{"id":11,"date":"2021-05-04T09:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/sustainability\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-03-11T14:30:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:30:15","slug":"story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/sustainability\/story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"introduction nob g l\">\r\n   As a postsecondary institution, Niagara College first made sustainability a key strategic priority in 2009 and has identified with the importance of reducing impacts on the environment.<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p>Niagara College\u2019s definition of sustainability is based on the Bruntland Commission report, created by the United Nations (UN), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un-documents.net\/wced-ocf.htm\"><em>Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>Through this report, sustainability and sustainable development is recognized as, \u201c<em>Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, the Sustainability Committee formed in 2011, with representation from academics, operations, student services, the Student Administrative Council, the student body, and other employees to drive initiatives that focused on improving campus sustainability. Since then, the Office of Sustainability was formed in January 2015 with the intention to continue and develop initiatives on campus and in the community. In 2019 Niagara College published its first institution wide <strong>Sustainability Plan<\/strong>, furthering the integration of sustainability across the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"center-block\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<figure class=\"image aligncenter c tb round\" style=\"width:325px; height: auto;\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n    \r\n      \r\n    \r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/05\/monarch-400x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"A monarch butterfly lands on a student&#039;s hand\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n  \n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Our Mission<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Office of Sustainability leads, guides and supports Niagara College\u2019s transformation to a more sustainable culture through operations, student services and academics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"center-block\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<figure class=\"image aligncenter c tb round\" style=\"width:325px; height: auto;\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n    \r\n      \r\n    \r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2021\/05\/cice-pollinator-garden.jpg\" alt=\"CICE students learning about pollinator gardens\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n  \n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Our Values<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Office of Sustainability works collaboratively and inclusively with stakeholders \u2013students, employees and the community &#8211; with perseverance, agility, honesty and transparency, using evidence-based decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Niagara College\u2019s definition of sustainability is based on the Bruntland Commission report, created by the United Nations (UN), Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. 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