Category: Sustainability
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Repair Cafe fixes a steam cleaner and more
BY GREG LOWENTHAL AND MARK ELGIE The student centre at Davis Campus was buzzing with the sounds of tools and a steam cleaner getting unclogged as the Repair Cafe was in full effect March 17. The event, similar to the one that took place at Trafalgar Campus in October, allows the public to bring in…
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Planting oak seeds in Oakville
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015. Planting oak seeds in Oakville Story and photography by Greg Lowenthal -OAKVILLE A few little pots sitting on the side of a ledge would look unassuming to most people, but those pots have seeds in them. Oak tree seeds, planted by volunteers and members of the Sheridan Earth Club. The initiative,…
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Suzuki shares Blue Dot movement to heal the planet
STORY & PHOTOGRAPHY BY NATALIA CAMARENA “Is a forest a sacred grove, or simply timber and pulp? Is a river the veins and capillaries of the land, or is it for power and irrigation? Is the soil a complex community of organisms, or just dirt? Is another species our biological kin, or a resource? Is…
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Oakville discusses climate change
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL It was an intimate gathering of Oakville residents interested in the effects of climate change on their city, and the small group was told they is a lot they can do. “I think there is plenty that the average person can do and in all aspects of life, getting to work,…
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Planting sustainable roots at Sheridan College
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL Not rain, nor wind nor cold could dampen their spirits. Students and volunteers were out in full force on Saturday, October 3 planting trees at Trafalgar Campus to create greener spaces in the Sheridan community. They were also joined by environmental group Oakville Green and staff from Sheridan. While there was…
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Battling buckthorn
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROSS ANDERSEN Trafalgar Campus’ ecosystem is getting a makeover as contractors fight the invasive species known as buckthorn. The thorn is a threat to Sheridan’s ecosystem. It surrounds the existing plant life, traps it and the vegetation dies. Sheridan has trees, which are swamped with buckthorn and have no room to…
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We can rebuild it, we have the technology
STORY BY RYAN MARSHALL From torn shirts and drafty winter coats to flickering laptop screens and hotplates gone cold, about a dozen Sheridan staff and students brought their items in need of repair to the college’s second Repair Café, held at Davis last Thursday from 12 to 2. The event was run in conjunction with…
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College lacking meaningful climate change approach
COLUMN AND PHOTO BY CHRIS COUTTS The dazzling sustainability metal waste bins that litter Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus grounds illustrate what appears to be the Emerald City of environmentalism. But the college administration’s style-over-substance approach to some of the most important decisions an institution can make is the same sort of thinking that landed our planet…
