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WWU Geography Program to host Bellingham Senior GIS Analyst Chris Behee Nov. 14 2018-11-13
Erika McPhee-Shaw has been invited to be the keynote speaker for the international Canyon symposium in China 2018-10-26
WWU completes flood risk study of Stanwood's lowlands

A yearlong multi-faceted project flood study is complete.

In a nutshell, it’s a city-university partnership in which upper level courses at Western Washington University use applied learning to help the city of Stanwood. The results also educate west Stanwood homeowners…

2018-06-08
WWU's Facing the Future releases second edition of “Global Sustainability Issues” curriculum 2018-02-23
Summer Global Learning Program students undertake service-learning project in rural Mexico 2017-10-04
WWU program in Ithaca, Greece, awarded the 2017 APA/PAW “Best Student Planning Project” Award 2017-10-02
Eric Carabba Leaves Whatcom Land Trust as a Force of Nature

Born and raised in Whatcom’s South Fork Valley (another stronghold where WLT allies healthy farms, forests and water) Eric served with the Army, built trails and studied geography at 

2017-05-10
Tamara Laninga publishes new article in the Journal of Extension 2016-10-27
Urban villages good for Bellingham’s future

Urban villages are powerful zoning tools that have been used successfully in many communities, including Bellingham. Since 2006, over 1,000 dwelling units (45 percent of all residential units built in Bellingham) have been located in our urban villages.

2016-05-24
Studying sea, learning land and leadership

The Salish Sea is a vibrant international region, teeming with change—so it should come as no surprise that an international field school which puts dynamic learning experiences at the heart of sustainability leadership reflects those characteristics as well.

2016-02-04
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