Sustainability on Campus
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Capilano University and Sustainability
Capilano University is accountable to our community; our commitment to and demonstration of environmental stewardship is an example for others within our community. Our mission statement emphasizes our commitment to the ‘establishment of policies and procedures that reflect the best standards of environmental stewardship’. Our daily business practices reinforce our commitment to managing our resources for the benefit of present and future generations. Capilano University will strive to become a model environmentally responsible institution and will actively promote environmental sustainable behaviours among our students, staff, faculty, administration and the broader community that is Capilano University.
Take the Capilano University Sustainability Pledge
Capilano University Energy Dashboard
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Pulse Energy enables people to 'see' into the electrical use of our buildings providing consumption details that enable us to act on our commitment to energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction. |
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goBeyond Teach-In 2012
What is education for, if it doesn’t help us make the world a better place? How can we harness the innovation in our classrooms to help solve the world’s problems, right now?Right now, there are thousands of inspiring stories emerging from classrooms, as instructors and students alike are applying their teaching, knowledge and research to create world-changing solutions for climate change, poverty and other huge problems.
How can your classroom change the world? Join the conversation.
Sustainability on Campus newsletter
What students and employees are doing at Capilano University to model environmental responsibility.
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Issue # 2 Released May 2011 |
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Issue # 1 Released December 2010 |
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Student Projects
Project Change is designed to enable students to become an agent for positive change in the world. Working in groups, students plan and carry out a social or environmental stewardship project that positively impacts their community. To leanr more, visit the Project Change website or click on the following link to see past projects. Project Change Fall 2010
Resources
Need a speaker? Students have questions? Email: sustainability@capilanou.ca.
Campus Sustainability Network (CSN)
Anyone interested in sustainability can join this group of like-minded individuals looking to make a difference at Capilano University.
For more information please email sustainability@capilanou.ca
hopes you consider the amount of energy that can be saved by dressing warmly
during winter months and/or using a small blanket over your lap/shoulders/feet
while at your desk. Please keep & use the CU Fleece blanket at your work space
on campus. Links
- BC Hydro Youth & Education Invent The Future
- Conserving energy in the workplace- Office tune-up tool
- Climate Time Machine (NASA)
- Earth Day 2011 (USA)
- Earth Day 2011 (Canada)
- Earth Hour 2011
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Going Green Checklist- Martha Stewart
