College of the Environment
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| Ken Johnsen to discuss the transformation of Seattle’s waterfront Feb. 28 at Western | 2013-02-27 | ||
| Managing emergency services at the Grand Canyon National Park | Brandon Torres has a huge responsibility — ensuring the safety of more than five million people who visit the Grand Canyon National Park every year. As the branch chief of emergency services, Torres manages a team of National Park Service employees and volunteers who oversee emergency… |
2013-02-27 | |
| Kombucha Town brewery opens downtown in Herald Building | There’s irony in Chris McCoy selling his kombucha “beer” as an alcoholic beverage, since as he sees it, kombucha might actually sober you up quicker than it will get you drunk. McCoy recently opened a microbrewery called Kombucha Town on the sixth floor of the Herald Building in downtown… |
2013-02-21 | |
| Western's Rebekah Green Receives Grant to Study Tsunami's Impact on Coastline Debris | Approximately 6,700 miles away from Misawa, Japan, one of the Port of Misawa's 65-foot long docks is battering the Washington coast. Rebekah Green, associate director of the Resilience Institute at Western's Huxley College of the Environment, and two of her students are trying… |
2013-02-21 | |
| Bellingham artist spray-paints murals to deter graffiti scrawl | Years ago, Shawn Cass was arrested in Bellingham for spray-painting a bridge. Now he promotes his spray-painted murals as deterrence to graffiti. "People are less likely to deface a mural," he said. "I'm working on the other side now." |
2013-02-19 | |
| Bellingham, port officials strike back at Pike’s waterfront criticisms | The city's former mayor said those now in charge of coming up with a redevelopment plan for the waterfront aren't listening to the will of the community. "If you're an elected official, and the public overwhelmingly wants something, you should be responsive to the… |
2013-02-08 | |
| Ex-mayor critical of Bellingham waterfront plans | The city's former mayor is breaking a self-imposed silence to criticize the plans for waterfront redevelopment coming together under Mayor Kelli Linville and Port of Bellingham leadership. Dan Pike, an alumnus of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment… |
2013-02-06 | |
| Dan Pike to discuss Bellingham's waterfront at Western Feb. 7 | 2013-02-04 | ||
| Historian Lissa Wadewitz to talk of 'Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits' of the Salish Sea Jan. 31 | 2013-01-31 | ||
| Environmental discussion spurs Huxley College expansion | Western's Huxley College of the Environment is extending its program from two years to four years, and may also add an area of study focused on energy. |
2013-01-31 |