The University of Waterloo invites you to share thoughts and ideas on how the campus can become carbon neutral by 2050. This is one of three Open Houses where all members of the University community are encouraged to provide input.
Join the Sustainability Office and other local organizations for Bike Lunch on Thursday, June 20th from 11am to 2pm at the Peter Russell Rock Garden.Bike Lunch is a campus-wide event to provide students and employees with the resources, tools and encouragement to bike to school or work.
With a large population travelling to and from campus every day, enabling a variety of transportation options is critical for reducing environmental impacts and creating an inclusive and sustainable campus community.
Waterloo is proud to announce that the campus has received the Fair Trade Campus designation. Join us for a launch event to celebrate the designation, sample Fairtrade certified products, and learn more about fair trade!
Join the Sustainability Office and campus partners for Zero Waste Week, an opportunity to learn more about reducing your personal waste on campus and how you can get support Waterloo's commitment to becoming a zero waste campus by 2035 through the Shift Zero Action Plan.
We're encouraging you to take the Zero Waste Challenge for one week, and we have lots of events and activities to help you get ready!
Join the Sustainability Office for our sixth-annual Eco Summit! This event brings together staff, faculty, students, and community partners to reflect on our sustainability progress, celebrate our successes, and catalyze action.
Would you like to learn more about how we're managing our waste at the University of Waterloo? The University has committed to becoming a zero waste campus by 2035, and has undertaken some big changes to support waste management efforts for the campus community.
Join Plant Operations and Waste Connections of Canada for their upcoming Lunch & Learn for more information on:
Join us for an exclusive screening and feedback session of In Your Palm with alumnus and Director, Carter Kirilenko.
Post-secondary institutions face complex issues around health and wellbeing, including the implications surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, and the renewed urgency to address systemic racism for historically racialized communities.
Are you ready to challenge yourself to make an impact in the Waterloo community?
UW’s Impact Alliance and Global Spark are hosting a virtual solutions hackathon called the “SDG Impact Challenge''. This event has partnered with three local organizations who are tackling some of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) and Food4Kids.