A look at environmental  McGill environmental policy implementation  Sub-Committee on Environment  Resource for McGill faculty, staff.

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A look at environmental

 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

 Opportunity for regular dialogue: SCE, 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  Frosh mugs

 Closing the loop  MOARDS  Waste services: e-waste, batteries, etc.  Clean and Green  Energy infrastructure  OEE recognition (2003)  Life Sciences Complex: target LEED Silver  Revisions to building standards

 Food Services  Events  Car Free Day is a given!  Week of Action  Recycling: NWRW, audits, awareness  Webcasts  Sustainability Pledge  463 signatures as of March 14, 2007!

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

 Visibility  Transient population  Communication  Waterless urinal project  Community buy-in  Office green bin programme  The iceberg: it’s never as easy as it looks!  Recycling/composting

 External constraints  Funding structure  Sociopolitical environment  Heritage zone  Internal constraints  Metrics  Amoeba: decentralized structure  “Sacred cows”

 SCE workgroups  Energy/water  Environmental Centre  Green Buildings  Recycling/composting  Communication/education  Master plan  Municipal sustainable development plan

 The environment is everyone’s business  Sign the pledge!  Rethink – contradictory actions  Annual Rethink conference  Your feedback is valued!

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