/sustainability/taxonomy/term/773/all en /sustainability/sp0275-action-x-design <hr /> <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>In Progress </strong> May 2021 -  </p> <div> <div class="two-column-1"> <p> </p> <p>Establishing long-term pathways for the UUÖ±²¥ community (students, staff, faculty) to lead dynamic equity based learning experiences with youth in local marginalized communities.</p></div></div> Tue, 11 May 2021 19:00:30 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2961 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0244-solin-hall-green-roof <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>ONGOING </strong>March 2020 - </p> <div> <div class="two-column-1"> <p> </p> <p>A student-accessible green roof project on the Annex at Solin Hall</p></div></div> Thu, 21 May 2020 11:18:05 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2883 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0242-helium-recovery-project <hr /> <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>Complete </strong>April 2020 - May 2021 </p> <div> <div class="two-column-1"> <p> </p> <p>We propose to purchase and install a system for recovering and recycling the limited resource<br /> helium, a critical component for the important scientific technique of NMR (nuclear magnetic<br /> resonance).</p></div></div> Thu, 21 May 2020 11:16:15 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2882 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0241-fmas-sustainability-push <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>ONGOING </strong>February 2020 - </p> <div> <div class="two-column-1"> <p> </p> <p>The project aims at unlocking significant capital investments to make visible improvements to the environmental performance of our campus facilities, while involving students in the process.</p></div></div> Thu, 21 May 2020 11:14:59 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2881 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0240-mcgill-wide-green-labs-initiative <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>ONGOING </strong>February 2020 - </p> <div> <div class="two-column-1"> <p> </p></div></div> Thu, 21 May 2020 11:14:08 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2880 at /sustainability /sustainability/season-extension-technology-meet-need-local-food-sp0249 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE </strong>April 2020 - February 2022</p> <div> <p>Installing a field high tunnel and a greenhouse to extend the production season of pesticide-free crops for the UUÖ±²¥ feeding UUÖ±²¥ project</p></div> Fri, 15 May 2020 20:33:07 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2877 at /sustainability /sustainability/dairy-cow-pasture-project-phase-2-sp0248 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE </strong>March 2020 - January 2021</p> <div> <p>The objective is to follow up on the Dairy Cow Pasture project by planting new wind breaks and implementing a simple irrigation system to increase productivity of drought prone pastures.</p></div> Fri, 15 May 2020 20:02:24 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2876 at /sustainability /sustainability/smart-waste-bin-station-mcconnel-sp0227 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px"> Tue, 05 May 2020 21:24:51 +0000 keelin.elwood@mcgill.ca 2874 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0225 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE </strong>August 2019 - October 2019</p> <div> <p>The Flat Bike Collective aims to increase its visibility and accessibility on campus, particularly in context of Mon Campus a Velo 2019, to encourage members of UUÖ±²¥ community to bike to UUÖ±²¥. </p></div> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:38:16 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2857 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0223 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>ONGOING </strong>July 2019 - </p> <div> <p>The Walking Birds promote physical activity and sustainability across UUÖ±²¥ with the help of Sam the Martlet. We use strategic, evidence-based messaging and other health promotion strategies throughout campus to encourage people to get moving and stay moving both inside and outside of school. By improving our physical activity habits, we seek to catalyse a cultural shift away from facilitated transport and sedentary lifestyle, towards more healthy and sustainable choices.</p></div> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:27:10 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2856 at /sustainability /sustainability/sp0224 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE</strong> July 2019 - October 2019</p> <div> <p>The UUÖ±²¥ Farmers' Market New Equipment Project is to furnish the UUÖ±²¥ Farmers’ Market with the necessary equipment to ensure its continued success in years to come by reducing the precarity caused by shifting University policies. </p></div> Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:45:15 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2855 at /sustainability /sustainability/active-transportation-gault-sp0219 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE </strong>June 2019 - August 2019</p> <div> <p>This project will provide staff with the option to use bicycles to travel between buildings instead of ATV or regular car or electric golf cart, to promote exercise and reduce carbon footprint.</p></div> Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:47:19 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2842 at /sustainability /sustainability/mac-regenerative-food-hub-sp0217 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE </strong>March 2019 - October 2019</p> <div> <p>This project hopes to establish a collaborative and resilient network of sustainable food systems around Macdonald Campus, fostering partnerships and enhancing local initiatives within the community.</p></div> Thu, 18 Jul 2019 20:02:43 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2840 at /sustainability /sustainability/dairy-cow-pasture-sp0214 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status:<b> COMPLETE </b>March 2019 - October 2019</p> <div> <p>This project intends to develop an ecological pasturing system that enhances animal nutrition & comfort while enhancing the environment.</p></div> Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:35:05 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2839 at /sustainability /sustainability/savr-initiative-sp0212 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>ONGOING </strong>March 2019 - </p> <div> <div> <p>The goal of the Electric Vehicle Subsidy (formerly known as the Sustainable Alternative for Vehicle Replacement - SAVR) is to support transition of unit fleet vehicles to sustainable alternatives by subsidizing vehicle purchase costs while decarbonizing our fleet by reducing fuel consumption & greenhouse gas emissions.</p></div></div> Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:59:54 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 2838 at /sustainability