Greening McGill

Last night, 2 student chefs battled it out for kitchen supremacy using only local ingredients. We had a great turnout and both teams made some really delicious dishes! Check out photos from the event here.

Last fall we challenged four McGill students to only eat food grown and produced within 100 miles of Quebec for 2 weeks. This year we’re bringing back this local food challenge in a bigger and better form!
Why?
How much do we really know about the food we eat? When we go grocery shopping, the questions “where [...]

A) Opening thoughts:
•    Greening Mcgill working group status has been reconfirmed!
•    Still need to scavenge about 50 composting buckets for the Green Kits – will deal with then once the first 50 kits are sold.
•    The Greening McGill meeting times will be changed to 6:30PM to avoid conflicts
B) New plans for this school year:
1.    Continue [...]

members present: Warren, Fanyi, Laurent, Alex, Trina, Yolanda, Seble, Liz, Mariam, Abbie, Annabel, Gabriela, Anna, Kali, Aryeh
Car Free Day
-NO TABLES!!! We need to find 15-20
-Café, chess tables, okay (except for tables)
-music on the hill, invite guitarists and acapella groups
-need more bike and stm info (contact velo quebec and opus cards?)
-make prof slide
-announcements to bring own [...]

GM Minutes Sept 9, 2009
1.    Sodexo contract at Mac campus
a.    Contract is up in January.
b.    Trying to get a more sustainable choice.
c.    For more information go to the McGill Food Systems Project website at http://mfsp.wordpress.com
2.    Car-Free Day planning
a.    Sept 22
b.    ~5 groups confirmed (Green Party, Animal Liberties, PGSS, Envirocomm, Gorilla Composting, STOP, maybe more)
c.    Outdoor [...]

Our first meeting is this Wednesday, September 16th, at 6 PM on the third floor of QPIRG (3647 University; buzz to get in). We’ll be discussing Car-Free Day, Green Kits, and planning other projects for the semester. Come if you want to see what Greening McGill is all about!
We’ll also be selling “Green Kits” at [...]

Finally! You can download our Green Events Guide in the “Resources” section. Make your next event eco-friendly!

While we may have temporarily disbanded for the summer, have no fear! Next year’s projects are bubbling away. In the fall, look out for “Car-Free Day”, our “Principled Purchaing” campaign, the release of the “Green Events Guide” and more!

Welcome to our new website! Please bear with us as we get our new site up and running. If you would like to get in touch with us, please email greeningmcgill@mail.mcgill.ca. Thanks!
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