/sustainability/taxonomy/term/329/all en /sustainability/learn/education-fellows <p class="enhance">Are you interested in integrating sustainability into one of your courses, or developing a new sustainability course? Have you wanted to learn more about how to bring sustainability into your field of expertise and your classroom? </p> <p>The Sustainability Education Fellows Program is a cross-campus initiative that brings together faculty and students to advance sustainability in the curriculum and pedagogy at UUÖ±²¥ as part of a year-long cohort.</p> Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:56:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3075 at /sustainability /sustainability/commitments/zero-waste <p>UUÖ±²¥ aims to become zero-waste by 2035 by attaining a diversion rate of 90 percent, based on the <a href="http://zwia.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener">internationally recognized standard.</a> </p> <p>In order to achieve this target, UUÖ±²¥ will have to make changes in the campus infrastructure, supply chain, programs, and bolster education and engagement initiatives.  </p> <p>To meet a midterm goal of a 60% diversion rate by 2025, the University will install integrated waste sorting stations, expand compost collection and reduce the amount of waste generated.  </p> Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:40:23 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3069 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-and-accessible-events-training-289895 <p>Are you an event planner, or interested in shifting the culture of UUÖ±²¥ events in a more sustainable and inclusive direction?<br /> <br /></p> Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:54:46 +0000 toby.davine@mcgill.ca 2767 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/un-report-ocean-acidity-increasing-rapidly-due-co2-239490 <blockquote> <p>Radio Canada International | Oct. 9, 2014</p> <p>By: Marc Montgomery</p> </blockquote> <p>A new report from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in South Korea says that ocean acidification has risen alarmingly from absorption of CO2 in the atmosphere.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Further news on this topic:</strong></p> <ul></ul> <p><a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2014/10/09/un-report-ocean-acidity-increasing-rapidly-due-to-co2/" target="_blank">Radio Canada | UN report: ocean acidity increasing rapidly due to CO2</a></p></blockquote> Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:59:29 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2022 at /sustainability /sustainability/commitments/declarations <p>UUÖ±²¥â€™s commitment to sustainability reaches back several decades and spans scales from local to global.  </p> <p>The sustainability declarations that the University has signed affirm its role in helping to shape a future where people and the planet can flourish.</p> Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:48:24 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1429 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/campus-dining-%E2%80%93-more-universities-are-serving-healthier-cuisine-students-226765 <p>Published in the <strong>May 2013 Issue</strong> (Vol.15 No.5 p.18) of <strong>Today's Dietitian<br /></strong>Written by <strong>McKenzie Hall, RD</strong></p> Tue, 14 May 2013 17:03:44 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1391 at /sustainability