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(Page 42) Just up the coast, in Bellingham, Washington, a team of students from Western Washington University's Vehicle Research Institute last summer made it all the way to the second-to-last round of the X PRIZE Foundation's Progressive Automotive X PRIZE competition.

(page 97) With all the attention green design has received in recent years, it's becoming significantly harder to find examples of innovative, design-based approaches to sustainability. Often times, green structures are more dependent upon complex systems rather than creative design…

“Ecologist Chris Morgan is no stranger to adventure. Over the last 20 years he has worked as a wildlife researcher, wilderness guide, and environmental educator on every continent where bears exist. From icy polar bear country at 81° North to tropical Andean bear forests on the equator, Chris…

The national Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) annual conference will be in Bellingham this year from June 14 through 17 at Western Washington University.

The gas-fired electric power plant that once supplied heat to pulp and tissue mills could be harnessed to heat Western Washington University, downtown Bellingham and a redeveloped waterfront.

Although the idea is still in the conceptual phase, it appears promising enough to consider the…

Jennifer Hahn sees more than the forest for the trees. She sees dinner.

From ferns come fiddleheads. From trees, sap for syrup or blossoms for a fritter. From the forest floor, delicate mushrooms and lemon-flavored wood sorrel.

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