Bellingham Climate Protection

In the summer of 2005, the City of Bellingham began working with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability to perform a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for both the City government and the community of Bellingham.  This inventory was the first piece of a 5-step process designed by ICLEI for the implementation of Climate Change Action planning.... (More)  

Whatcom County Climate Protection

In May of 2006, the Whatcom County Council resolved to become a member of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.  This membership granted them access to an ICLEI Program Assistant for three months, with funding from the Northwest Clean Air Agency, to perform an inventory of government and community emissions and to devise a draft Action Plan for reducing those emissions.... (More)

Western Washington University's Presidents Climate Commitment

During Spring 2007, WWU’s President Morse signed a letter of intent for the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, which is an effort to address global warming by garnering institutional commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions, and to accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the Earth’s climate. Implementation of the Presidents Climate Commitment at Western will rely on campus-wide collaboration and will be coordinated by the WWU Office of Sustainability.... (More)

Green Power at Western Washington University

Two years ago, a small group of Western students in an Associated Students club set a goal of having Western obtain all of its electrical energy from a 100-percent renewable source. To meet that goal they proposed a student initiative to implement a fee that would offset the cost of purchasing renewable energy.... (More)