Projects
Current
Principled Purchasing
You don’t have to be an environmentalist to make a positive difference on our environmental impact. Individuals making everyday eco-conscious choices are an essential part of the equation. So where to start? A great place to begin making greener choices is through purchasing practices. It may seem like a small change, but by choosing products and services that are environmentally and socially responsible, together we’re changing things from the bottom-up!
- Green Kits: Searching for eco-friendly products can be overwhelming at first. What company, what materials, how far is shipping, is it too expensive? Greening McGill is making sustainable purchasing easy this year by selling “Green Kits”, a basket of researched green products at discount prices! There are two types of kits: home and school, each containing a variety of useful products, as well as more information of ethical purchasing, and where to buy green products in Montreal.
Green Events Guide
McGill groups host hundreds of events every year. Often sustainability is not at the forefront of event planning, but it should be, as the 2008 SSMU Sustainability Assessment zooms-in on events as the most wasteful activity in the VP Clubs & Services portfolio. We’ve put together a guide on how to make your event more sustainable —- from planning to execution.
Available in “Resources”.
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Past
Panel Discussion: Cross-Disciplinary Responses to Climate Change
Experts discuss how their respective fields have responded to the climate change issue and insights in to future solutions. Welcoming Stephen Leahy (environmental journalist), Dr. Jaye Dana Ellis (McGill Faculty of Law), and Dr. Eyad Attalah (McGill Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences).
**Recording available soon**
100-Mile Diet Challenge
Where does our food come from? How far has it travelled? How do our food choices impact the environment and food security? Inspired by the book of the same name, Greening McGill is challenging McGill students to eat local for 2 weeks. Follow the hurdles, recipes, and discoveries of the dieters at their blog: http://mcgill100milediet.blogspot.com/
From Field to Feast: A Local Food Campaign
As increasing populations, corporate agrobusiness, and climate change make food security an increasinly important issue, Greening McGill stepped forward to bring more awareness of local food to McGill’s campus. We produced a guide to seasonal produce (”Montreal: What’s in Season”, available on the “Resources” page), held a movie night and discussion with local farmer and food activist Holly Dressel, and started up the McGill 100 Mile Diet Challenge. This concern grew into the McGill Food Systems Project, whose work you can check out here.