/sustainability/taxonomy/term/103/all en /sustainability/channels/event/catalyst-award-nominations-224773 <h3>The deadline for submissions will be February 27 2013</h3> <p>The 3<sup>rd</sup> annual <a href="/sustainability/about/catalyst-awards" title="Catalyst Awards information">Catalyst Awards</a> will be held in 2013 to recogniz</p> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:52:38 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 3088 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0104-vision-2020-2 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>Fall 2014</p> Tue, 07 Jul 2015 03:17:43 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2191 at /sustainability /sustainability/b-shack-sp0120 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>CANCELLED </strong>Approved Summer 2013</p> <p>B-shack is an outreach, education and research hub anchored with a pavilion at the Macdonald Farm designed, fabricated and assembled by a diverse group of students to creatively engage the extended UUֱ�� community and the citizens of Montreal in addressing the imminent threat to the world food supply by honeybee colony collapse disorder (CCD). The SPF provided the means to construct a wooden pavilion with a steel structure that contains beehives at Macdonald Campus.</p> Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:00:33 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1759 at /sustainability /sustainability/mseg-root-crop-washer-sp0118 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>October 2013 - 2017</p> <p>The UUֱ�� Student Ecological Garden operates a 1 1/4 acre farm on the Macdonald Campus to produce local food stuffs from various different crops and farm animals. The MSEG Root Crop Washer is a small-scale root crop (carrots, turnips etc.) washing machine that the organization uses to increase the efficiency and efficacy of the produce cleaning process while decreasing the amount of physical exertion required.</p> Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:40:32 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1756 at /sustainability /sustainability/codejam-sp0116 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>October 2013 - November 2013</p> Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:50:15 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1752 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0115-ecole-educational-community-living-environment <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>October 2013 - November 2015</p> Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:42:36 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1750 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0106-community-engagement-day-2 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2013</p> Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:08:48 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 1690 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/market-cooperative-celebrating-year-love-232841 <p><span><span>The Market Cooperative is celebrating it's one year anniversary this coming February 13th! <br /> <br /> Featuring over 40 local art, clothing, food, and vintage vendors, a day full of live music, and wonderful people.<br /> </span></span></p> Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:49:01 +0000 lilith.wyatt@mcgill.ca 1656 at /sustainability /sustainability/sustainable-procurement-officer-sp0105 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>May 2013 - Fall 2015</p> Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:48:07 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1651 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/launch-sustainability-fridays-232691 <h3>Come share a drink, a snack, and a conversation with other UUֱ�� professors, students, and staff interested in sustainability.</h3> <p>What better way to spend the last Friday afternoon of the month than chatting about sustainability with your </p> Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:00:28 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1639 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-net-positive-strength-and-synergy-numbers-232584 <h3>A professor at the UUֱ�� School of Environment and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Elena Bennett, spends much of her research time looking at the ways ecosystems interact and provide multiple services for people.</h3> <blockquote> <p>Published on January 21 2014 | <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/01/mcgill-net-positive-strength-and-synergy-in-numbers/" target="_blank">UUֱ�� Reporter<br /></a>Written by Neale Devitt </p></blockquote> Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:09:34 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1638 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/four-burning-questions-john-robinson-associate-provost-sustainability-ubc-232582 <h3>John Robinson is the Associate Provost, Sustainability at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is a professor with UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability and Department of Geography.</h3> <blockquote> <p>Published on January 21 | <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/01/four-burning-questions-for-john-robinson-associate-provost-sustainability-at-ubc/" target="_blank">UUֱ�� Reporter</a></p></blockquote> Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:50:42 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1636 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/ecole-integrate-sustainable-living-mcgill-residence-232578 <h3>The student-run initiative “ECOLE” (Educational COmmunity Living Environment) is working to transform a MORE house into a space for sustainable living to open in September 2014.</h3> <blockquote> <p>Published on January 20 2014 | <a href="http://bullandbearmcgill.com/a-student-run-initiative-aims-to-transform-a-mcgill-residence-by-september-2014/" target="_blank">Bull and Bear</a><br />Written by Tess Wrobleski</p></blockquote> Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:28:51 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1635 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/des-etudiants-de-l%E2%80%99universite-mcgill-se-mobilisent-232577 <h3>Alors que la population des abeilles chute de façon alarmante, des étudiants de l'Université UUֱ�� amassent des fonds pour construire un pavillon où vivront des colonies entières de ces insectes afin de conscientiser la population à la problématique.</h3> <blockquote> <p>Published on January 20 2014 | <a href="http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/01/20/des-etudiants-de-luniversite-mcgill-se-mobilisent" target="_blank">Journal de Montréal</a><br />Written by Ewan Sauves</p></blockquote> Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:19:55 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1634 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/mcgill-sustainability-research-symposium-2014-232567 <div>Sustainability research is, by design and necessity, interdisciplinary, and researchers in this field require platforms and spaces to share ideas and create connections.</div> <div> <blockquote> <p><span>Find the 2014 speaker bios are </span></p></blockquote></div> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:53:11 +0000 megan.liley@mcgill.ca 1633 at /sustainability