Western University’s Climate and Sustainability Awards recognize students, researchers and community members whose work is helping to build a more sustainable future. From advancing clean-energy technologies and reducing campus waste to shaping gl …
Sustainability
Build, expand, recruit: Budget 2023-24 paves way for further impact
New spending in $896-million operating budget takes Western’s strategic plan to next level
Expert insight: Shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions
This practice of growing crops in the protected shadows of solar panels is called agrivoltaic farming
‘Water connects us all’: Campus naturalization effort fortifies Medway Creek banks
Live staking by students, faculty, First Nations water keepers promotes climate resiliency
From rare turtles to nocturnal bird, new project discovers Western is home to more than 1,200 species
Biodiversity inventory built by community over the last year shows stunning range of life on campus
Students, staff member honoured for contributions to sustainability with Western Green Awards
Campus projects related to climate and environment highlighted at Sustainability Impact Showcase
Western students suggest solutions to advance UN Sustainable Development Goals
Ten teams in race to qualify for World’s Challenge Challenge global final this year
New diploma program trains Ivey students to be sustainable business leaders
Course is open to students in all streams of the business school’s MSc program
Western signs with national partners to advance collaborative research in clean energy
Agreement will drive funding opportunities to support internships, awards and research chairs
Students brainstorm on practices, research during Ivey Sustainability Week
Event led by students aimed to bring sustainability issues to forefront of business school conversation
Gordon McBean honoured by world’s largest scientific society for work on climate change
American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes renowned professor and climatologist for international leadership, communicating climate change
Ivey faculty ranked third in the world for research aligned with UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Ranking based on hundreds of peer-reviewed papers published over four years
For new geography professor, working with local communities ‘is a dream’
Cortney Golkar-Dakin has researched energy impact assessment on Indigenous communities