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Sustainability
Centre for Sustainable Curating launches at Western
The teaching and research hub focuses on environmental and social justice and developing exhibitions and artworks with low carbon footprints
Building plans aim to beautify, modernize Western’s campus
Projects slated for 2021-2022 include a new Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre and an Indigenous Learning Centre
Engineering prof named among world’s top climate scientists
Professor emeritus Slobodan Simonovic studies flood risk and prevention
Western students honoured for sustainability initiatives
Awards celebrate innovative work that aims to reduce the environmental footprint of the university
World Wildlife Fund partnership brings sustainability to life
How a student’s native plant giveaway led to a campus-wide sustainability program
Western budget makes bold, new investments in university’s mission
Board of Governors passes 2021-2022 budget
Western in top five per cent in sustainability, impact rankings
Sustainability research, policy and practice earn Western high placement among global peers.
Western introduces new climate change major
The program will examine the climate crisis by integrating perspectives from science, social science and the humanities
Ivey, City of Guelph to unlock value of food ‘waste’
The innovative partnership will explore how businesses can build a circular food economy.
Students take on challenge to ‘Change the World’
Nineteen Western students recently participated in a global, experiential learning program where they developed solutions for real-world sustainability problems.
Setting a sustainable future for Western and the world
Political science major Eunice Oladejo advocates for clean water, climate action and zero poverty
5G network opens new avenues for research and student support
The super-fast, smart network enables new research and can help students thrive at Western.
Competition augments local reality with environmentalism
A new competition for Western students is designed to create an augmented-reality version of London locales, with an environmental twist.
New research team to address sustainability in West Africa
Scholars from West Africa and Western University will study how to nurture sustainable livelihoods in Ghana, Benin, Liberia, Senegal and Nigeria.
Understanding ugly: Why some buildings beguile us, and others bewilder
Western alumnus Ian Ellingham, MBA’79, explores human response to the built environment
Year in review: Western sustainability, version 2.020
Western’s renewed and renewable commitment to sustainability is far more than a (phosphate-free) laundry list of activities.
Provost Andrew Hrymak pivots to special advisor role for sustainability and partnerships
After leading Western’s academic operations through the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Andrew Hrymak will take on a critical new role in building Western’s future, as special advisor to President Alan Shepard on industry partnerships, the green economy, and sustainability.
President renews sustainability committee for greener campus
Western is accelerating its sustainability efforts with a renewed advisory committee that will guide the university’s environmental strategy across campus.
Western ranks first in global undergrad competition
From discovering the drivers of business sustainability to examining the genetics of ovarian cancer, Western’s undergraduates are winning global recognition.