Sustainability

Students can fill their reusable bags with produce for $1 off the original $10 fee.
  • 9 years 4 months ago

Student project has healthy eating in the bag

Four health studies students are putting their knowledge to practice with a new project which aims to make healthy eating as easy as stopping by the JDUC.Continue...

Queen’s Sustainability Coordinator Aaron Ball says 40 new water filling stations have been installed on campus.
  • 9 years 9 months ago

Greens at Queen’s

In a visit to Kingston this weekend, Ontario’s Green Party leader Mike Schreiner called Queen’s water bottle ban a step in the right direction.Continue...

Andrew Dean (second from right), head manager of the Tea Room, with other staff members (from left to right) Sarah Ferguson, Dorothy Yu and Allister Smith.
  • 10 years 7 months ago

Café produces zero consumer waste

Tea Room officials say the campus coffee shop is now the only café in Canada with zero
consumer waste.Continue...

  • 10 years 8 months ago

Green initiatives underway

Queen's sustainability manager responds to Oct. 25 op-ed on climate changeContinue...

The Queen’s Parking Department’s truck can drive 65 kilometres before needing to be recharged.
  • 10 years 8 months ago

Electric truck on campus

Queen’s Parking Department now owns a $24,000 low-speed electric truck to use when monitoring parking on main campus.Continue...

Every year, Queen’s manages 13 metric tonnes of polystyrene materials and 1.1 million coffee cups. These are now recyclable.
  • 10 years 8 months ago

Recycling pilot project comes to Queen's

Recycling on campus will now expand to include the 1.1 million coffee cups and 13 metric tonnes of polystyrene previously sent to landfills each year.Continue...

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