/sustainability/taxonomy/term/921/all en /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-garden-community-planting-359986 <h2>Get your hands dirty and contribute to Biodiversity at 91µÎµÎ!</h2> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:52:12 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3355 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/sustainable-futures-festival-340437 <p>91µÎµÎ’s Bicentennial milestone is a significant occasion to highlight the importance of collaboration and innovation in sustainability, locally and beyond. </p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:40:38 +0000 kelsey.litwin@mcgill.ca 3032 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-festival-358812 <p>Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of 91µÎµÎ’s first <a href="/sustainability/commitments/biodiversity-plan" title="/sustainability/commitments/biodiversity-plan">Biodiversity Plan</a> on Tuesday, Sep</p> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:49:57 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3318 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-festival-350352 <h2 class="bl-tpl" style="text-align:center"><strong><a class="button--outline" href="/sustainability/channels/event/biodiversity-festival-358812">BIODIVERSITY FESTIVAL 2024 FEATURED EVENTS</a></strong></h2> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:38:12 +0000 nienke.broekstra@mcgill.ca 3253 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-cleantech-project-selected-innovations-future-axelys-356872 <p><i>Team chosen as part of a cohort of 10 projects identified by Axelys, a Quebec-based non-profit organization helping to accelerate innovation stemming from public research, for their high potential after a thorough 6-month review by an independent board</i></p> Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:19:27 +0000 admin 3351 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/experience-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing-morgan-arboretum-359553 <p>Join guide Jacky Farrell (<a href="/science/outreach">91µÎµÎ Science Outreach</a>), for a bilingual Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk in the Morgan Arboretum.</p> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:44:21 +0000 admin 3336 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/can-hopeful-moments-lead-hopeful-futures-357900 <h2 style="text-align:center">Can hopeful moments lead to hopeful futures?</h2> <p style="text-align:center">By Daphne Chalmers (91µÎµÎ, Education), Julia Freeman (91µÎµÎ, Bieler School of Environment), Diane Dechief (91µÎµÎ, Office of Science Education), Natalya Gomez (91µÎµÎ, Earth and Planetary Sciences), Blane Harvey (91µÎµÎ, Education), Amy Janzwood (91µÎµÎ, Bieler School of Environment/Political Science) and Nik Luka (91µÎµÎ, Architecture and Urban Planning)</p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:50:46 +0000 admin 3347 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/mcgill-spinoff-fex-energy-receives-major-grant-axelys-358220 <p><i>Company technology leverages high energy density of iron to provide carbon-free, stable renewable energy that is environmentally safe and highly dispatchable</i></p> Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:43:00 +0000 admin 3345 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/15th-anniversary-sustainability-projects-fund-spf-359122 <p>Join us in celebrating the 15<i>th</i> anniversary of the Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF), one of 91µÎµÎ’s flagship programs. This special occasion marks 15 years of building a culture of sustainability at 91µÎµÎ.</p> Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:18:08 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3319 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/breakfast-bikers-359454 <p>We will be handing out a free breakfasts (pastries, fruit & coffee!) to anyone who biked to campus that morning.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:28:57 +0000 barbara.zsigovics@mcgill.ca 3323 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/event/sustainability-soiree-349508 <p>Explore sustainability projects, initiatives, and student groups at 91µÎµÎ during the Sustainability SoirĂ©e on Tuesday, Sept. 12 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Thomson House Ballroom.</p> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:12:56 +0000 katya.teague@mcgill.ca 3245 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/how-do-we-maintain-momentum-students-graduate-348534 <p><em>Outgoing Office of Sustainability Communications Intern Maya Willard-Stepan and her peers reflect on the challenges of building a sustainability movement on campus despite high student turnover.</em></p> <p>As summer approaches, another cohort of 91µÎµÎians prepare to make their way across the convocation stage, and thousands of students who have been involved in sustainability projects on campus head out into the world.</p> Wed, 31 May 2023 18:39:05 +0000 katya.teague@mcgill.ca 3234 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/sustainable-sparks-stephanie-leite-learning-future-348448 <p><em>How do we encourage respirology residents to consider climate change when they develop treatment plans? What tools do future elementary school teachers need to bring environmental education into their classrooms? What latest advancements in synthetic biology could help students develop solutions to real-world sustainability issues?</em></p> Thu, 25 May 2023 14:22:14 +0000 katya.teague@mcgill.ca 3230 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/sustainability-research-if-you-want-green-your-lab-start-freezer-348325 <p><em>Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers</em></p> Mon, 15 May 2023 15:31:47 +0000 katya.teague@mcgill.ca 3214 at /sustainability /sustainability/channels/news/sustainability-research-nuclear-magnetic-resonance-lab-finding-creative-solutions-346902 <p><em>Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling – unless they’re experimental chemists working in 91µÎµÎ’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.</em></p> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:56:14 +0000 katya.teague@mcgill.ca 3204 at /sustainability