Take the Pledge

With earth week coming up, Bellevue College is striving to create a more sustainable campus community.

 Students, Faculty and Staff are encouraged to Take the Pledge to help waste reduction, conservation, reuse and recycling. Be sure to choose actions that are new to you. The pledge aims to focus of 5 areas: Air, Energy, Land, Water, and Wildlife.

Need help with some of these ideas? Here are some easy examples that you can adopt to make a difference:

  1. Use a reusable coffee mug
  2. Make sure to use the recycling and composting bins available all around the campus
  3. Use alternative transportation
  4. Put two bins by your desk – one for recyclables and one for waste
  5. Turn of the computer once your finish work
  6. Turn of water while you are brushing your teeth to reduce your water use

What You Can Do

Bellevue College is in a unique position to facilitate student, faculty and staff projects with both the financial and staff support to help you make your project come to fruition.

Get Your Sustainability Project Funded

The Student Environmental Sustainability Fund (SESF) provides grant and loan funding for student projects and is one of the largest “green funds” in the northwest.  Find out more and apply for an SESF grant or loan.

Become a Volunteer/ Intern / Student Employee 

Find out about short-term volunteer opportunities, quarterly internships or job opportunities working on Sustainability at Bellevue College.

Join the Sustainability and Science Association (SSA)

The SSA’s mission is to create awareness and involvement of issues in  sustainability and science and how those issues affect us and our world, and to create an atmosphere on campus that understands, appreciates, and protects our environment by displaying knowledge and devotion to its well being.

Become a Captain of Sustainability

The Captains of Sustainability Program is a network of staff, faculty, and administrators working together to achieve one common goal: Promoting a culture of sustainability at Bellevue College. We are devoted to raising awareness on campus with optimism and hope our positive grassroots activities will strengthen and enhance energy conservation and waste reduction.