The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Catherine Potvin 

On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York’s People’s Climate March. 

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Classified as: office of sustainability, catherine potvin
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Published on: 22 Sep 2014

The McGill Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014

By: The Reporter Staff

Audra Simpson, McGill alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.

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Classified as: aboriginal, Sustainability
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Published on: 14 Sep 2014

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Lesley Chesterman

Gone are the days when thousands of McGill students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus.

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Classified as: Sustainability, food, mcgill food service
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Published on: 14 Sep 2014

The Atlantic: CityLab.com | Aug 20, 2014

Written by: Eric Jaffe

For most people, a satisfying commute is not necessarily a happy one—a not-so-unhappy one will do. Yes, it's true that the ideal commute not absolutely zero commute; many of us can use the time to decompress or get some thinking done. But it's also true that beyond a certain point—roughly 15 minutes one-way, on average—we just want our lives and sanity back.

Classified as: transportation, Sustainability, mcgill research
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Published on: 12 Sep 2014

McGill Reporter | Aug 21, 2014

By: Neale McDevitt

The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual McGill à la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert. 

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Classified as: Sustainability, food, De Volpi, fair trade, frosh
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Published on: 1 Sep 2014

McGill Reporter | Aug 11, 2014

By: Chris Chipello

Montreal will soon become one of five global hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year international research program stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.

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Classified as: Sustainability, future earth
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Published on: 19 Aug 2014

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Montreal/ID/2487230329/

CBC News - August 11, 2014

McGill's Farm to School Project (SP0100) Summer Camp Click on the link above to watch the full story!

Classified as: farming, SPF0100: Farm to School
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Published on: 19 Aug 2014

International Business Times | July 22, 2014

By: Jayalakshmi K

Global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 indicate a slowdown in global warming, but this was due to natural cooling fluctuation and not due to any decrease in greenhouse gas emissions - this has been proved by statistical analysis of the temperatures, conducted by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.

Classified as: Sustainability, climate change, Shaun Lovejoy
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

McGill Student Jakub Dzamba desigs cricket incubator to feed growing interest in insect farming

Published on July 23, 2014 | Journal Metro

by: Mathais Marchal

Classified as: Sustainability, food, farming, Insects
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

Living in a city puts everything at your fingertips: From fashion and movies to social movements and political experiments, residents of urban areas experience most everything before it trickles through the suburbs and into rural communities.

Published on July 29, 2014 | Yahoo! News

by: Willy Blackmore

Classified as: Sustainability, food, urban agriculture, farming
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plots

Published on July 30, 2014 | Environmental Research Web

For example, in York, UK, an "edible map" reveals that there is garlic mustard and horseradish growing in abundance alongside the river, and plums will be available on a tree in a street in Osbaldwick by August.

Classified as: Sustainability, food, urban agriculture, farming
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

To encourage more active commuting among McGill staff

Published on July 14, 2014 | Pulse Energy News

by: Meena Mohan

Flexibility and configurability are two of our guiding principles when it comes to developing great, user friendly software.

Classified as: Sustainability, SPF: Energy
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Published on: 16 Jul 2014

To encourage more active commuting among McGill staff

Published on June 15, 2014 | McGill Reporter

by: McGill Reporter

Classified as: transportation, Sustainability, Green Spaces, Bicycling
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Published on: 20 Jun 2014

The Panama Field Studies Semester offers McGill undergraduates a unique opportunity to experience the complexity of environmental issues up-close

Published on June 9, 2014 | McGill News

by: Hannah Hoag (MSc '99)

Classified as: Current & New Students, catherine potvin, Panama Field Studies, Sustianability
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Published on: 20 Jun 2014

The McGill University board of governors has included “grave environmental degradation” as allowable criteria for divestment.

Published on June 10, 2014 | The Gazette

by: Karen Seidman

Many students at McGill University are celebrating a fundamental shift in how the university will decide whether to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.

Classified as: Sustainability, board of governors, environmental degradation, investing
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Published on: 11 Jun 2014

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