environment
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| Grunge goes green for trash fashion show at WWU | "When grunge fashion hits the runway this weekend, the look will be less flannel shirts and ripped jeans and more plastic bags and old couch swatches. Recycled looks will be all the rage at RE Store's Trash Fashion Show at 8 p.m. Friday, April 30, in Western Washington… |
2010-04-27 | |
| Students compete to build an affordable 100 mpg car | "A group from Western Washington University is among 29 teams from around the world headed to Michigan for the next phase of the Progressive Automotive X Prize _ an international competition to build a super fuel-efficient vehicle that consumers want to buy. WWU's sporty coupe,… |
2010-04-26 | |
| Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Teams Arrive at Michigan International Speedway for Start of On-Track Testing | "Today, 28 teams, representing 36 super fuel efficient vehicles from across the globe will begin arriving at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, MI to officially start on-track performance testing for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a multi-million dollar… |
2010-04-26 | |
| WWU lands on two national green-college rankings | 2010-04-23 | ||
| Whatcom Community College does first audit to reduce campus waste | "Students at Whatcom Community College celebrated Earth Day by getting elbow-deep in their own garbage. Students spent Thursday, April 22, sorting garbage into piles of compostables, recyclables and everything else as part of the school's first waste audit. Richard Bruno… |
2010-04-23 | |
| WWU students to read books to children in celebration of Earth Day | 2010-04-22 | ||
| Education, Huxley College important part of Earth Day | "This year marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Earth Day. Also in 1970, the first students attended Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University. Since then, our growing awareness of how people affect the natural world has… |
2010-04-22 | |
| Northwest College Team Will Compete For Automotive X-Prize | "Ten million dollars is on the line. And a team from Western Washington University is in the competition. It's called the Automotive X–Prize. The challenge: design a car that averages 100 miles to the gallon." |
2010-04-21 | |
| Redmond High's Mike Town receives inaugural Green Prize in Public Education from the NEA Foundation | "The eyes of the Earth-friendly will be on Redmond High School (RHS) now more than ever, after RHS environmental science teacher Mike Town received the NEA Foundation's very first Green Prize in Public Education Monday morning in the RHS Performing Arts Center. ... |
2010-04-21 | |
| RE Sources honors Whatcom County residents who protect environment | "Eight Whatcom County residents who protected salmon, encouraged food composting, worked against sprawl and otherwise helped the planet - in the field, boardrooms and classrooms - will be honored as environmental heroes. Bellingham-based RE Sources for Sustainable Communities… |
2010-04-19 |