EWU News

Tag: Sustainability

EWU Hosts Middle School Students for Day of Hands-On Learning

June 10, 2026

Three middle school students with a district representative.

The Eastern team partnered with Spokane Public Schools’ Native Education Program for this memorable science-theme visit.

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Revitalizing the One Room Schoolhouse Grounds

May 7, 2026

Picture of One Room Schoolhouse

The schoolhouse landscape is coming to life thanks to a collaborative effort to establish plants that were once native to the area.

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Prairie Restoration Planting Project is Seeking Volunteers

February 26, 2026

Tractor with students working with bags of seeds.

During the two-day event on March 6 and 7, volunteers will help to plant some 1,500 native plant plugs.

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Campus Clean-Up Boosts EWU Climate Resiliency

May 13, 2025

Campus Clean-Up Boosts EWU Climate Resiliency

Faculty and staff volunteers beautified campus, adding native and climate resilient plants to the landscape.

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Winter Seeding Represents ‘Turning Point’ in EWU Prairie Project

March 12, 2025

Colored flags show EWU prairie seeding sites.

The prairie restoration team recently announced another milestone in the project’s development — the seeding of native grasses across the entire 120-acre site.

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University-Owned Farmland Begins a Slow but Exciting Transformation

February 17, 2021 by

sewing seeds in a light snow

A team of faculty, staff and students at the end of January took a critical first step in the Prairie Restoration Project—planting seeds on the site.

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