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Sustainability
A Davos dynasty
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MBA students repeat first-place performance in international sustainability business competition Competing in the Corporate Knights鈥 鈥淏usiness for a Better World Case Competition鈥 is not for the faint of heart. Teams are pitted against fellow MBA students from universities across the globe for the opportunity to present their green business plan to a panel of elite judges in Davos, Switzerland during the World Economic Forum. No pressure, right?
Looking at the fossil fuel industry
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Who is steering fossil fuel extraction in Western Canada and what influence do they wield? 聽 These central questions are driving a six-year research and public engagement initiative,聽Mapping the Power of the Carbon-Extractive Corporate Resource Sector, with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The project brings together researchers, civil society organizations and Indigenous participants to study the oil, gas and coal industries in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.聽
Studying sea, learning land
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The Salish Sea is a vibrant international region, teeming with change鈥攕o it should come as no surprise that an international field school which puts dynamic learning experiences at the heart of sustainability leadership reflects those characteristics as well.
Water management, all year long
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The balancing act of water stewardship Hazy skies, brown grass, forest fires across the province鈥攊t鈥檚 hard to miss the signs of an unusually dry spring and summer on Vancouver Island and across western Canada. Such dry conditions raise questions: should we conserve water at the expense of UVic鈥檚 renowned gardens? Should we water selectively to avoid tinder-dry conditions that could create a fire hazard? And what about the bigger picture of reducing water consumption throughout the year? At UVic, this is the balancing act of water stewardship.
Humans as super predators
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You need not look far to find the world鈥檚 鈥渟uper predator,鈥 a term used by UVic scientists to describe how human dominance has bred an unrelenting predacious global culture that threatens nature鈥檚 balance. Research published in the Aug. 21 edition of the journal Science by a team led by Dr. Chris Darimont, the Hakai-Raincoast professor of geography at the University of Victoria, shows how extreme human predatory behavior is responsible for widespread wildlife extinctions, shrinking fish sizes and disruptions to global food chains.聽
2015 Sustainability Week
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The deep-green hues of UVic鈥攆rom research leadership in ocean and climate studies, to sustainability studies in nearly every academic field鈥攁lso colours our pride in our natural spaces 聽and sustainable on-campus operations. But we can鈥檛 pat ourselves on the back too quickly, either. Unless we鈥檙e prepared to turn off the lights and heat on campus, cycling and transit will continue to play key roles in reducing our carbon footprint, individually and as a concerned community. We鈥檝e already made good strides: nearly 8,000 members of UVic鈥檚 campus community use public transit, pedal power and shoe leather in getting to and from campus every day. And despite significant enrolment growth on campus, there are fewer cars in our parking lots than there were 15 years ago.聽
Scandanavian sustainability
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Northern Europe is famous for sustainability鈥攆rom cycling in Copenhagen, Iceland鈥檚 geothermal riches, and offshore wind farms in the North Sea to Germany鈥檚 investments in mass solar power. This spring, 28 UVic geography students headed to Europe to study those sustainability efforts and more. Their month-long field school took them to Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands brought them together with community leaders, planners, developers, scholars and others to examine Scandanavian efforts to address the daunting ecological and social challenges facing contemporary societies.
Building a tree-planting robot
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Many students spend their summers tromping through slash-piles and battling blackflies to replant Canada鈥檚 forests. Two UVic engineering undergrads took a different approach: they designed and built a tree-planting robot with the idea of supplementing the humans鈥 hard work.聽 鈥淭reeRover鈥 is the brainchild of third-year electrical engineering students Nick Birch and Tyler Rhodes. Through an entrepreneurial co-op work term, they formed their own company鈥擨ota Enterprises鈥攖o build their robot prototype in Rhodes鈥 Saanich backyard.
Energy retrofits could benefit BC
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A team of UVIc MBA graduates are urging the government to consider an energy retrofit plan for BC homes and buildings, that they say will result in cheaper power bills, less CO2聽emissions and more than 1,000 new jobs for the province. The new report鈥擟heaper Power Bills, More Jobs, Less CO2聽: How On-Bill Financing Done Right can be a Quick Win for British Columbia鈥攚as released September 29 by the UVic-based Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). The thesis research鈥攃onducted by former UVic Gustavon School of Business MBA students Seref Efe, Inam ur Raheem, Tingting Wan and Carter Williamson鈥攁nalyzed 30 OBF programs in Canada, the US and the UK.
Fuel cell-powered studies
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Co-ops confirm international student鈥檚 career choice in engineering When Ana茂ssia Franca transferred to UVic after the second year of her engineering science program in France, communicating was her biggest challenge.聽 鈥淚 had a good understanding of English鈥攂ut trying to contribute my ideas in group projects when you鈥檙e the only woman and there鈥檚 a language barrier? That was very hard,鈥 she says.聽
Q&A 鈥 Tom Pedersen, PICS
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After six years as executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), which is hosted and led by the 番茄社区, climate scientist Tom Pedersen is moving on to other opportunities. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been challenging at times but it鈥檚 always been fun,鈥 says Pedersen. 鈥淚 took this job because I wanted to build something, to make a difference in an area I feel passionate about. I think we鈥檝e made some progress.鈥
BC water act
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New research on the future of BC鈥檚 most important resource from the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance With the replacement of its over a century-old Water Act with the new Water Sustainability Act in 2014, British Columbia has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to modernize its freshwater legislation and usher in a new era of water stewardship. The Water Sustainability Act has many promising features that can better protect the province鈥檚 freshwater resources. Yet full implementation of the new act hinges on passing critical supporting regulations that will provide the necessary details to make the act fully functional.聽
Sorting office recycling
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Facilities Management, in collaboration with the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability, is pleased to announce the implementation of a sorting-at-source recycling and waste station system in all office areas on campus, starting in January 2016.聽
What comes after plastic?
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Innovation at the elemental scale could help us move beyond oil-based polymers You might not see the results of his research on store shelves in the next few years, but PhD graduate Saurabh Chitnis is helping to change the very makeup of the world around us. Chitnis is a fundamental chemist working on developing new chemical compounds.
Top marks in sustainability
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The 番茄社区 was given a perfect score in the 2015 edition of The Princeton Review鈥檚 Guide to 353 Green Colleges, an annual publication spotlighting campuses in the US and Canada with exceptional commitment to sustainability in their policies, initiatives and academic programs.聽
Environmental Studies at 40
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From the very first plans for the Gordon Head campus, natural features have been valued as a defining force in UVic鈥檚 learning environment. And the Environmental Studies program, starting small with a single course in 1975, has grown substantially 鈥斅爊ot just alongside, but as a driver of green initiatives that have helped transform the campus into an internationally recognized leader in sustainability. Many of the practices that helped UVic become the only Canadian university to make the Princeton Review鈥檚 2015 Green Honour Roll sprouted from Environmental Studies course projects, student initiatives and partnerships across the institution.
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