will also be live-streamed  at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wwu-live-events1.

For more information about the Western Reads program, visit the Western Reads site.

The stand-up Economist here on Thursday!

When was the last time you heard a really good joke about carbon trading?  Too long?  Come see Yoram Bauman, stand-up comedian and UW-trained economist, discussing carbon taxation. It is part of the Huxley College Speaker series and will be in the Communications Facility 125 at 4 PM this Thursday.  Details are here.
  

Some Pictures from the Waste Week Waste Audit of Wilson Library

Today's post is just a shout-out to thank Zero Waste Western, Eco Reps & ResRAP, and Western's Office of Sustainability for their work auditing the trash from Wilson Library last week. Special thanks to Jacob and Inanna as well, and to everyone who is working so hard to help us learn more about the effect of our choices and what we can do to reduce our waste. We look forward to hearing the results of the audit!