Caring for campus grounds has become a quieter experience and more comfortable for landscape services employees, as Western works to eliminate gas-powered units on campus. Facilities Management has recently added two electric John Deere Gator utility ve …
Western is joining a global community of universities, businesses, cities and other groups in signing the Paris Pledge for Action, committing to doing its part to limit the global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. The ambitious target was set at the...
Concerns about environmental sustainability and fossil fuel insecurity have convinced many countries to transition to solar, hydro, bioenergy, wind and other renewables. Since producing and distributing renewables is more labour-intensive than producing and...
As the school year unfolds, students begin to focus primarily on their schoolwork and tend to neglect other needs such as sleep, stress relief, exercise and healthy eating. Since overall well-being affects academic status, it is crucial students pay attention to their...
Western has taken the idea of ‘locally grown’ produce to a new level with the addition of two Urban Cultivators, an indoor gardening appliance allowing the harvesting of a variety of herbs or sprouts. “Talk about farm to table – you can’t get much fresher than this,”...
The Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES) recently appointed Earth Sciences professor Patricia Corcoran as its new director, through June 30, 2017. Corcoran’s research focuses on natural and anthropogenic sedimentary deposits in order to gain an...
Honours continue to roll in for a bright idea that is fueling sustainability in Western residences. Last week, Western was awarded a 2015 Quality and Productivity Award, presented by the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, for the university’s Rez...
It was recently Pollinator Week (June 15-21) and groups across North America are celebrating ways to improve much-needed habitat for pollinators. At Western, we have bananas. (And they’re not even pretty.) If you are unaware of the Plight of the Pollinators, you can...
For the last three summers, Facilities Management staff has confronted rising energy bills and mounting demand pressures by working with the university community to reduce electricity consumption during June, July and August. That challenge dawns again this year....
It doesn’t seem that complicated to Andrea March, MES’11. “The most important thing I try to do is try to be conscious and ask questions as a consumer,” she said. “When I buy things, I look at labels. I try to understand where my food comes from. I try to support...
Imagine having your own reserved parking space in a lot of your choice on campus. It’s yours – that is, if you choose to carpool with a campus colleague or two, on your way to work. The reserved parking space is just one incentive offered through a new carpool program...
Western joined British Columbia, Calgary, Victoria and Windsor as the only five Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. In this sixth edition of the guide, The Princeton Review profiled 353 schools in the United...
Gord Lambert believes today’s graduates are owed a more collaborative playing field, if we expect them to solve tomorrow’s problems. “I see these young people who have a passion for the environment, a passion for their communities and they want to make a difference....
Western is joining a global community of universities, businesses, cities and other groups in signing the Paris Pledge for Action, committing to doing its part to limit the global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. The ambitious target was set at the...
Concerns about environmental sustainability and fossil fuel insecurity have convinced many countries to transition to solar, hydro, bioenergy, wind and other renewables. Since producing and distributing renewables is more labour-intensive than producing and...
As the school year unfolds, students begin to focus primarily on their schoolwork and tend to neglect other needs such as sleep, stress relief, exercise and healthy eating. Since overall well-being affects academic status, it is crucial students pay attention to their...
Western has taken the idea of ‘locally grown’ produce to a new level with the addition of two Urban Cultivators, an indoor gardening appliance allowing the harvesting of a variety of herbs or sprouts. “Talk about farm to table – you can’t get much fresher than this,”...
The Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES) recently appointed Earth Sciences professor Patricia Corcoran as its new director, through June 30, 2017. Corcoran’s research focuses on natural and anthropogenic sedimentary deposits in order to gain an...
Honours continue to roll in for a bright idea that is fueling sustainability in Western residences. Last week, Western was awarded a 2015 Quality and Productivity Award, presented by the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, for the university’s Rez...
It was recently Pollinator Week (June 15-21) and groups across North America are celebrating ways to improve much-needed habitat for pollinators. At Western, we have bananas. (And they’re not even pretty.) If you are unaware of the Plight of the Pollinators, you can...
For the last three summers, Facilities Management staff has confronted rising energy bills and mounting demand pressures by working with the university community to reduce electricity consumption during June, July and August. That challenge dawns again this year....
It doesn’t seem that complicated to Andrea March, MES’11. “The most important thing I try to do is try to be conscious and ask questions as a consumer,” she said. “When I buy things, I look at labels. I try to understand where my food comes from. I try to support...
Imagine having your own reserved parking space in a lot of your choice on campus. It’s yours – that is, if you choose to carpool with a campus colleague or two, on your way to work. The reserved parking space is just one incentive offered through a new carpool program...
Western joined British Columbia, Calgary, Victoria and Windsor as the only five Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. In this sixth edition of the guide, The Princeton Review profiled 353 schools in the United...
Gord Lambert believes today’s graduates are owed a more collaborative playing field, if we expect them to solve tomorrow’s problems. “I see these young people who have a passion for the environment, a passion for their communities and they want to make a difference....