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Green Initiatives<br />
Environment & Sustainability:<br />
Green Initiatives on Campus<br />
Get Involved<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>student</strong>s are encouraged to ‘own<br />
the campus’ while they study here. There<br />
are opportunities through organized<br />
groups, such as Enviro<strong>Western</strong>, awareness<br />
campaigns, such as Earth Day, and<br />
green events and initiatives, such as the<br />
Sustainability Stakeholders Forum. Be active<br />
and get involved!<br />
Here are some examples <strong>of</strong> initiatives <strong>of</strong><br />
environmental sustainability on campus:<br />
• Fluorescent bulbs in the Residences<br />
• Earth Hour Participation<br />
• Battery Recovery<br />
• Plastic Bags Reduction<br />
• Fluorescent lighting tubes<br />
• Indoor and Outdoor Composting<br />
• Earth Day - Campus Clean up<br />
• Paint Recycling<br />
• Residence Garage Sale<br />
• 100% Recycled Bathroom Tissue<br />
• Eateries Reducing Paper & Packaging<br />
Awareness<br />
http://sustainability.uwo.ca<br />
• Earth Day Colloquium<br />
• <strong>Western</strong>’s Green Awards<br />
• Enviro<strong>Western</strong>’s Sustainability<br />
Stakeholders Forum<br />
• Environmental Committees & Groups<br />
Enviroweek<br />
See the Campus Events section in this guide.<br />
Enviro<strong>Western</strong><br />
See the Volunteer and Clubs section in this guide.<br />
Enviro<strong>Western</strong> Projects<br />
www.usc.uwo.ca/envirowestern/Projects.html<br />
Graduate Program(s)<br />
Environment & Sustainability<br />
• Master’s <strong>of</strong> Environment &<br />
Sustainability<br />
• Collaborative Research Program<br />
Green Infrastructure<br />
www.uwo.ca/ppd/sustainability/id_infrastructure.html<br />
• Claudette McKay-Lassonde Pavilion<br />
(LEED)<br />
• <strong>Western</strong> Environmental Systems<br />
(WES)<br />
• The Sherwood Fox Arboretum<br />
Online <strong>Academic</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong><br />
www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca<br />
To reduce the amount <strong>of</strong> paper used, the Office<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Registrar has moved to producing only<br />
an online version <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Academic</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> for<br />
<strong>student</strong>s saving more than 11 million sheets <strong>of</strong><br />
paper each year.<br />
Research<br />
www.uwo.ca/ppd/sustainability/id_research.html<br />
• Centre for Environment and<br />
Sustainability<br />
• The Insurance Research Lab for<br />
Better Homes<br />
• Wind Engineering, Energy and<br />
Environment (WindEEE)<br />
• Biotron – Experimental Climate<br />
Change Research Facility<br />
• Bioindustrial Innovation Centre<br />
• Centre for Building Sustainable<br />
Value<br />
• Research Network for Business<br />
Sustainability<br />
Student Projects<br />
www.uwo.ca/ppd/sustainability/id_<strong>student</strong>s.<br />
html<br />
• SunStang<br />
• Purple Bikes Co-op/Share<br />
• Trashion Show<br />
• Farmers Market (Brescia)<br />
• Quadrangle Beautification Project<br />
Sustainability Projects<br />
<strong>Western</strong> has developed a strong<br />
foundation <strong>of</strong> sustainable projects<br />
and continues to pursue the latest in<br />
environmental protocol. Through ec<strong>of</strong>ocused<br />
academic programs, research and<br />
campus initiatives, <strong>Western</strong> is committed<br />
to investing in the future. Here are some<br />
examples <strong>of</strong> feature initiatives from the past<br />
year:<br />
• Furniture & Equipment Recycling<br />
Program (FERP)<br />
• UWO Book Store/Books Plus Plastic<br />
Bag Phase-out<br />
• Windermere Apiary<br />
• Lighting Retr<strong>of</strong>it/Daylight Harvesting/<br />
Sensors<br />
• 3rd Annual I.D.E.A.s Conference<br />
• Indoor & Outdoor Composting<br />
Transportation<br />
www.uwo.ca/ppd/sustainability/id_transportation.html<br />
• Student Bus Pass<br />
• Purple Bikes Program<br />
Email:purplebikes.london@gmail.com<br />
• Dedicated Pedestrian and Bike Routes<br />
• Carpooling Program<br />
• <strong>University</strong> Owned Hybrid Vehicles<br />
Undergraduate Program(s)<br />
www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca<br />
Environmental Science, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
• Honors Specialization in<br />
Environmental Science, Major in<br />
Environmental Science, Specialization<br />
in Environmental Science, Minor in<br />
Environmental Science<br />
Environmental Studies, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Social<br />
Science<br />
• Major in Population Studies, Minor in<br />
Environment and Culture<br />
Environmental Engineering, Faculty <strong>of</strong><br />
Engineering<br />
• Environmental Option <strong>of</strong> the Civil<br />
Engineering<br />
• The Department <strong>of</strong> Chemical and<br />
Biochemical Engineering, Five-year<br />
concurrent degree leading to a B.E.Sc.<br />
degree in Chemical Engineering and<br />
(three year) B.Sc. degree with a Major<br />
in Environmental Science<br />
Green Process Engineering Undergraduate<br />
Program, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Engineering<br />
• Upon completing <strong>Western</strong><br />
Engineering’s Common First Year,<br />
<strong>student</strong>s can apply to the Green<br />
Process Engineering program. Once<br />
accepted, <strong>student</strong>s will develop<br />
the necessary skills to design green<br />
products and processes by combining<br />
and applying principles <strong>of</strong> chemical,<br />
biochemical and environmental<br />
engineering.<br />
32 STUDENT GUIDE 2011-2012
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