SFU GREEN STORIES

Development picks up at UniverCity - March 11, 2010
Spring has sprung early on Burnaby Mountain and so has development activity in SFU’s UniverCity residential community. ...
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School, daycare to nurture green, self-learning kids - March 11, 2010
Children living at UniverCity will benefit from two of the Lower Mainland’s most innovative and progressive educational...
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SFU banner bags - March 11, 2010
Looking for a distinctive SFU gift that’s green (despite being red and blue)? SFU’s 40th anniversary street banners have been...
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BYOWB—Bring Your Own Water Bottle - March 11, 2010
Ditch your plastic water bottle and take advantage of the new fresh water dispenser on the Burnaby campus. The WaterFilz unit...
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Celebrate green living - February 25, 2010
March is Earth Month at SFU—a month-long university-wide celebration promoting earth- and people-friendly lifestyles. Planned...
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World’s future may turn on dust in the wind - February 25, 2010
Strange as it sounds, dust may have helped end the last ice age some 10,000 years ago. And that has environmental scientists...
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SFU unveils West House at Olympics - February 25, 2010
A good 200,000 Olympic visitors were wowed this month by SFU’s West House, a model "laneway home" at Vancouver’s Yaletown...
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Voice your opinion - February 4, 2010
Give your feedback on 2010 sustainability goals for the university at an open house Feb. 5, 10 am–1 pm at the Diamond Alumni...
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Championing climate change in Copenhagen - January 21, 2010
SFU earth sciences graduate student Amber Church has just returned from Copenhagen where as national director of the Canadian...
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Cohousing condo owners consume less - January 21, 2010
The subtitle of a new study by researchers at SFU’s Centre for Sustainable Community Development asks the question: "Do...
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Food-waste audit - January 7, 2010
Sustainable SFU is encouraging diners at the Mackenzie Café and the Residence Dining Hall on the Burnaby campus to put their...
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Copenhagen ’09: students send Harper a green message - December 1, 2009
Students Sarah St. John and Sara Herring were among several students helping to promote a greater awareness of the UN...
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Prince visits SFU, inks new agreement - November 19, 2009
Staff and faculty in the Urban Studies program worked 12-hour days for two months as they prepared for Prince Charles’ first...
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SFU Business names sustainability entrepreneur-in-residence - November 19, 2009
SFU Business has become one of the first university business schools in Canada to appoint a sustainability entrepreneur-in...
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Prince Charles visits SFU - November 10, 2009
Prince Charles’ first-ever visit to Simon Fraser University on Saturday (Nov. 7) made it into media around the world. He...
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SFU to use less salt on roads - November 5, 2009
Facilities services has a new plan to significantly reduce the use of salt to clear winter roads at the Burnaby campus in an...
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Royal visit to SFU - November 5, 2009
Prince Charles will visit SFU on Saturday, Nov. 7 to participate in a seminar on "The Business Case for Sustainable Urbanism,...
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North House shines at solar decathlon - October 22, 2009
North House, an energy-efficient structure designed by students from SFU and two Ontario universities, placed fourth among 20...
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Bring us your bright ideas - October 22, 2009
Facilities Services’ energy committee is seeking energy-saving ideas and initiatives to reduce the university’s carbon...
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Green energy dialogue Nov. 3–4 - October 22, 2009
SFU’s Centre for Coastal Studies will hold a public dialogue, "Building a Vision for Green Energy in B.C." on Nov. 3–4, at...
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Saving the earth, one government policy at a time - October 8, 2009
A childhood in rural Clinton, Ont., exploring nearby woodlands, taking care of animals and riding horses imbued Kelly Vodden ...
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Turning Banners into Bags - July 23, 2009
SFU’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) are working in partnership with Big Bold Beautiful Banner Company and the Downtown...
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‘Made in B.C.’ climate-change strategy needed: study - July 9, 2009
British Columbians are being short-changed when it comes to climate-change health-impact studies, according to the authors of...
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SFU, Maple Ridge eye environmental school - July 9, 2009
SFU’s Faculty of Education, the District of Maple Ridge, School District 42 and other community partners are exploring the...
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Be a green guardian—adopt a campus area - June 25, 2009
You’ve cut down on paper usage, you religiously turn off your office computer and lights every night and you generally run a...
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Electric dreams - June 25, 2009
Sustainability ambassador Don Seeley, a LAN administrator with IT Services, has just completed a project that will see the 51...
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SFU lags in sustainability initiatives - June 25, 2009
How do SFU’s sustainability initiatives compare with those of UBC and UVic? This spring, nine SFU Business sustainability...
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Caribbean coral reefs collapsing: study - June 11, 2009
Climate change has caused a startling 75 per cent of the Caribbean region’s coral reefs to collapse, reducing the region’s...
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Take the SFU Transportation Challenge - June 11, 2009
There’s still time to enter first annual SFU 8-week Transportation Challenge. Just log eight single-occupancy-vehicle (SOV)...
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SFU moves to protect Stoney Creek - May 14, 2009
SFU will spend more than $1 million on several measures to help protect Stoney Creek, one of the Lower Mainland’s most...
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Summer dialogue goes urban green - April 30, 2009
Exploring food, community and urban sustainability—that’s the theme of this year’s Summer Institute in Dialogue at the...
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A Plea for the Bees’ Needs - April 29, 2009
The European honeybee is in trouble—one-third of Canadian honeybee colonies are lost each year to Colony Collapse Disorder. Yet...
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Ambassador walks the talk - April 2, 2009
While sipping fair-trade coffee from a reusable mug, Candace Bonfield, SFU’s sustainability coordinator, will cheerfully tell...
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Bill 44: What does it mean? - April 2, 2009
In 2008, BC’s provincial government passed the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, Bill 44, with significant implications. ...
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Environment faculty takes root - April 2, 2009
Spring has arrived and so has SFU’s newest faculty, the Faculty of Environment. The university’s green faculty encompasses...
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Food with thought - April 2, 2009
SFU is Canada’s first university to receive the Seafood Wise designation, thanks to Chartwells, the university’s food...
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Livin’ la vida verde - April 2, 2009
Bringing students together to enhance their educational experience in a 360-degree perspective is the model for the living...
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Facing the environment - April 2, 2009
Several years ago Bernie Melanson finished his undergraduate degree in communication and fulfilled a goal to work in the film...
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Teaching with environmental impact - April 2, 2009
What do you get when you take a group of students out of the classroom for six weeks and teach them outside in a natural...
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New green book bags - April 2, 2009
Plastic or paper? That’s the question associate university librarian Todd Mundle pondered in 2007 when the plastic bag supply...
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Where there’s WIL there’s a way - April 2, 2009
Work Integrated Learning (WIL), the one-stop shop for career and volunteer-related learning and development, is going green. A...
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2009 Summer Institute in Dialogue - Creating community - April 2, 2009
Exploring food, community and urban sustainability—that’s the theme for this year’s Summer Institute in Dialogue. The 20...
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New life for fallen trees - April 2, 2009
In December 2006, the devastating wind storm that destroyed hundreds of trees in Stanley Park also swept through a small...
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From city slicker to nature lover - April 2, 2009
Holli Redekop, SFU’s director of ceremonies and events, hesitated to move from the culture and activity of a busy East...
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Earth Hour Event - March 19, 2009
SFU’s Climate Change Action Group is encouraging residences, businesses and organizations to turn off their lights and other...
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New Greentech forums - March 5, 2009
Climate change is responsible for a lot of things. One of them is the rapid global move toward ‘greentech’, the development...
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Gondola aired - February 19, 2009
The SFU Community Trust wants to carry its award-winning sustainability initiatives further by introducing a gondola to carry...
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Explore green tech - February 5, 2009
Want to learn about information technology and advanced networks to reduce your carbon footprint, and maybe win an 8G iPod...
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Wanted: Departmental sustainability champions - February 5, 2009
Become an SFU sustainability ambassador and make a difference to SFU’s sustainable practices. The SFU Sustainability Advisory...
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Controlling temperature key to becoming carbon neutral at SFU - January 22, 2009
Is your office consistently too hot or too cold? SFU’s new environmental comfort response team (ECRT) wants to hear about it....
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Green light for green faculty - January 8, 2009
A new environment faculty is set to open April 1 this year after receiving its final green light in December when senate...
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SFU co-hosts mass youth dialogue - December 11, 2008
On Dec. 10, SFU co-hosted an online mass dialogue with youth delegates attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference...
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Sustainable project wins gold - November 27, 2008
UniverCity picked up a gold award and a third-place ranking overall in the Sustainable Projects Category at the 2008 LivCom...
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Did you know? - November 26, 2008
SFU is ranked first among North American universities for its number of start-up companies per million dollars of research...
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We have solar power - November 13, 2008
SFU is experimenting with a solar photovoltaic array that uses panels to convert sunlight into electricity. Facilities...
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Lose weight, save the planet? Maybe - November 13, 2008
Can working off fat influence climate change? That’s one of the intriguing questions scientists Max Donelan, Scott Lear and...
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Canada’s emission targets ‘highly unlikely’, say SFU researchers - October 30, 2008
Three SFU researchers published a six-page paper shortly before the October federal election concluding it is "highly...

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Lighting the way - October 16, 2008
The Burnaby campus is one of the first locations in the Lower Mainland to install LED street lighting. The new lights are as...

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Economists say: Set a carbon price - October 16, 2008
More than 230 academic economists. including a number from SFU, signed an open letter to Canada’s political party leaders...

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Oct. 6–10 is Ride-Share Week - October 6, 2008
Here’s your chance to win prizes while reducing the costs and emissions of your commute. ...

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Planet’s greenest person - October 2, 2008
The votes are in: Matthias Gelber in Malaysia was named the planet’s greenest person Sept. 24 at SFU’s Sustainability...

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Reusables at The Attic - October 2, 2008
Students in residence can furnish their digs with dishes, furniture and other reusables from The Attic, a new thrift shop in...

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From cell to society – health sciences research blossoms at Blusson Hall - September 17, 2008
It’s a building as innovative as the faculty it houses: Blusson Hall, the greenest building on campus and home of the...

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Celebrate Sustainability - September 17, 2008
Learn about alternative consumption choices for embracing a sustainable lifestyle at SFU’s Sustainability Festival at...

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Saving forests saves money - September 17, 2008
A new SFU study concluding that in many cases it’s more economical to conserve forests than cut them down generated...

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3rdwhale.com founder to discuss eco-biz - September 4, 2008
SFU Business kicks off a new speaker series Sept. 17 at the Surrey campus. Boyd Cohen, faculty member and green entrepreneur,...

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Fresh Local Greens - September 4, 2008
Enjoy fresh local produce from Fraser Valley farmers, along with prepared goods and community education at the new SFU Pocket...

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Facebook app earns SIAT team global green kudos - August 20, 2008
Two students at SFU’s Surrey campus School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) earned international recognition...

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Students’ multimedia art destined for Surrey parks - July 24, 2008
Visitors to Surrey’s Serpentine Greenway and Bear Creek Park will soon be enjoying multimedia art installations including...

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Top 50 on ‘Planet’s Greenest’ contest list - July 10, 2008
The 50 top candidates vying to be the Greenest Person on the Planet are now listed on SFU Business associate professor Boyd...

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Climate change, urban social ills - July 10, 2008
Two new projects got the nod from SFU’s Community Trust Endowment Fund, which channels revenue from the UniverCity...

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ASSC1 building earns Earth Award - July 10, 2008
The new Burnaby campus Arts and Social Sciences Complex 1 (ASSC1) has won a coveted Earth Award from the Building Owners and...

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Week in paradise was not a vacation - June 26, 2008
Barry Shell spent a week in paradise last month exploring flora and fauna in Kauai, Hawaii. ...

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More green kudos for UniverCity - June 26, 2008
UniverCity has received another green planning award – this time from the American Planning Association (APA). ...

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SFU launches Green Pages web portal - June 12, 2008
SFU has launched a new Green Pages environmental sustainability web portal at www.sfu.ca/green to serve as a one-stop...

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Thinking of the World - June 10, 2008
A team of academic, non-governmental organization (NGO) and local government participants from Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, the...

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SIAT grad designs solar-powered home - May 29, 2008
To really appreciate architectural designer Davis Marques’ user- and earth-friendly handiwork you’ll have to visit the...

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Environmental issues leave Canada no time to waste - May 29, 2008
The carbon market is coming and graduand Tom Kineshanko plans to play a leading role in it. ...

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ASSC1 building wins engineering award - May 15, 2008
Fast + Epp Structural Engineers have earned an award of merit from the Consulting Engineers of British Columbia for their...

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UniverCity picks Nesters as Hub grocer - May 15, 2008
UniverCity is partnering with eco-friendly grocer Nesters Market to open a full-service grocery store in the new Hub...

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Bike to Work week - May 15, 2008
May 26 - June 1 is Bike-to-Work (or campus) Week at SFU. Join the SFU team and register to calculate your carbon savings at ...

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Finding the world's 'greenest' person - May 1, 2008
You use compact fluorescent light bulbs and recycle, but just how green are you really? ...

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SFU plans new environment faculty for spring 2009 - May 1, 2008
A new Faculty of the Environment is a step closer to existence following support for its creation from the university’s...

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Mark Jaccard is B.C.'s academic of the year - April 3, 2008
SFU resource economist Mark Jaccard’s tireless work in persuading governments to enact effective climate-change policies has...

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Pledge a plant, grow a bursary - April 3, 2008
Community spirit is blossoming as organizers gear up for the annual plant sale on Wed. May 7, 11–2:30 p.m. Now is the time to...

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SFU climate-change conference to discuss policy gaps - March 26, 2008
Community, first nations, government, industry and NGO representatives will meet March 31-April 1 at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk...

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Protecting marine bio-diversity - March 20, 2008
Turtles and dolphins ensnared in tuna nets are a grim reminder of the impact of fisheries on ocean biodiversity. Known in...

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Cooking Green - March 20, 2008
SFU chef Dave Davis took centre stage at Vancouver’s first Green Living Show at BC Place this month to demonstrate...

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Students’ green concerns - March 6, 2008
The student exhibition A Felling presents recent work from visual art students at SFU Contemporary Arts. It reveals some of...

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SFU sustainability becomes policy - February 20, 2008
A new sustainability policy that lays the foundation to formally incorporate sustainability into the fabric of university...

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SFU team places third in hydro challenge - February 20, 2008
A good green idea spelled hard cash this month for SFU students Adam Drake, Brad Slavin and Ryan Murray. ...

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SFU joins in climate change initiative - February 7, 2008
SFU researchers will play a key role in the new Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions announced last month by the...

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Solar house goes to Washington - February 7, 2008
Students and faculty at SFU’s Surrey campus School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) are co-designing a high-tech,...

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Need some tips for reducing your eco-footprint on campus? - February 7, 2008
Looking for courses or programs that focus on sustainability? Interested in discovering SFU associations and organizations...

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For rent: Green suites at Verdant - January 24, 2008
SFU has the perfect solution for newly recruited continuing full-time faculty, visiting academics and senior administrative...

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SFU earns Go Green status - January 24, 2008
SFU’s decades-long commitment to energy management and conservation is paying off — in international recognition as well as...

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Healthy homes good medicine for young asthma sufferers - December 19, 2007
Healthily designed, enviro-friendly homes may reduce asthma symptoms in children as much or more than medication, according...

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Teaching teachers about the environment - December 4, 2007
David Zandvliet co-wrote the book on teaching B.C. kids about the environment and now he’s advising the province’s teachers...

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Mark Jaccard to advise B.C. Government - November 29, 2007
SFU climate change expert Mark Jaccard (above) has been named as a special advisor to B.C. premier Gordon Campbell’s new 22...

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Waste audit finds plenty to recycle at SFU - November 29, 2007
Heather Nyberg and her classmates turned more than a few heads this month as they stomped about Convocation Mall at SFU’s...

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Kids tackle energy consumption with LEGO - November 29, 2007
More than 50 school students aged 9–14 years showed off their robot-building skills Nov. 24 at the Fraser Valley FIRST Lego...

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Live Earth reveals carbon footprints - October 31, 2007
Cities hosting the recent Live Earth concerts to raise awareness of global warming left their own carbon footprints. And Boyd...

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First annual SustainABILITY festival - October 4, 2007
Where can you dance and minimize your footprint at the same time? At SFU’s first annual SustainABIL!TY Festival at...

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Hot Air takes on climate change debate - October 4, 2007
A new book co-written by SFU energy expert Mark Jaccard (above left) and national journalist Jeffrey Simpson (above right) is...

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Eat BC! and be merrily green - September 21, 2007
SFU is helping financially challenged students, local food growers and suppliers and the environment—all in one tasty meal at...

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Environmentalism goes interactive - May 17, 2007
An interactive art display created by a fourth-year class at SFU's School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT) will...

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Earth Day highlights salmon, trees - May 3, 2007
Reforestation and watershed restoration were the focus of Earth Day activities at SFU's Burnaby campus Friday, April 20, two...

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Green Influence - April 5, 2007
Mark Jaccard, an economist and SFU professor of resource and environmental management, ranks 13th on the Financial Post...

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Light up your wallet - April 5, 2007
Is your bright idea worth $5,000? BC Hydro is inviting students, staff and faculty at SFU and UBC to contribute suggestions...

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Natural Resources Canada salutes SFU - March 22, 2007
To Sam Dahabieh (above) and all of SFU's facilities management team, a recent award for energy conservation from Natural...

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Global Warming: Are we ready? - March 22, 2007
Timothy Smith, president of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C., will speak at SFU's Burnaby...

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Our Sustainable Future - March 22, 2007
What is the role of education in creating a more sustainable future? Join educators, policy planners, administrators,...

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New Sustainability Education Network - February 22, 2007
Lessons for living sustainably begin in school. That's the message from the newly-formed BC Network and Working Group on...

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Wind tunnel for the birds - January 11, 2007
SFU biologist Tony Williams is helping to build Canada's first bird wind tunnel, which will help evaluate how climate change...

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New Canada Research chairs for REM and health sciences - January 11, 2007
With the media trumpeting wildly conflicting messages almost daily about climate change and its potential consequences, where...

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