College Initiative: Sustainability Days – Perth, Ottawa & Pembroke 2014

Posted on Thursday, March 20th, 2014

In 2013, students in the General Arts and Sciences ENV0007 Approaches to Sustainable Development course and their professor, Jay Smith initiated a Woodroffe campus Sustainability Day during which they showcased their course projects on various sustainability-related topics. The day’s activities were linked to the College’s spring Applied Research Day and a “week” branded as Sustainability Week was the result. It is conceived that a Sustainability Day could be an annual event as part of the ENVOO7 curriculum and that a Grassroots Sustainability Week could evolve into annual event. The event was supported by the Sustainable Algonquin Steering Committee as part of its mandate: “continue to create opportunities for students and staff to engage in grassroots activities that lead toward a more sustainable future.”

Sustainability Days at the Perth Campus have a strong history as days of campus-wide engagement and awareness on a variety of sustainability-related topics. For 2014, the day at the Perth campus is being planned by students. (this will be the 7th annual event)

The concept of Sustainability Days has spread to the Pembroke campus and for 2014, students in the Outdoor Adventure Naturalist program will lead the planning and execution of the day in Pembroke as part of their program curriculum.

Join in!

Students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in these events. Please see the invitation to participate from Sustainable Algonquin Steering Committee Co-Chairs.

Follow the links more details on events and activities and save these dates in your calendar:


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