Sustainability Office
Queen's University-
News
- 2010 GHG Inventory
- Community supports action on climate change
- Bottled water ban takes effect this fall
- Climate Action Plan forum elicits valuable feedback
- Queen's only Canadian university to crack top ten in Recyclemania video competition
- Climate Action Plan
- Bike Shop
- Caught Green Handed
- Organics composting expands to office lunchrooms
- Solar Decathlon
- Emerging Leader Initiatives
- Climate Action Plan Update
- Queen's Gears Up for Recyclemania 2012
- Tea Room Eliminates Consumer Waste
- Johnson Controls Seeks Student Intern Positions
- 3-D Sustainable Design Competition Goes Global
- Climate Action Plan Moves Forward
- Sustainability Office Launches Organic Waste Program
- Electric Vehicle Hits Campus Streets
- New Items Added to Campus Recyclable Materials
- Queen's Solar Education Centre (QSEC)
- Queen's Pilots Vantage E-Vehicle
- Solar PV Project Update
- Green Chemistry
- Home Design
- Waste Audit
- Demonstrating the Impact of Bottled Water
- Earth Hour 2011
- Purging Paper on Campus
- Putting tap water to the test
- New Signage Spells out Recycling on Campus
- 2009 GHG Inventory
- AMS Sustainability Action Fund
- Green Globe Awards
- Recycling Mania at Queen's
- Youth Mentoring Youth Volunteer Opportunity
- Student Group Promotes Benefits of Tray-less Dining
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2010 News Archives
- Solar Update
- Bottled Water Ban
- Draft of Sustainability Framework Released for Comment
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Waste Reduction Week
- Queen's Considers Installing More Solar Panels
- Residence Energy Challenge
- Sustainability Office Joins Orientation Week Festivities
- Student Sustainability Award
- AASHE Membership Renewal
- Queen's Community and University Garden
- Fescue Grass
- Urban Fresh
- Banning the Sale of Bottled Water
- Residence Vermicomposting Success
- Two people honoured by Queen's for environmental efforts
- Eco Art Display
- Principal signs made-in-Canada sustainability pledge
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2009 News Archives
- One Million Acts of Green
- Co-operators Youth Conference, Sept 27,28,29-09
- One Million Acts of Green Continued
- Queen’s technology to power 1,200-home solar energy project
- New energy and power research centre launched
- Student wins place at national sustainability conference
- Ocean Pollution
- Queen's Organic Waste Collection Program Expands
- Orientation Week Gets off the Bottle
- Queen's Renews AASHE Membership
- Student-run residences composting project first in Canada
- TD Go Green Challenge
- Greening the Office
- Composters on Campus
- Fudan-Queen’s Sino-Canadian Centre for Environment and Sustainability Research
- Ontario University Sustainability Pledge
- AASHE: Student Research on Campus Sustainability
- Principal to sign Canadian climate change pledge
- 2008 News Archives
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2010 GHG Inventory
Total campus emissions for the fiscal year 2010 were 46,308 tonnes of CO2e.
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Community supports action on climate change
Making Queen’s carbon neutral by 2050 received support from many participants at a recent community forum.
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Bottled water ban takes effect this fall
The university is on track to ban all bottled water sales across campus in September.
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Climate Action Plan forum elicits valuable feedback
Over 60 participants attended the first Climate Action Plan community forum.
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Queen's only Canadian university to crack top ten in Recyclemania video competition
Queen's only university to crack top ten in Recyclemania video competition
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Climate Action Plan
The process for developing the university's climate action plan is well underway.
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Bike Shop
AMS Commission of the Environment & Sustainability opens new Bike Shop
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Caught Green Handed
A new initiative aims to promote the university’s participation in Recyclemania.
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Organics composting expands to office lunchrooms
Queen’s community members who bring their lunches to campus will be able to dispose of organic waste in an environmentally-friendly way
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Solar Decathlon
Queen's University students join Team Ontario for Solar Decathlon
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Emerging Leader Initiatives
Delphi Launches three Emerging Leader Initiatives
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Climate Action Plan Update
University takes next step on Climate Action Plan
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Queen's Gears Up for Recyclemania 2012
For the second year in a row, Queen’s will be participating in Recyclemania, an international competition aimed at promoting waste reduction activities at university campuses.
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Tea Room Eliminates Consumer Waste
Staff at the Tea Room recently celebrated a major milestone: the café is now 100 per cent consumer-waste free.
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Johnson Controls Seeks Student Intern Positions
Queen's University's solar project partners are seeking two student intern positions for CAD work related to upcoming projects.
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3-D Sustainable Design Competition Goes Global
A unique sustainable design competition for three-dimensional (3-D) printers established at Queen’s last year is now open to all.
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Climate Action Plan Moves Forward
Queen’s is currently negotiating a contract with a consulting firm that will assist the university in its development of a Climate Action Plan (CAP).
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Sustainability Office Launches Organic Waste Program
The Ban Righ Centre is feeling green, thanks to a new composting program for organic waste.
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Electric Vehicle Hits Campus Streets
The newest truck in the university’s fleet is green – not in colour, but in terms of its sustainable features.
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New Items Added to Campus Recyclable Materials
All of the 1.1 million coffee cups and 13 metric tonnes of polystyrene materials disposed of annually on campus can now be recycled.
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Queen's Solar Education Centre (QSEC)
Student-designed sustainable home comes to campus.
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Queen's Pilots Vantage E-Vehicle
Queen’s is testing and evaluating an electric vehicle during the summer months.
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Solar PV Project Update
University submits solar panel project applications.
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Green Chemistry
Queen’s green chemistry discovery fuels new plastics recycling company.
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Home Design
Students' home design wins award.
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Waste Audit
Audit results inform future waste diversion initiatives.
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Demonstrating the Impact of Bottled Water
Members of Queen's Development and Peace created a water bottle display at the Queen's Centre April 20.
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Earth Hour 2011
Go Beyond the Hour!
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Purging Paper on Campus
Members of the Queen’s community are officially invited to a paper purge party from now until April 1.
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Putting tap water to the test
Students from the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) recently conducted a water taste test.
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New Signage Spells out Recycling on Campus
Educating people about what is recyclable and how to dispose of recyclable materials properly is one of the biggest challenges large institutions like Queen's face when it comes to recycling.
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2009 GHG Inventory
Queen’s campus emissions dropped from to 61,190 tonnes of CO2e in 2008 to 55,658 tonnes in 2009.
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AMS Sustainability Action Fund
The AMS Sustainability Action Fund (SAF) is a new initiative to create a grant-making fund for sustainability-focused undergraduate student initiatives.
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Green Globe Awards
The nomination deadline is Saturday, Feb. 19.
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Recycling Mania at Queen's
Queen's is gearing up to take part in Recyclemania.
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Youth Mentoring Youth Volunteer Opportunity
AMS Sustainability Office announces a new volunteer opportunity.
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Student Group Promotes Benefits of Tray-less Dining
Removing trays from cafeterias has been shown to reduce food waste, conserve water and energy, offer health benefits and provide a better quality dining experience.