…not just for crazy treehugging granolahead nutjobs anymore.

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…not just for crazy treehugging granolahead nutjobs anymore.

 McGill environmental policy implementation  Sub-Committee on Environment  Resource for McGill faculty, staff and students  Liaison with community groups  reduce :: re-use :: recycle :: rethink!

 Prior commitments  Talloires Agreement, Halifax Declaration  Environmental policy/actions ( ’06)  Regulations: proactivity  UN Decade  Ratification of Kyoto Accord  Provincial/municipal regulations Trees = !! Cars =  !!! Exhibit A. Clueless nut

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

 Opportunity for regular dialogue: SCE, SD, EO  Credit for change  Support: Senior administration/grassroots  Paper use policy (2005)  Environmental policy revision (2006)  Academic programs  MSE, Brace, GEC3, VERT, green chemistry…

 No pesticide use for aesthetic purposes  Green cleaning products  Green purchasing  Fibres (paper/toilet paper)  Equipment/accessories  MMP  Business practices  Paper use policy E-invoicing Pay stubs Phone books

 Closing the loop  MOARDS  Waste services: e-waste, batteries, etc. Clean and Green  Transport  VERT  Energy infrastructure  OEE recognition (2003)  Life Sciences Complex: target LEED Silver  Revisions to building standards  Vending machines

 Geothermal Meredith House  Conservation  Morgan Arboretum, Ecomuseum  Gault Nature Reserve Biodiesel use  Macdonald Campus: bicycle loan project  Energy monitoring system

 Food Services  Events  Car Free Day is a given!  Week of Action  Recycling: NWRW, audits, awareness  Webcasts  Annual Rethink conference  Sustainability Pledge  2,000 signatures by Convocation 2008?  Défi climat (launch April 2008)

 Biking  Macdonald Campus bikeshare project  Parking tips  Safe Cycling Guide  Driving  Idling  Waste  Computer store  Eco-Quartier/Info-Collectes: recycling + e-waste  Smoking zones

 Paper use policy  Copy Services  Inform peers/professors  Mi casa es tu casa – take ownership!  Call 4560/7828 for recycling issues  Call 4555/7828 for building problems  Raise awareness  Energy use/water consumption: MEQ 14%  Green Buildings  Recycling/composting  Communication/education

 The environment is everyone’s business  Sign the pledge!  Rethink – contradictory actions  Talk about it: talkrethink.mcgill.ca  Annual Rethink conference  Your feedback is valued!

 Questions? Comments? Problems? Suggestions? Bring it on!  Call or 5697   RETHINKFORUM LISTSERV  Online: SIGN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLEDGE/Défi climat  Shout out:  Facebook