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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Carleton Newsroom March 27, 2017 Carleton University is launching a $1.8-million program to train tomorrow’s climate change research leaders in partnership with three African universities and the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program. Societal Transformation and Climate Change: Training the Next Generation... More
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Reposted from Academia.edu. Originally published February 5, 2016 The University of British Columbia has reportedly proposed a $10 M sustainability fund instead of divesting from fossil fuel companies, despite last year’s majority vote by both UBC students and faculty in favour of fossil fuel divestment. The decision was frustrating, said... More
Monday, January 11, 2016
Please join the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University as we celebrate the launch of a new book by Dr. Emilie Cameron. Far Off Metal River: Inuit Lands, Settler Stories, and the Making of the Contemporary Arctic Friday, January 22, 2016 2:30pm - 4pm Room 252, MacOdrum Library Carleton Univerity This... More
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Do you have a great idea that would help make Carleton a more sustainable campus? For the third year, the Green Revolving Fund Committee is accepting applications from faculty, staff and students. The university’s $1-million Green Revolving Fund is part of its campus-wide Energy and Sustainability Program. A Green Revolving Fund Committee (GRFC)... More
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
On October 20th, 2015, Carleton Climate Commons will be launching the Fall 2015 documentary film series The first film is WATERMARK. Everyone is welcome and admission is FREE! All three documentaries will be hosted in the Discovery Centre, 4th Floor, MacOdrum Library. Please click here for more... More
Saturday, October 3, 2015
The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care has developed a climate change resiliency toolkit for healthcare facilities. The toolkit is healthcare specific but could easily be adapted to other institutional environments. The Climate Change Resiliency web pages are here: http://www.greenhealthcare.ca/resiliency/ To access the toolkit you need to... More
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Campus divestment campaigns gaining momentum Reposted from Academica.edu As the worldwide debate around divestment from fossil fuels rages, thirty campuses across Canada are now home to divestment campaigns. Reactions have been diverse: Concordia University has created a fossil-free fund, while the University of Calgary has ruled outdivesting.... More
Monday, September 21, 2015
The College of the Humanities M.K. GANDHI LECTURE SERIES Co-sponsored by Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa This event is part of the 9th Annual Ottawa Peace Festival The Mahatma, the Pope, and the Planet: Gandhian Reflections on the Pope’s Recent Letter on the Environment Speaker: Prof. Noel Salmond Carleton University Sunday,... More
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Assessing & Responding to Climate Change: Ignoring the Poor? Des Gasper, Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague How far are humanistic principles -- principles of judging in terms of all the valued impacts on all people – actually important in assessments of climate change? The paper identifies mechanisms by which... More
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