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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Reposted from Academica Top Ten (16 June 2105) 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 out divesting. Students and faculty have... More
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Reposted from Academica Group Top Ten Five Canadian universities are among the greenest in North America, according to The Princeton Review's Guide to 353 Green Colleges. The guide assigns institutions a "Green Rating" of between 60 and 99. Only those achieving scores of higher than 83 appear on the list of 353. The University of Victoria... More
Sunday, May 10, 2015
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5): Is there anything new under the sun? Wednesday, May 13, 2015/le mercredi 13 mai 2015 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m./ 11:00 – 12:00 (Eastern Time/ heure de l’est) Speaker/Présentateur Professor Mike Brklacich Chancellor's Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Associate Dean (Graduate... More
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Reposted from Academica Top Ten The 2015 list of Canada’s Greenest Employers has been released, with 8 PSE institutions appearing this year. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Mohawk College, Red River College, the University of Alberta, UBC, the University of Northern British Columbia, the University of Toronto, and York University were selected... More
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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The Green Revolving Fund Projects Announced The Green Revolving Fund committee would like to thank all members of the Carleton University community for their participation and interest in in the second annual Green Revolving Fund call for ideas. The fund continues to promote and ensure wider sustainability ideas from the Carleton community can be... More
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Divest Dal protests Shell donation Reposted from Academica Top Ten, 9 April 2015 Students at Dalhousie University are protesting a $600,000 donation made to the institution from Shell Canada. Members of Divest Dal say that the donation, which includes $100,000 for training students in oil and gas exploration and development, makes the school... More
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
This Changes Some Things Jodi Dean Reposted from I Cite How do we imagine the climate changing? Some scenarios involve techno-fixes like cloud-seeding or new kinds of carbon sinks. Cool tech, usually backed by even cooler entrepreneurs, saves the day -- Iron Man plus Al Gore plus Steve Jobs. In green. Other scenarios are... More
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Sustainability at the University of Ottawa Reposted from Academica Top Ten (7 April 2015) uOttawa campus plan focuses on green spaces, multi-use buildings The University of Ottawa has offered a glimpse of its campus of the future. The university's recently released master plan identifies its development goals for the next 20 years, including... More
Thursday, April 2, 2015
April 1, 2015 | robbbarnes | 0 Comments Job Posting: Election Organizer Ecology Ottawa is looking for an Election Organizer to join a dynamic team. The Election Organizer will organize in a local riding within the context of the upcoming federal election. The goal is to promote environmental leadership at the federal level while strengthening... More
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Bill C-51: You’re Probably A Terrorist Taylor Donaldson Now let me get one thing straight: I am not a terrorist. Sure I have made some questionable decisions in the past (like eating an entire pizza at 4 am or watching Netflix for twenty hours straight just to name a few…) but I love my... More
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Sign Up for the Act on Climate March in Quebec! Posted by Ben Powless 852cc on March 12, 2015 Join us and thousands of others who will make a historic trek to Quebec City on April 11 to demand that we Act on Climate! All of Canada’s premiers are heading to Quebec City at... More
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