Posts Tagged: sustainability

First-ever Riverfest reconnects campus community with the Deshkan Ziibiing

September 12, 2022

For the month of September, the community will have a chance to celebrate the Deshkan Ziibiing (Antler/Thames River) with Riverfest 2022, Western’s first-ever river festival hosted by the Office of Sustainability.

Sustainability legal expert available to comment on Supreme Court carbon charges verdict

March 25, 2021

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its long-awaited verdict in the carbon charges case. According to Western Law professor…

‘Fueled’ by electric cars, the University of Otago wins 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge

June 8, 2018

A team of extraordinary students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand has won the 2018 World’s Challenge…

$11.6M grant allows Western to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions

April 2, 2018

Western University is taking an important step towards transitioning the campus away from fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions…

Indigenous youth from Kluane First Nation to visit Western University

March 29, 2016

A documentary research team, including two Indigenous youth from Kluane First Nation, will visit Western University on Wednesday (March 30)…

Western collaborative study shows future Athabasca River flows may not sustain water demands for Alberta oil sands

September 23, 2015

The Alberta oil sands, the world’s third-largest crude oil reserve, require fresh water from the Athabasca River – lots of…