Reading Time: 4 minutesTelfer School of Management and the SDC hosted a week of SDG-themed events presenting unconventional solutions and community collaboration
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa has been ranked 4th in North America in the Sustainable Transportation category by the Association of Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) Sustainable Campus Index.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGreen initiatives on campus are blooming into fruition with recent additions to the pollinator gardens and edible landscapes on campus over the summer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGen Z and millennials are putting their social and political values first when choosing where to work
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the faculties of arts and social science teamed up to present the Impact Runway and a sustainability-focused panel with three Ottawa entrepreneurs.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFixating on recycling instead of reducing and reusing incentives is a wasteful production scheme.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“In seventeen years of teaching at the University of Ottawa, I have found that a majority of students are optimistic … This year, students were unanimous in their despair. Climate inaction was on their mind … Students could not come up with any solution that they believed would get us off our disastrous track,” writes professor Thomas Boogaart of the University of Ottawa’s department of history.
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs students physically return to campus for the first time in two years, the shiny new RBC branch replacing the 24/7 study lounge can be seen as ‘blinding.’
Reading Time: 5 minutesBinge-watching is nearly irresistible when given a choice between a multitude of streaming platforms. But what are the environmental impacts of having a streaming party?
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlthough they are fundamentally in conflict, experts believe climate policy and inclusion of Western interests in Canadian political discourse are not mutually exclusive.
Reading Time: 6 minutesSustainability has become one of the hottest topics in all spheres of life, and the corporate world is no different. Some companies are frontrunners in sustainable development, but dishonesty and deceit regarding green initiatives — greenwashing — is a common issue.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThirty food experts recently landed at the University of Ottawa to introduce nuance into the conversation on the future of protein production.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept. 2, the U of O campus saw the installation of a new hydroponic system from The Growcer, which will grow plants served in the dining hall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Free Store’s new location leaves time for the team to focus on bigger things on campus and in the community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough most students shop at big-box grocery stores, there’s still a lot that students can do to reduce their waste.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPRD is a club that meets weekly, preparing vegan meals with food that would have otherwise been thrown out.
Reading Time: 2 minutesVictoria Barham, a board member and a professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences, said the services provided to students in her faculty are “catastrophic,” noting long wait times to see academic advisors and a lack of response to questions over email.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile we all know that recycling, taking public transit, and limiting our consumption of animal products can all help reduce our environmental footprints, you can also take steps in the bedroom to make your sex life a little greener.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe effects of animal agriculture are far-reaching, but so are our lifestyle decisions. By choosing to consume fewer animal products, you are choosing a sustainable future.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to the tireless work of student activists, the University of Ottawa became the first university in Ontario to put a complete and immediate stop to the sale of bottled water on its campuses in 2010.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow one U of O student cycled the way to educate youth on the environment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLetter to the Editor: Why students need to show up and participate in university affairs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA look inside Rideau Centre’s new Dining Hall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is the 14th most sustainable university in the world. Check out how RecycleMania is helping to keep us there
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to the results of a survey by the Universitas Indonesia (UI), the U of O is currently the 14th most sustainable university in the world.
