Danielle Smyth BWF Day Interview on CBC! | 11 Mar 2010
UNBC's Green Research Manager, Danielle Smyth was interviewed by Jo-Anne Roberts' All Points West on CBC Radio 1 for Bottled Water Free Day! http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/
BC Campuses Start Challenge: Which BC Campus will be the First to ban the bottle and get TAPPED? | 2 Mar 2010
VICTORIA –Campus organizers from across BC are racing to see whose campus can go bottled water free first. The BC Bottled Water Free Campus Challenge is a challenge initiated by more than 10 BC campuses that are actively working to restrict bottled water while promoting accessible public water infrastructure on campus.
goBEYOND at RRU will educate, inspire and engage | 26 Feb 2010
goBEYOND launches at RRU, with support from the CRD Climate Action Partnership!
Classes Take Time Out for Teach-In on Climate Change | 24 Oct 2008
VICTORIA – Starting next week, more than 100 faculty and their classes in 13 post-secondary institutions will take part in goBEYOND's Teach-In to help examine the climate crisis and find solutions on how students and schools can take action to fight climate change...
Province, BC Hydro Support Student Climate Initiative | 15 Sep 2008
VICTORIA – The Province and BC Hydro have contributed close to $157,000 to the first phase of the B.C. Campus Climate Network’s ‘Go Beyond’ campaign to educate and inspire B.C. students and youth about ways they can make carbon-smart lifestyle choices...
Alberta visit raises ugly truths about B.C. fossil fuel profiteering | 11 Feb 2010
I recently had the privilege of driving over the Rocky Mountains with 21 youth activists into what one of them called “the heart of conservative darkness” for a conference on campus sustainability. We were going to connect with youth leaders from across Western Canada and to brainstorm and share ideas about how to make our campuses greener. The conversation quickly turned to the vital role we play here in Western Canada at the front lines of the fight to stop runaway climate change...
UVic Foundation Invests in Tar Sands and Cigarettes | 7 Oct 2009
UVic may be committed to being one of the greenest schools in the country, but millions of dollars of UVic’s endowment are invested in oil, one of the most environmentally-harmful industries in Canada...
"Green" Students Compare Notes | 3 Feb 2009
B.C. sustainable conference set for UFV Friday, The Abbotsford-Mission Times The University of the Fraser Valley will welcome 80 students from across the province this weekend for the second annual B.C. Sustainable Campuses conference...
Sustainable Commitment | 29 Nov 2008
Spencer Rasmussen is one Canadian who's not thinking about RRSPs. The 19-year-old University of B.C. student is at least 36 years away from retirement. But the year 2050 is on his mind for a different reason. It is the point in time when society must be climate-neutral to stave off severe ecological devastation, according to some climate scientists.
Students, faculty take part in provincewide teach-in | 5 Nov 2008
TRU was among 15 campuses to take part in the first-ever provincewide environmental teach-in Oct.27 through 31. The teach-in, which included a discussion and examination of the current climate change crisis in over 150 post-secondary classrooms across B.C...
Lean Green Campus Machine | 23 Oct 2008
Green is the colour of today's campus activism, with students lighting a fire under universities to take a lead on the environment. But, today the trend comes with a twist. Instead of a 1960s-style march on the president's office, student leaders are sitting with administrators as equals to map a more sustainable future.
Going Above and Beyond for the Environment | 2 Oct 2008
Earlier this year, UBC and four other B.C. universities signed Canada’s first Climate Change Statement of Action, committing to a leadership role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
How to Save the World | 5 Sep 2008
When I read that 27 per cent of British Columbians are angry about inaction on the environment, but take no action themselves, I started thinking about my cats. When their winter coats shed last spring, I thought: “Damn, that’s a lot of cat hair. Maybe it will go away....
