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The University of Waterloo is piloting Feather Friendly® window decals on the SLC/MC bridge to protect birds.

Waterloo is excited to announce the return of the e-bike and e-scooter share program with Neuron Mobility.

To engage the UWaterloo community directly in the effort of tracking and reducing emissions, Finance and the Sustainability Office have collaborated to add a new voluntary field in Concur titled “carbon emissions” that asks Claimants who have booked and purchased their airfare out of pocket to voluntarily calculate and include the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their UW travel. 

More than 400 Waterloo community members took part in naturalization initiatives to protect Waterloo's biodiversity. 

As Zero Waste Month comes to a close, the Sustainability Office would like to reflect on the progress the campus community has made to becoming a zero-waste campus this October!  

On September 27, 74 ERS 100 students and 35 volunteers joined the Sustainability Office to restore a greenspace overrun with invasive species to a pollinator’s oasis.

In honour of Earth Day, the Sustainability Office hosted their annual campus clean-up event on April 21. More than 100 employees and students helped to pick up litter from “hotspots” around main campus, collecting over 80 bags of trash.

This story was originally published by Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education on Monday, December 12, 2022.   

On November 23rd, more than 110 people joined us at Fed Hall for an afternoon of celebration, networking, and community building at our 9th annual Eco Summit. The theme of this year’s Eco Summit was ‘What Can We Do’, placing the focus on how we can work together towards sustainability. 

Throughout October, the Sustainability Office and Plant Operations – Environmental Services hosted Zero Waste Month on campus. The university has committed to becoming a zero-waste campus by 2035, and a critical part of meeting that target is engaging our campus community Throughout the month, we ran a series of activities to spread awareness, educate our campus, and encourage participation in our Shift: Zero campaign.