Campus Sustainability Publications

University-Wide Reports

2010-11 Western Sustainability Report

Includes executive summary, sustainability metrics, and reports on eleven dimensions of sustainability at WWU.

WWU 2008 Sustainability Report

WWU's first comprehensive sustainability overview.

Department Reports

Draft White Paper (April 22, 2011)

Committee Report on the Sustainability Institute Initiative at Western Washington University.

Environmental Health & Safety Report - Spring 2011

The spring 2011 issue highlights ways in which the Western community can keep stormwater runoff free of contaminates and introduces emergency management grant employees Holly Woll-Salkeld and Jonah Stinson to the campus community.

WWU Dining Services: "Delivering on the Experience" Fall 2010

Page 13 of this report shows how University Dining Services has significantly increased the amount of fresh, seasonal produce we purchase from Growing Washington. Page 14 examines how University Dining Services is using the "Real Food Challenge" as a standard way to measure sustainable food purchases. (The Real Food Challenge started as a class project of the Campus Planning Studio in 2009).

Washington State Reports

Pathway to GHG Emissions Reduction in Washington State Government

The GHG Report was published by the Washington State Department of Ecology and is a look at the progress of Washington State agencies working to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Newsletters

WWU Sustainable Transportation Newsletter

This Winter 2011 issue features the latest articles, transportation tips, and events surrounding WWU's support on the use of alternative, sustainable transportation.

Conservative Sustainability

WWU's own student-run campus sustainability newsletter also known as the ResRAP Newsletter (December 2010).

Faculty Published Articles

"Stability, sustainability, and catastrophe: Applying resilience thinking to U.S. agriculture."

Written by Western's own Gigi Berardi, Rebekah Green and Bryant Hammond, this article appeared in the print version of Human Ecology Review vol 18 (2): 115-125. The piece packs in description of system dynamics across a wide sweep of scales in examining both hurricane Katrina, and U.S. agriculture.