sustainability initiatives at malaspina university-college
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SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AT MALASPINA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE Presentation co-created by Sandra Christensen and Angelique Nash-Thurmeier. Contents Facilities Faculty and Curriculum Student Led Initiatives Residence Programs Administration Contact Information. FACILITIES SERVICES - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
AT MALASPINA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE
Presentation co-created by Sandra Christensen and
Angelique Nash-Thurmeier
Contents
Facilities
Faculty and Curriculum
Student Led Initiatives
Residence Programs
Administration
Contact Information
FACILITIES SERVICES FACILITIES SERVICES AND AND
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENTCAMPUS DEVELOPMENT
Retrofitting – BC Hydro Power SmartRetrofitting – BC Hydro Power Smart Natural Resources Canada – EECS 2000Natural Resources Canada – EECS 2000 Geothermal EnergyGeothermal Energy DDC – programmed temperature controlDDC – programmed temperature control LEED LEED RecyclingRecycling Energy Management Plan Energy Management Plan Master PlanningMaster Planning Local energy & design consultantsLocal energy & design consultants
FACULTY FACULTY AND AND
CURRICULUM CURRICULUM INTEGRATIONINTEGRATION
Science Programming – Deep Bay Shellfish FarmingScience Programming – Deep Bay Shellfish Farming
Applied Trades and Technology – New Energy BuildingApplied Trades and Technology – New Energy Building
Geography – Campus Sustainability AssessmentGeography – Campus Sustainability Assessment
Geology – Lifestyles ProjectGeology – Lifestyles Project
Anthropology – Sustainability Report for City of NanaimoAnthropology – Sustainability Report for City of Nanaimo
Horticulture – Organic fertilizers, Appropriate practicesHorticulture – Organic fertilizers, Appropriate practices
Culinary Arts – Composting, Food managed by MalaspinaCulinary Arts – Composting, Food managed by Malaspina
Management: Recreation and Tourism – Heart of Gold projectManagement: Recreation and Tourism – Heart of Gold project
Seawater PipelinesSeawater PipelinesDeep Bay Field StationDeep Bay Field Station
Shellfish Farming: Securing Shellfish Farming: Securing Sustainable Coastal Sustainable Coastal
CommunitiesCommunities
Heart of Gold direct trade coffee project
Student Led Initiatives:Student Led Initiatives:
Student Union Activities Student Union Activities
Solutions Sustainability NetworkSolutions Sustainability Network
Student Union ActivitiesStudent Union Activities
Consumer Products and RecyclingConsumer Products and Recycling
Campus Community SwapsCampus Community Swaps
Technology - sensorsTechnology - sensors
Awareness Events and FundraisersAwareness Events and Fundraisers
Solutions Sustainability NetworkSolutions Sustainability Network
“To cultivate a campus community that practices and celebrates sustainable
ways of living in collaboration with the wider community.”
Solutions EventsSolutions Events Climate Change Fair, Sustainability Fair
World Water Day, Earth Day
Recycled Craft and Seed Ball Workshops
Showing of An Inconvenient Truth & King Korn
Food-Film-Forums - ongoing and growing – World Bridger Connection
Critical Mass Bike Rallies
Community Gardens Building – demonstration site (North end library)
Work Opportunities – 5 Coordinator Positions to Date
“Hi Angelique,
I spoke to our dean and he is completely supportive .... I know there will be some of our students who are interested in helping with the Solutions for Sustainability which will get us all some very important press on this. I would also like to link it to our webpage as I think as a campus and a program we should look at how they are inter-related. Incidentally, our Center for Shellfish Research field station at Deep Bay is focused on sustainable shellfish aquaculture which depends on clean waterways, as well as our Dean is working on a bio-diesel project for the future. There are a lot of initiatives on campus and we can drive this forward this fall when our students begin.
Keep in touch,Debbie”
Critical Mass Bike RalliesCritical Mass Bike Rallies
Residences & Ongoing ProgramsResidences & Ongoing Programs
Good Food Box (2004-present)Good Food Box (2004-present)Weekly grocery store shuttle (2005-)Weekly grocery store shuttle (2005-)Recycling in Residence (2005-)Recycling in Residence (2005-)Composting in residence & on campus Composting in residence & on campus
(2006-)(2006-)Housing conference presentation: Housing conference presentation:
Seeds of Sustainability (2007)Seeds of Sustainability (2007)Campus Gardens Project (2007-)Campus Gardens Project (2007-)
Campus Community Gardens Campus Community Gardens ProjectProject
Administration: TASMIAdministration: TASMI Reformed as “Campus Sustainability Committee”Reformed as “Campus Sustainability Committee”
Members from Malaspina’s board of directors, faculty, staff and Members from Malaspina’s board of directors, faculty, staff and student representativesstudent representatives
Parking proceeds + external funding = $60,000 reinvestment fund… Parking proceeds + external funding = $60,000 reinvestment fund… “will be used to engage in projects designed to reduce Malaspina “will be used to engage in projects designed to reduce Malaspina University-College’s ecological footprint. Priorities will include: waste University-College’s ecological footprint. Priorities will include: waste reduction, energy efficiency, alternate transport, and sustainable reduction, energy efficiency, alternate transport, and sustainable development. The Committee will work with all areas of Malaspina development. The Committee will work with all areas of Malaspina to promote sustainability both on campus and in the community.”to promote sustainability both on campus and in the community.”
Explore opportunities for greater collaboration with students, faculty, Explore opportunities for greater collaboration with students, faculty, staff, and communitystaff, and community
We are learning: “Many hands make quick work.”We are learning: “Many hands make quick work.”~ Building community means working together, from planning to ~ Building community means working together, from planning to
implementation … it means recognizing each others’ strengths and implementation … it means recognizing each others’ strengths and potentialities and helping to develop thesepotentialities and helping to develop these
~ Networking and forming a group is important for idea development and ~ Networking and forming a group is important for idea development and project successproject success
~ Creating a shared vision brings people together, encourages and ~ Creating a shared vision brings people together, encourages and brings focus to community planning and implementationbrings focus to community planning and implementation
~ Sharing plans & connecting with community is instrumental to success ~ Sharing plans & connecting with community is instrumental to success (e.g. Attending, promoting and hosting events, ongoing dialogue)(e.g. Attending, promoting and hosting events, ongoing dialogue)
~ Know institutional processes and protocol (e.g. Proposals and specific ~ Know institutional processes and protocol (e.g. Proposals and specific plans, who to get in touch with) plans, who to get in touch with)
~ Gather resources & support ~ Gather resources & support ~ Cross-curricular connections - involve students, faculty, staff and ~ Cross-curricular connections - involve students, faculty, staff and
members of the local (residences) and broader communities to members of the local (residences) and broader communities to further collaborate, build and work together to create possibilities for further collaborate, build and work together to create possibilities for relevant and necessary future projectsrelevant and necessary future projects
ContactContact
Angelique Nash-Thurmeier:Angelique Nash-Thurmeier:[email protected]@gmail.com
Sandra Christensen:Sandra Christensen:[email protected]@malaspinaresidences.ca
Solutions Sustainability Network:Solutions Sustainability Network:[email protected]@yahoo.ca
Thank You!!!Thank You!!!