Sustainability Office
Queen's University-
News
- Students Go Green For Sustainability Week
- Queen's Partners with Industry on Green Technology
- University Game for E-Waste Recycling
- New Tool Simplifies Waste Reduction on Campus
- Oil sands study shows negative impact on lake systems
- New Queen's technology creates valuable potable water
- Multi-sort Units Help Divert Waste
- Sustainability course links students with greater community
- Speaker series explores water protection issues
- Waste initiatives keep campus green and clean
- Car sharing offers transportation alternative
- Bottle Filling Station Dress Up
- CAP Community Forum Survey
- Bike Share Survey
- Queen's bans bottled water
- Queen's Expert Examines Canada's Waste Future
- Queen's researcher works to improve biofuel production
- Office Composting Program Grows in Popularity
- Greening the ARC – Every Little Bit Helps
- Researchers develop new possibilities for solar power
- Professor Helps Launch New Biofuel Research Network
- Commuter Challenge
- Get active on your way to work
- Improved results for Queen's during recycling challenge
- 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
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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
The Bike Shop Opens
March 13, 2012
The Bike Shop seeks to provide students with a centre for bike safety, security and maintenance to promote carbon-free alternative transport and healthy lifestyles. By providing students with an outlet that actively encourages community support and enthusiasm for active, pollution-free transportation, the Bike Shop provides:
- a space to teach and transfer knowledge regarding bike maintenance skills
- a centre for monitoring local bike thef
- tthe promotion of social, environmental and economic sustainability through its internal operations and community outreach programming.
The Bike Centre is located in MacGillivray-Brown Hall at Earl St and Barrie St.
Hours of Operation
Starting on March 13th, 2012 the Bike Shop will be open:
Tuesdays, 2:30pm-5:30pm
Thursdays, 1:00pm-4:00pm
For more information contact the AMS Commission of the Environment and Sustainability.