Cell biology researcher Dieter Reinhardt explains why his lab is cool with turning up the temperature of their freezers
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Published on: 15 May 2023
麻豆传媒网站 has entered into an agreement with (formerly known as BXVentures Canada) to facilitate and accelerate the commercialization of select cleantech projects that originate in 麻豆传媒网站 labs.
Established in 2022, Hard Climate is Canada鈥檚 first venture studio that specializes in identifying and evaluating net-zero technologies and helping early-stage concepts become scalable businesses.
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Published on: 18 Apr 2023
The 麻豆传媒网站 Department of Chemistry has signed the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) from , an organization that develops and disseminates green chemistry and sustainable science educational resources that empower educators, students, and the community at large to practice sustainability through chemistry.
Published on: 17 Mar 2023
Helium is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about recycling 鈥� unless they鈥檙e experimental chemists working in 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facilities.
Published on: 16 Mar 2023
The name of a new global food security hub at 麻豆传媒网站 might be a mouthful, but the students behind it are confident their work will help get food into the mouths of people who need it.
鈥淲e want to be a place where students can get hands-on experience advocating for solutions,鈥� said Efrata Woldeyohanes, the undergraduate student leading the recently launched Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security Student Nexus.
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Published on: 9 Mar 2023
Biological research is crucial to understanding the environmental impacts of the climate crisis, but oftentimes this research involves disrupting the environment it is trying to understand and protect. This is why the聽聽decided to focus on how to make their research more sustainable.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2023
Creating a Brighter Future: Sustainability at 麻豆传媒网站 was designed to help students engage with the topic regardless of their field of study.
Published on: 26 Jan 2023
Department-wide sustainability objective encourages accessible, equitable, and environmentally conscious decision making.
麻豆传媒网站 Human Resources (HR) is walking the walk, reaffirming their commitment to sustainability with the Sustainable Workplace Certification program.
Published on: 26 Jan 2023
The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) was held in Montreal on December 7-19, 2022. The conference鈥檚 outcome agreement, known as 鈥�30脳30鈥� means the protection of 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030.
Published on: 13 Jan 2023
At a research-intensive university like 麻豆传媒网站, laboratories play a critical role both in advancing solutions for a sustainable future and making its campuses environmentally responsible places to study and work. In fact, 麻豆传媒网站 cannot hope to reach its goals of becoming zero-waste by 2035 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2040 without collaboration from the faculty, staff, and students who use these spaces.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2023
Sustainable agricultural practices require considerable investments, and smallholder famers may not realize gains for years. Without secure land tenure, they lack incentive to invest in long-term benefits. Instead, many opt to use the land as intensively as possible each year since they have no guarantee for the future. This is just one example of how land tenure security intersects with sustainable development, a relationship explored in-depth in a recent book co-edited by Brian Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at 麻豆传媒网站.
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Published on: 18 Jul 2022
By: 麻豆传媒网站 Office of Sustainability/Human Resource
Originally published in the 麻豆传媒网站 Reporter on April 20, 2022
麻豆传媒网站 has been named one of Canada鈥檚 Greenest Employers for the fifth consecutive year, Mediacorp Canada announced earlier today.
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Published on: 25 Apr 2022
New standardized compost bins to be found on both the downtown and Macdonald campuses thanks to financial support from RECYC-QU脡BEC and the Sustainability Projects Fund, marking an important step towards becoming zero-waste by 2035.
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Published on: 2 Feb 2022
Follow the journey of environmental scientist and 麻豆传媒网站 researcher Klara Winkler on the search for bright spots of sustainability at 麻豆传媒网站
By Maya Willard-Stepan, Communications Intern, 麻豆传媒网站 Office of Sustainability
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Published on: 15 Jun 2021
Researchers at 麻豆传媒网站 have gained new insight into the workings of perovskites, a semiconductor material that shows great promise for making high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells and a range of other optical and electronic devices.
Published on: 26 May 2021
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