Green Tip of the Week

Ever been to building 27 on campus? The math/science building? Then you know the impact of all of us using the automatic doors when we don't need to.

This week's green tip is to not use the automatic doors for people with disabilities unless you have a diability and need the assistance. Most of these doors stay open after you walk through resulting in the loss of warm air or cold air depending on the season. The result is increased energy use/cost. The chillyness of the temperature on the first floor of building 27 shows us that the impact is not minor.

So please don't use these doors unless you need to. Thank you!

Project Annoucement: Educational Restoration Zone on Campus at SCC

 

Each of the students on the Bigfoot Sustainability Committee are picking a project to focus on. Daron will be focusing on a possible Educational Restoration Zone on campus at SCC. The above image outlines the area that is being considered for the project.

The goal with this project is have an area on campus that can serve as an outdoor learning and demostration area for students and the community. If this project is approved it will be possible for classes to go on field trips on campus and it will serve as a demonstration area for what a restoration project is and the benefits it can provide.

The project outline can be viewed after the break.

Happy Thanksgiving!

From openclipart.org

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving break! Updates on Bigfoot Sustainability Projects coming next week. See you all on Monday!

Nationally Acclaimed Author Barry Lopez Speaking at SCC

Photo from http://www.barrylopez.com

The President Speaker Series committee and the Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities is hosting the nationally acclaimed writer and photographer Barry Lopez.

 

Where: Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium

 

When: Thursday November 21st at 7pm - refreshments and book signing after the talk.

 

From the annoucement email sent out by David Stasney:

 

"In his nonfiction, Mr. Lopez writes often about the relationship between the physical landscape, human culture, and the environment. In his fiction, he frequently addresses issue of intimacy, ethics, and identity. His first stories were published in 1966. He has been a full-time writer since leaving graduate school in 1970 but occasionally accepts invitations to teach and lecture. He has been the Welch Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the Glenn Distinguished Professor at Washington & Lee, has taught fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and tarvels regulary to Texas Tech University where he is the university's Visiting Distinguished Scholar. For more information on Barry Lopez visit his website: http://www.barrylopez.com"

See you all there!

Project: Looking into expanding the availability of recycling at SCC

Looking for new friends!

I'm happy to announce a new sustainability project for Spokane Community College:

• Expanding the availiability of recycling at SCC

Picture of the week - November 15th, 2013

Picture submitted by Kathy

This week's picture was taken by our very own Assistant to the Dean of Instruction! Thank you Kathy for the awesome picture!

If you want to have your picture featured on this website please email the photo to ascsustainability@scc.spokane.edu

Thanks for the leaves!

Leaves for the Student Garden!

A big thank you to everyone who has brought leaves for the new Student Garden! We have had an amazing amount of support from the SCC community and we could still use more leaves if you have them. As long as they are already bagged we would be happy to accept them for use on the student garden. There is a map showing where to drop the leaves off after the break. Thanks again!

The Student Garden Needs Leaves!

So the Student Government wants your leaves!

Last year your Student Government approved the creation of a new Student Garden on the campus at SCC. This quarter we are in the process of putting the garden in. One of the first steps in this is to use the technique of sheet mulching to kill the grass that is currently at the location.

Sheet mulching takes a ton of leaves and cardboard to be affective. If you have leaves or cardboard that you do not need please bring it to the ASG Office at SCC. We are located in the Lair. Thank you!

-Drop off location for leaves and cardboard (please put cardboard in the ASG office)

Welcome to Bigfoot Sustainability!

A couple years ago the Spokane Community College (SCC) Associated Student Government (ASG) decided to create a new position. That position was the student Director of Sustainability. The Inland Empire is an amazing and beautiful place to live. We have mountains, rivers, forests and grasslands all around us. For those of us who love the outdoors there are very few places we would rather to live. This has given many of us a strong sense of stewardship towards the natural beauty of the Inland Empire.