The program will examine the climate crisis by integrating perspectives from science, social science and the humanities
Sustainability
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.
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.
Sustainability champions honoured
A Hospitality staffer committed to waste diversion and a student who designed an app to improve use of electric-vehicle charging stations are among winners of this year’s Western sustainability awards.
Grad fuses Indigenous health, geography into big plan
First in her family to attend university right out of high school, Serena Mendizabal is aiming no lower than being a world-changer.
Western signs climate charter; sustainability work continues
Western has joined more than a dozen research-intensive Canadian universities to battle climate change through sustainable investing – part of the university’s ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
Exhibition ‘zeros’ in on Fuller’s view of world
More than 50 years after futurist and architect Buckminster Fuller visited London, Visual Arts students have staged an exhibition that examines the man whose name is synonymous with the interlocking triangles of a geodesic dome.
How Walmart enables us to destroy the planet
‘Tis the season when shoppers fill the malls, and UPS and FedEx trucks crowd the roads.
Energy-efficient solutions pay off for Western
A decade of energy-efficiency projects is placing less strain on natural gas supplies and reducing greenhouse gases across campus – all while putting money back into Western’s budget, university officials recently announced.
Bee program earns international competition gold
Hospitality Services received a Gold Award in the Procurement Practices category for its on-campus honeybee program, the National Association of College & University Food Services announced recently during its annual Sustainability Awards.
Sass brings sustainable message to community
First, take little steps. That’s how Geography professor Gabor Sass suggests Londoners can start to reduce their carbon footprint, before they stride towards more significant changes.
Green Awards laud sustainability efforts
Western recently celebrated sustainable thought and action across campus with its two major awards – the Western Green Awards and Western Green Awards.