As part of a sustainability project for the Agricultural Campus, the Office of Sustainability installed 800 LED T8 bulbs in the MacRae Library.
The work was carried out by Agricultural Campus Facilities project team members Carl Baillie, Stephanie MacKenzie and Ritchie Davidson (pictured).
Thanks to both the Office of Sustainability and the Facilities teams for our new lighting!
Carl Baillie, Stephanie MacKenzie and Ritchie Davidson who installed the lights.
Our new lights in action.
Happy Earth Day! On Wednesday, April 22, the MacRae Library on Dalhousie’s Agricultural Campus is launching their second season of their seed library, Seeding Ideas.
We would like to thank all the students, staff, faculty, and community members who participated in the first year of the program—with 76 registered members the circulation of over 5000 seeds to our community we are honored at the amount of interest and passion generated from our efforts.
We continue to hear from people from all corners of Canada who want to get involved. We can be reached at seed.library@dal.ca, on Facebook at Seeding Ideas: a seed library, and on Twitter, @seeding_ideas
Sandy Dwyer, Janice Slauenwhite (missing: Jan Pelley, Aran Silmeryn)
So what did the Team do in 2011-2012 to merit this honor?
Congratulations Greenies, you rock!
Find out what else our awesome Green Team did to win in April 2011 and April 2010.
A biophilic city is more than simply a biodiverse city, says author and “urban greening” advocate Timothy Beatley. It is a place that learns from nature and emulates natural systems, incorporates natural forms and images into its buildings and cityscapes, and designs and plans in conjunction with nature.
Biophilic Cities: Integrating Natureinto Urban Design and Planning (Island Press, 2011) outlines the essential elements of a biophilic city, and provides vivid examples and stories about cities that have successfully integrated biophilic elements–from the building to the regional level – around the world.
This ebook is available for Dal users only. Read it now!
Dalhousie Libraries are offering a one-month trial of GreenR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources), a database which provides information on the physical, economic, and social aspects of environmental and sustainability issues.
GreenR includes references to journal articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, news stories, case studies, statistics, reports and podcasts. The interactive database also features a number of video interviews (known as the Green Interviews) with prominent environmentalists and researchers.
The trial lasts until December 9th, so please check it out now!
We’re crazy proud to announce that the Dalhousie Libraries Green Team (Sandy Dwyer, Michelle Paon, Jan Pelley, Janice Slauenwhite and Leigh Smith) has just won the Office of Sustainability’s ReThink Award—for the second time! Our 2009-2010 team won the inaugural award last year (see blog post).
The Libraries’ team has certainly done some award-winning things this year, to wit:
Not content to rest on their evergreen laurels, our Green Team is now investigating the automatic transfer of patron information directly from the University Banner system to the Libraries’ Circulation system. This will reduce the necessity for paper forms for library registration.
Did we say we’re proud yet?
Students from SUST1001: Introduction to Environment, Sustainability and Society, got their creativity on big time for an assignment called “What is the value of biodiversity?” We’ll be showcasing some their work at the Killam Library the week of March 28 – April 1.
Come and check out the students’ performance art and videos at a public reception in the LINC classroom on the second floor. Coffee, cider and nibbles will be served as you stroll around and enjoy the presentations. In addition, paintings, photos, books and other items created by some of the students will be on display in the large case in the library lobby for the entire week.
PERFORMANCES AND VIDEOS
Tuesday March 29, 1:15pm
LINC Room 2600
Second floor, Killam Library
All are welcome!
Get a sneak preview with this video entitled “Apple,” submitted by Gus Guimaraes!
The Dalhousie Libraries are offering you access on a trial basis to Sustainability Watch, a new EBSCO database. The trial runs until April 14, 2011.
Sustainability Watch provides information on over 200 sustainability related topics. Monitoring thousands of journals and periodicals, this product presents best practices in a variety of areas, including environmental impacts and pollution prevention initiatives, corporate citizenship, and long-term sustainable business practices.
Sustainability Watch provides a wide range of search and browse options, allows you to save your searches, set up alerts, and create bibliographies, and even offers an article translation service. Explore Sustainability Watch now and let us know what you think!
Recycle? Organics? Garbage?
At the Dal Libraries we see hundreds of these disposable coffee cups being dumped in every available receptacle every day. Our Libraries Green Team is launching an awareness campaign to encourage everyone to put their used coffee cups in the right bin. They’ve just placed sets of PROG bins (Paper Recycle Organics Garbage) throughout the Killam Library to make it even easier for you!
So what is the right way to get rid of those disposable cups on campus? The cup and plastic lid go in the garbage; the paper sleeve goes in the organics bin. Of course bringing your own reusable cup is an even greener option.
The Libraries Green Team thanks you for sorting it right!
The Dalhousie Libraries Green Team is on the move again, and the Killam Library will be the greener for their efforts.
Last March the Team ran a pilot project dubbed “We Took Garbage Cans Off Our Bucket List,” in which they replaced garbage cans in the second floor atrium hallway with sets of grey PROG bins (Paper, Recycling, Organics and Garbage). This turned out to be such a success that they’re doing it again. All the garbage cans in the South and North Learning Commons on the main floor, in the lobby, the second floor Learning Commons, and the atrium hallways on floors 3 – 5 have now been replaced with grey bins.
Stats from the Bucket List pilot show that garbage waste was reduced from 85% to 25% when the sorting stations were installed on the second floor last March. Students working in the area were enthusiastic about the project, and we hope they embrace the green again in the Killam Learning Commons and on other floors.
Thank you 2010 Green Team members Linda Bedwell, Michelle Paon, Janice Slauenwhite, Jan Pelley, Leigh Smith and Sandy Dwyer!