Forgot to bring your reusable coffee mug to campus? Staff and students now have the option of borrowing a mug, instead of reaching for a disposable cup with their coffee purchase, thanks to a new Mug Share program launched by the Office of Sustainability and the Niagara College Student Administrative Council. The Mug Share program, Read more »
It was applied learning in action for a group of environmental students. With Global Climate Strikes heating up in over 150 countries around the world on September 27, a group of students – many of them donning green shirts – gathered in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus courtyard with a common mission: to raise awareness about the […]
Niagara College’s associate dean of Environment and Horticulture, Al Unwin, is part of select group of environment experts and professionals from around the world who are helping to share the next decade of the United Nation’s climate change strategy. Earlier this year, the United Nations declared the decade of 2021 to 2030 the decade of […]
On Saturday, September 21, Niagara College’s Office of Sustainability hosted the first of two Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up events for the 2019-2020 academic year. Organized by Environmental Technician (Field and Laboratory) student David Postman, a group of 20 NC students as well as community residents participated. In just two hours, participants collected more than 185 […]
Students collect benthos samples from the weltand system at Niagara College’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus. Niagara College continues to shine among the STARS when it comes to sustainability. The College has been recognized as a top performer in the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index. A publication from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), Read more »