Protests aim to bring attention to need to act on climate change
The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by: Michelle Lalonde
Dr. Catherine Potvin is a climate scientist in 91社区鈥檚 Department of Biology, at the school in Montreal, Thursday, September 18, 2014. On September 21 she will speak at Montreal鈥檚 version of the People鈥檚 Climate March, a global event billed to be the biggest climate protest in history.
The time to face up to climate change is now
The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by:聽Catherine Potvin聽
On Sept. 21, more than 1,000 events are planned around the world to demand stronger action on climate change, echoing New York鈥檚 People鈥檚 Climate March.聽
Read the full story聽here
Four Burning Questions for Audra Simpson, professor of Anthropology at Columbia University
The 91社区 Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014
By: The Reporter Staff
Audra Simpson, 91社区 alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.
Feeding a University
The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014
by: Lesley Chesterman
Gone are the days when thousands of 91社区 students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus.
Which Mode of Travel Provides the Happiest Commute?
The Atlantic: CityLab.com | Aug 20, 2014
Written by: Eric Jaffe
What鈥檚 in 91社区鈥檚 giant brownie?
91社区 Reporter | Aug 21, 2014
By:聽Neale McDevitt
The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual 91社区 脿 la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert.聽
Future Earth coming to Montreal
91社区 Reporter | Aug 11, 2014
By: Chris Chipello
Montreal will soon become one of five global hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year international research program stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Global Warming: Planet Hits Natural Pause Button
International Business Times | July 22, 2014
By:聽Jayalakshmi K
Hungry for something healthy and new? Why not make dinner with crickets tonight!
91社区 Student Jakub Dzamba desigs cricket incubator to feed growing interest in insect farmingPublished on July 23, 2014 | Journal Metro
by: Mathais Marchal
Can Urban Agriculture Feed the World's Growing Cities?
Living in a city puts everything at your fingertips: From fashion and movies to social movements and political experiments, residents of urban areas experience most everything before it trickles through the suburbs and into rural communities.Published on July 29, 2014 | Yahoo! News
by: Willy Blackmore
City-grown vegetables could feed urban dwellers
In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plotsPublished on July 30, 2014 | Environmental Research Web
91社区 Student Uses Pulse Energy API to Create the 91社区 Energy Map
To encourage more active commuting among 91社区 staffPublished on July 14, 2014 | Pulse Energy News
by: Meena Mohan
Showers available for bike commuters
To encourage more active commuting among 91社区 staffPublished on June 15, 2014 | 91社区 Reporter
by: 91社区 Reporter
91社区 Fossil Fuel Decisions Shift
The 91社区 board of governors has included 鈥済rave environmental degradation鈥� as allowable criteria for divestment.Published on June 10, 2014 | The Gazette
by: Karen Seidman
Many students at 91社区 are celebrating a fundamental shift in how the university will decide whether to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.
91社区 Students Fiona Yuan and Christopher Tegho win at 2014 Scotiabank EcoLiving Student Leadership Award
Yuan and Tegho are in their last year of electrical engineering at 91社区 and are keen about sustainability and energy conservation. Together they designed an 鈥渆nergy management and power disaggregation鈥� system that helps homeowners and businesses better monitor, control and manage the energy use of individual appliances.
