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 …
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 an energy conservation and demand management leader when it comes to the province’s public sector institutions, said Ontario Minister of Energy Bob Chiarelli during a campus visit today. “It really shows tremendous leadership in innovation,” Chiarelli said....
This year’s winners of the Western Green Awards have helped not only the university, but the entire London community, continue to turn over a new leaf when it comes to environmental sustainability. Established in 2008, the Western Green Awards celebrate individuals...
Western will host its annual Campus Clean Up on Thursday, April 2. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western. “The clean-up represents a fun and easy way for members of the Western community to get involved on campus,” said Beverley Ayeni,...
Sanchi Parulkar, a first-year Foods & Nutrition student, organizes shirts at Western’s first clothing swap, which took place on the second floor of the University Community Centre last weekend. Organized by fourth-year student Jeremy De Mello and Jennifer Hao, his...
Western shot for the STARS and landed on Gold. The Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) recently awarded Western a Gold rating for its sustainability on campus. The university is one of three in Canada with a Gold rating under STARS 2.0, the...
It’s probably an understatement to say Gordon McBean is frustrated. The Western Geography professor, a scientific leader on climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental issues, is tired of being on the defensive. Internationally recognized for decades of...
Western Geography professor Gordon McBean assumed the role of president of the International Council for Science at the conclusion of the organization’s General Assembly last month. McBean is only the second Canadian to take up this office. In his inaugural address,...
Western loves its coffee. And we have the numbers to prove it. Every day, the university community throws an average of 12,000 coffee cups into garbage bins across campus. Those once-unrecyclable cups, which provided so much joy when full, created a mess for campus –...
With energy demand pushed to the brink across the campus core, Western is planning construction of a new electric substation this spring – one Facilities Management officials say will ease the strain on the existing system.
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been named director of The Africa Institute, effective May 1.
For the second consecutive year, Western joined The University of British Columbia as one of only two Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition.
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 an energy conservation and demand management leader when it comes to the province’s public sector institutions, said Ontario Minister of Energy Bob Chiarelli during a campus visit today. “It really shows tremendous leadership in innovation,” Chiarelli said....
This year’s winners of the Western Green Awards have helped not only the university, but the entire London community, continue to turn over a new leaf when it comes to environmental sustainability. Established in 2008, the Western Green Awards celebrate individuals...
Western will host its annual Campus Clean Up on Thursday, April 2. The event will be open to all students, staff and faculty at Western. “The clean-up represents a fun and easy way for members of the Western community to get involved on campus,” said Beverley Ayeni,...
Sanchi Parulkar, a first-year Foods & Nutrition student, organizes shirts at Western’s first clothing swap, which took place on the second floor of the University Community Centre last weekend. Organized by fourth-year student Jeremy De Mello and Jennifer Hao, his...
Western shot for the STARS and landed on Gold. The Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) recently awarded Western a Gold rating for its sustainability on campus. The university is one of three in Canada with a Gold rating under STARS 2.0, the...
It’s probably an understatement to say Gordon McBean is frustrated. The Western Geography professor, a scientific leader on climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental issues, is tired of being on the defensive. Internationally recognized for decades of...
Western Geography professor Gordon McBean assumed the role of president of the International Council for Science at the conclusion of the organization’s General Assembly last month. McBean is only the second Canadian to take up this office. In his inaugural address,...
Western loves its coffee. And we have the numbers to prove it. Every day, the university community throws an average of 12,000 coffee cups into garbage bins across campus. Those once-unrecyclable cups, which provided so much joy when full, created a mess for campus –...
With energy demand pushed to the brink across the campus core, Western is planning construction of a new electric substation this spring – one Facilities Management officials say will ease the strain on the existing system.
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been named director of The Africa Institute, effective May 1.
For the second consecutive year, Western joined The University of British Columbia as one of only two Canadian universities profiled in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition.