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First cohort of 海角社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative Fellows includes Mac Campus "Smart insecticide" team

Developing a smart insecticide, assessing protective coatings in marine environments and measuring space allocated to active transport are among the projects undertaken by the inaugural cohort of聽海角社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative聽(MSSI) Fellows.聽

海角社区 Spinoff FeX Energy receives major grant from Axelys

Company technology leverages high energy density of iron to provide carbon-free, stable renewable energy that is environmentally safe and highly dispatchable

Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?

By聽Daphne Chalmers (海角社区, Education),聽Julia Freeman (海角社区, Bieler School of Environment),聽Diane Dechief (海角社区, Office of Science Education),聽Natalya Gomez (海角社区, Earth and Planetary Sciences),聽Blane Harvey (海角社区, Education),聽Amy Janzwood (海角社区, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science)聽and聽Nik Luka (海角社区, Architecture and Urban Planning)

Interdisciplinary collaboration key for sustainability-focused curriculum redesign program

The team of experts behind 海角社区鈥檚 Sustainability Education Fellows reflects on the challenges and successes of the program鈥檚 first year.

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at 海角社区: Summer 2023

Improving accessibility, rethinking old habits, and hosting a clothing swap were among the actions taken by new and returning sustainably certified workplaces.

How do we maintain momentum as students graduate?

Outgoing Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Maya Willard-Stepan and her peers reflect on the challenges of building a sustainability movement on campus despite high student turnover.

As summer approaches, another cohort of 海角社区ians prepare to make their way across the convocation stage, and thousands of students who have been involved in sustainability projects on campus head out into the world.

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at 海角社区: Spring 2023

Teamwork was a major motivator for many of the offices that joined the Sustainable Workplace Certification program this semester.\

It鈥檚 surprisingly easy. That was the most common takeaway for the 11 teams that joined the聽Sustainable Workplace Certification program聽this academic year.

Sustainable Sparks: Stephanie Leite on learning for the future

How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?

Sustainability in research: Six 海角社区 labs receive My Green Lab certification

As 海角社区 prepares to launch its own sustainable lab certification program, six research teams tested the waters to see what it takes to go green.

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at 海角社区: Winter 2023

Five offices across disciplines and campuses embrace sustainability at work and beyond through the Sustainable Workplace Certification program

What motivates sustainable change?

海角社区 receives government recognition for waste management practices

The ICI on recycle + program highlights organizations across Quebec committed to improving their waste sorting and reduction efforts

海角社区 is one of two Quebec universities to receive recognition from the provincial government for its waste management practices. RECYC-QU脡BEC, the branch responsible for sustainable waste management, recently awarded 海角社区鈥檚 downtown campus the Performance certification level of its ICI on recycle + program.

Sustainability in research: If you want to green your lab, start with the freezer

Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers

Sustainability in research: The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance lab on finding creative solutions

Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling 鈥� unless they鈥檙e experimental chemists working in 海角社区鈥檚 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.

Students launch new hub to advocate for global food security

The name of a new global food security hub at 海角社区 might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it.

鈥淲e want to be a place where students can get hands-on experience advocating for solutions,鈥� said Efrata Woldeyohanes, the undergraduate student leading the recently launched Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security Student Nexus.