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Inter-Campus Collaboration

Northwest Higher Education Sustainability Consortium

Sustainability leaders from Western Washington University, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham Technical College, and the Northwest Indian College have formed the Northwest Higher Education Sustainability Consortium. The institutions have agreed upon the commitment of collaboration and partnership in promoting sustainability on campuses, in the community of Whatcom County and in the northwest region of the State.

The Northwest Consortium is will pursue four over-arching goals: (1) Advance sustainability efforts through facilitating communications and disseminating knowledge and information from and to the various campus and their communities; (2) Develop the understanding of sustainability among the wide spectrum of the Consortium’s college and university communities as well as other individuals and groups with similar values and goals; (3) Promote partnerships for advancing sustainability among the wide spectrum of the Consortium communities as well as other individuals and groups with like values and goals; and (4) Increase capacity for the practice of sustainability on campuses and among the Northwest Consortium communities through building skills, transforming attitudes, and providing resources.

Representatives of the colleges/universities comprising the Consortium are:

• BTC – Vicky Moyle, BTC Sustainability Committe Chair, General Studies-Mathematics Instructor
• NWIC – Dr. Justin Guillory, Dean of Instruction, and Susan Givens-Seymour, Director of Collaborative Education
• WWU – Seth Vidana, Sustainability Coordinator, and Dr. George Pierce, Special Assistant for Sustainability and Co-Chair of the WWU Sustainability Committee
• WCC – Barry Maxwell, Professor and Co-Chair of the Sustainability Committee, Linda Maier, Dean for Workforce Education and Co-Chair of the WCC Sustainability Committee, and Terry Cox, Workforce Education Director

Program Contact: George Pierce, Special Assistant for Sustainability
Email: George.Pierce@wwu.edu

Program Contact: Seth Vidaña, Coordinator, Office of Sustainability
Email: Seth.Vidana@wwu.edu