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Campus Sustainability Day
Thursday, October 17th, 2013 the Office of Sustainability is hosting the sixth annual McMaster University Campus Sustainability Day.
The Office of Sustainability is extending invitations to join us in celebrating advancements made towards developing a culture of sustainability.
Event Details
When: Thursday, October 17th 2013, 11 AM - 2 PM Where: McMaster University Student Centre, Atrium
We are also inviting volunteers from interested parties to set up booths to display and communicate programs and achievements that promote sustainability. Space is limited.
Please contact Zeinab Rahal at rahalz2@mcmaster.ca if you are interested in hosting a table at this event.
Experiential Learning Opportunity
The GUCEL (Graduate/Undergraduate Collaboration for Experiential Learning) program is a new initiative, which allows graduate and undergraduate students to collaborate with one another while pursuing an experiential learning project.
We are looking for a group of students to develop their own project idea! If you have a great idea about improving sustainability on campus or within the community and are interested in gaining experience in developing and implementing of a sustainability-related project please contact Melissa Gallina, GUCEL Program Coordinator, at gallinma@mcmaster.ca to find out more about the GUCEL program and how to get involved!
Climate Change Map Needs Your Submissions
What are you doing to help mitigate climate change?
Have you noticed the impacts of our changing climate?
The McMaster Centre for Climate Change has created a website where you can share the actions you are taking and the impacts you notice. Submissions will appear on interactive maps and you may find out about interesting projects that you never knew existed.
Help us put climate change on the map! www.mapclimatechange.ca
Congratulations to our Flexpass Survey Winner!
Congratulations to Carla Sorowka, our final winner of the Flexpass Survey Draw. Carla thinks "(the) Flex Pass is a great way to save on gas and vehicle 'wear and tear' as well as helps to encourage
people to leave the car at home and take an active or sustainable mode when possible"
Congratulations Carla!
Sustainable Future Program
For students interested in learning more about sustainability and having the opportunity to engage in experiential learning through developing and implementing a sustainability project, McMaster has created the Sustainable Future Program.
Courses in the program are open to students from all faculties. Each course provides students with the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary, student-led, community-based and experiential education focused on sustainability.
Beekeeping on Campus
A project from Sustain 2A03 - The Sustainable Future Project has been featured on The Spectator!
Learn what all the buzz is about!
McMaster wins Clean Air Commute 2013!
Mac has done it again! For the fourth year in a row, the University has come in first place for its size category.
McMaster won the challenge by engaging 509 participants who saved 3110.57 kg of pollutants and diverted 12127.97 km by taking a sustainable mode of travel during the challenge week of June 17-23 2013.
A big thank you to all our clean air commuters, and congratulations to all our prize winners!
McMaster's 2012 Sustainability Annual Report
Each October, the Office of Sustainability releases the McMaster Sustainability Annual Report to highlight the achievements and commitments made by the University to develop a culture of sustainability at McMaster.
Click here to read the report.
Updated October 4, 2013