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²ÝÁñÉçÇø students turn take items from dumpster to decor

Western Washington University industrial design students have turned waste into something wanted for the annual ReMade project.
The students turned scrap piping into vases, discarded rope into doormats and old wooden coat hangers into kitchen utensils, to name a few.
Students will…

Sweater Days last throughout winter quarter
Returning animals to nature is the goal of Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

When it comes to animals, Stacy Gaber has come a long way since her youth on her parent's spread in Missouri with cattle, turkeys and other critters.

"I was scared to death of birds," she says. "I was attacked by a chicken as a child."

Mark Reis to talk sustainability at Sea-Tac Airport
Western gets 24 new beverage recycling containers
Anti-coal activist to speak at Huxley in Bellingham

Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment is offering a free talk by a local anti-coal activist on Thursday, Jan. 17.

Matt Krogh of RE Sources for Sustainable Communities will give his presentation, "Coal at Cherry Point: Local Battle, Global Fallout…

Bellingham, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø among first to adopt Starbucks reusable cup movement

Starbucks coffee company’s website announced the launch of a $1 reusable plastic cup nationwide on Jan. 3, to continue their journey of waste reduction.
The coffee company began testing the reusable cups in 600 stores in the Pacific Northwest starting in October 2012, said Jim Hanna,…

Help Western save energy during the winter break
Alaska hatchery expert to speak in Bellingham

Jason Wells, a retired salmon hatchery manager from Valdez, Alaska, will speak Thursday, Dec. 6, on the success of privately owned nonprofit salmon hatcheries in that state and their economic impact.

Students to present ideas for reusable mugs, online sustainability maps Dec. 4 and 6
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