The "Rishi" garden swings open in a hurry as the children of Nancy Carson’s elementary school class retrieve their tools to garden. A boy in a striped blue shirt grabs a wheel barrel for compost, a popular choice for the class... (more)
The Planet is the quarterly student magazine of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment. Founded by students in 1979, it is the capstone course for students enrolled in Huxley College's undergraduate environmental journalism major.
The magazine's mission statement, as articulated by its student editors, is as follows: "We are dedicated to environmental advocacy and awareness through responsible journalism."
Tapping a Better Brew
Whether shotgunning a PBR or pouring a high gravity microbrew into a pint glass, few people realize the amount of work and resources that go into making their beer, let alone the impact both can have on the environment... (more)
Fueling Food Prices
Business seems harmonious at The Bagelry where people come to have a bagel and a cup of coffee, and prepare for the day ahead... (more)
Bunnies on the Brink
In a wildlife park in Eatonville, where large bison wander free and bighorn sheep climb the hills, a tiny animal is being carefully monitored... (more)
Red, White & Green?
The sun that rises on the morning of Nov. 4, 2008 will greet the 44th president of the United States. It will also greet a world growing hotter, dirtier and more crowded every day... (more)
The Skinny on Galbraith
The fallen logs, steep inclines, water-filled trenches, and both natural and manmade obstacles make the mountainous terrain a biker’s paradise... (more)
Garden Patch Kids
It’s a Bird... It’s a Plane... It’s Al Hanners
It appears we can’t rely on Superman to save our planet, but luckily real heroes are all around us. Trade in the brightly colored spandex for a comfortable pair of slacks, the flowing red cape for a loaded backpack and muddy hiking boots... (more)
Earthly Innovations
Suspended from translucent threads of a ghostly hammock, the argiope aurantia, commonly known as the North American yellow garden spider, bounces on a carefully constructed circular web that hangs heavy with droplets of dew... (more)
Fighting Currents
For many of us, the defining image of the Pacific Northwest is a wild steelhead or Pacific salmon leaping white river rapids or darting through currents... (more)
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Imagine an island of trash nearly the size of 8,500 Bellinghams floating in the middle of the ocean... (more)
A Fate Worse Than Salt
Propelling with a single muscular foot, the snail marks its path with a silvery streak of slime. Scoping the scene with a pair of perky tentacles, its teeth roll outward to scrape and scoop bits of fungi from the forest floor... (more)