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!

2014 is just getting started...

...and here are some of the e-books about sustainability published this year that are already available through the library.

Handbook of sustainable travel

Infrastructure planning and finance a smart and sustainable guide

Race for sustainability : energy, economy, environment and ethics

 

Searching for resilience in sustainable development : learning journeys in conservation

Sustainable urban logistics : concepts, methods and information systems

More Great Speakers! Fairhaven World Issues Forum

In conjunction with the wonderful Huxley College Speaker Series that Rob posted about last week, which takes place on Thursdays at 4:00pm, Fairhaven College is also hosting a speaker series this quarter focused on topics related to climate change. The World Issues Forum speaker series takes place on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:20 pm.

All events are free and open to the public. Most talks take place in the Fairhaven Auditorium, with a couple of exceptions. There are some really great people coming to campus, and we are fortunate to have such an amazing opportunity to participate in two different series about important topics that affects us all.

Details about this week's talk are below, and for more information on upcoming speakers, check out this link here.