tuesday, jan. 7, 2014 – orillia and thunder bay

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 has registered for the sustainability tracking and rating system (stars) to rate sustainability on the thunder bay and orillia campuses.

offered through the association for the advancement of sustainability in higher education (asshe), stars is a voluntary, self-reporting tool that will rate the university’s sustainability achievements from economic, environmental and social perspectives.

more than 600 institutions worldwide have participated in stars, which examines categories such as operations, planning and administration, academics and engagement.

lakehead’s centre for place and sustainability studies will direct the project using the latest version of the stars assessment tool, with a completion date of approximately one year from now.

“this project is part of a larger culture-building initiative on the thunder bay and orillia campuses. every institution in higher education is facing multiple social, ecological, political, and economic challenges associated with sustainability,” said dr. david greenwood, canada research chair of environmental education and director for the centre for place and sustainability studies.

“this project will help us pay better attention to the sustainability work already underway at lakehead and guide us to where we ought to go next,” dr. greenwood said.

the centre for place and sustainability studies is working with a diverse team of stakeholders on both campuses that is gathering data and stories for the assessment that will be used to identify future directions for the university and build community on campus.

“at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 we are excited to join this growing movement to show where we’re excelling in sustainability and provide some direction on what more we can do to improve in this area,” said dr. rod hanley, provost and vice-president (academic).

there is also potential to use stars as a service-learning project in the classroom. for example, a fourth-year geography class has piloted stars by assigning 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to gather and report on data in the fields of transportation, energy, buildings, dining services, and water. independent study options are also available to individual 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 interested in participating.

to learn more about this project or get involved, please visit www.lakeheadsustainability.ca

dr. greenwood is available for interviews.

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