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Stories of Sustainability

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The Living Continuum of Leadership
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Highlights of the 2024-25 Year
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Gonzaga Hosts 7th Annual Climate Change Forum with Local City ...
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Dance Kicks Off Season with Guest Artist Karin Stevens Dance, ...
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What Impact Does AI Have on the Environment?

August 19, 2025

Learn about the environmental cost of AI, including the electricity and water needed to power data centers, and the balance between innovation and...
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Spokane’s Climate Resilience Efforts Face Funding Challenges

July 15, 2025

Spokane’s efforts to prepare for deadly heat waves face setbacks after the EPA terminated key climate resilience grants.
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Made in the Shade: Pickaxes and Partnerships Forge Community Connection

June 12, 2025

During Earth Month 2025, Gonzaga teamed up with The Lands Council to plant trees along Spokane Valley’s Appleway Trail. About 75 students, faculty and...

Inspiring the Next Generation of Environmentalists

April 14, 2025

Gonzaga’s Climate Literacy Fellows bring hands-on climate science lessons to Spokane K-8 classrooms, inspiring the next generation to understand and...
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Gonzaga Earns Salmon-Safe Certification

April 03, 2025

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Climate Institute Partners with Spokane, The Lands Council for ...

April 01, 2025

A new $675,000 grant from the Washington Department of Ecology awarded to the Institute for Climate, Water and the Environment in partnership with the...
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Aspiration to Action: Sustainability and Climate Action Plan ...

December 02, 2024

The Office of Sustainability is creating a new Climate Action Plan with hopes of incorporating community input.

Advancing the Strategic Plan

November 11, 2024

Gonzaga’s Strategic Plan flourished under Provost Sacha Kopp, advancing academic excellence, technology, sustainability, and student engagement.

Highlights of the 2023-24 Year

November 11, 2024

From Commencement 2024 to connecting to the local Spokane community, Gonzaga students, faculty and staff have accomplished a great deal in the past...
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New Grants Expand Gonzaga’s Climate Efforts Through Regional Partnerships

August 29, 2024

The Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment has received two grants that will support its work helping inland Northwest communities...
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How Gonzaga Brought Expo 74 History to Life

August 21, 2024

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Celebrating Different Ways of Knowing

July 17, 2024

An initiative is underway in Northeast Spokane that aims to weave together the region’s history, culture, and ecology. The “Finding Our Way” project,...
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From Classroom to Community: Real-World Climate Solutions

July 11, 2024

Eighteen students, united by a common interest in learning how to respond to climate change in their local communities, formed the inaugural cohort of...
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Sustainability Office Partners to Bring First Electric Vehicle ...

May 30, 2024

An innovative partnership of local and state-wide public and private entities is introducing electric vehicle car sharing to Spokane.
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Groundskeeper Supervisor Tye McGee Digging In

May 07, 2024

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Expo '74 50th celebration

Looking Back 50 Years on Expo '74: Doing the Laundry

April 12, 2024

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