Field tour looks at hard-working grasses for the future, June 8
See experimental grasses and meet the scientists testing how they stand up to heavy wear, pollution, and extreme conditions.

Recycling fashion, educating students
WSU students designed and made apparel from waste products for the upcoming Trashion Show at the Washington State Recycling Association’s annual conference.

Students take “life-altering” field trip to work on Uruguayan farms
Several WSU spent spring break working on and learning about farms and sustainable construction in Uruguay.

WSU sentinel plantings to guard against invasive pests, diseases at Washington ports
TACOMA, Wash.—Aiming to catch and identify invasive pests and diseases before they impact Washington farms and forests, scientists at Washington State University will plant trees and shrubs as sentinels at […]

Become a certified Waste Warrior in WSU Extension course
WSU Snohomish County Extension hosts a sustainability training course to be effective environmental stewards

Engineers, plant scientists decoding electrochemical signals of soil health
Seeking new tools to improve soil health, scientists at Washington State University are studying electric signals that bounce between plants and the underworld community of microbes that sustains them. This […]

2023 a potentially bad year for honey bees
A confluence of disasters means 2023 could be a challenging year for beekeepers and the growers who depend on bees for pollinating.

It began in Washington: WSU Master Gardeners 50th anniversary kicks off April 8
Kicking off their golden anniversary, WSU Master Gardeners are going back to where it started.

Seeds of a movement: 50 years ago, Master Gardeners began with WSU-trained volunteers
Now an intercontinental movement, the Extension Master Gardener Program began in Washington in the early 1970s. Above, several early program pioneers answer questions in a western Washington clinic in spring 1973. Clockwise from rear are…

WSU Sustainable Community Stewards host free Repair Café
Snohomish County Extension’s Sustainable Community Stewards host a Repair Café to fix household items and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.