- Sustainability
Midnight Kitchen celebrates successful harvest
Mcgill Reporter | July 31, 2015
by: Krystle Manintveld
A collection of students and community members gathered outside Burnside on Wednesday to share their final ‘garden meal’ of the season, put together largely from vegetables grown right on the McGill downtown campus thanks to the efforts of Midnight Kitchen volunteers.
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Reinventing chemistry
McGill News | Spring-Summer 2015
by: Mark Witten
A new branch of science aims to do away with the toxic waste that’s associated with industrial manufacturing and some of the brightest lights in this green chemistry movement are pursuing their research at McGill.
U.S. Turns Corner on Urban Sprawl
McGill Newsroom | June 15, 2015
Christopher Barrington-Leigh of McGill University in Montreal measured sprawl by looking at construction of streets and how many roads meet at intersections to form corners or nodes.
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McGill embraces sustainable procurement
McGill Reporter | May 4, 2015
When McGill adopted its first Procurement Policy in spring 2013, it gave Procurement Services the mandate to establish a culture of sustainable procurement practices at McGill and in its wider community.
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Clean ride mapper: Cycling the less polluted routes
The McGill Reporter | April 15, 2015
By: Katherine Gombay
Cyclists in Montreal and Toronto can now choose the least polluted routes to get around their cities thanks to an online tool developed at McGill.
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Aboriginal students, staff at McGill University call for more recognition
CBC News | April 23, 2015
Kakwiranoron Cook, McGill's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.
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McGill prof Chris Ragan: We need smart tolls on our bridges
McGill Reporter | April 20, 2015
by: Doug Sweet
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McGill Geography Chair Jeffrey Wells: Cold carbon conservation' is important in fighting climate change
Montreal Gazette | April 22, 2015
by: Jeffrey Wells
We were heartened last week to see leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments meet in Quebec City to seek real solutions to the runaway problem of carbon pollution.
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Divest McGill takes home Catalyst prize at annual awards event
The McGill Reporter | Apr 16, 2015
by: McGill Reporter Staff
The Divest McGill group, which is conducting a campaign to persuade the University to divest from companies associated with the production of fossil fuels, was one of the winners of the Catalyst Awards handed out on April 13, at the fifth annual Office of Sustainability event held at the Faculty Club.
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GES : McGill a réduit ses émissions de près du tiers depuis 2002
The McGill Reporter | April 15, 2015
By: Julie Fortier
Au cours des prochaines semaines, McGill entreprendra un important projet de modernisation de son système de distribution d’énergie au campus Macdonald, à Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
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Carbon pricing with a practical Canadian twist
The Globe and Mail | April 7, 2015
By: Chirstopher Ragan
On Tuesday, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission (which I chair) released a new report, The Way Forward, with specific recommendations for how Canadians can make real progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
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Feeding the body, nourishing the soul
The McGill Reporter | April 2, 2015
by: Neale McDevitt
Established in 2007, the Edible Campus garden – which does the impossible every year by making the concrete plaza surrounding Burnside Hall bloom with fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers – is an oasis for many McGillians who gather there to read, relax and recharge amidst nature’s beauty.
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Forest fragmentation leads to species die-off that lasts decades: study
CTV News | March 20, 2015
Cutting up forests into ever-smaller bits starts a die-off of species that lasts decades -- an "extinction debt" incurred today and paid by future generations, says a study on forest fragmentation.
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Outside the box: Reclaiming our streets as places to live, not just drive
The Ottawa Citizen | Mar 12, 2015
by: Avi Freidman
Are asphalt roads and sidewalks in neighbourhoods really needed?
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Catherine Potvin - Dialogues for a Greener Canada
Science News | March 18, 2015
by: Lesley Evans Ogden
A group of prominent Canadian academics is trying to change the dynamic by releasing its own set of climate policy recommendations for the nation.
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