National Sustainable Campuses Update

[Tracey Guptill]

March! Marchin-ing, march-ing, marching, marching! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. One more Regional Conference this year! The Eastern Regional Conference (FR) starts tomorrow at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières! .  JOIN US!  Registration has closed but if you email me, I can likely get you in! ***   Also particularly exciting is this message from Lilith Wyatt at the McGill Sustainability Office (where they are looking for a Sustainability Manager - see below) :    "In the year I have been working here, I’ve seen the momentum build and key players come into place. We really have an unprecedented level of buy-in at the grassroots level and among senior administration for transformative action toward sustainability, so finding the right person to fill this position is essential."  Sustainable Campuses NOW! Western Conference: Amazing!!! Reporting Back - the full outline of the conference with links, photos and strategic session information will be posted online next week so be sure to check in! Some highlights from the strategizing: - The need for an Ethical Investments Campaign came up - check out the blog post for ideas on that. And post your comments please! - We also discussed continuing efforts to share best practices. Our database is in need of updating (content and technology wise) SO in the meantime a group site for collaboration has been created - you can check it out - if you'd like to join, keep in mind that we were hoping to create singular logins per student group - so share with those you work with! Network * Andrew - our Regional Action Coordinator in Ontario - is coordinating a call for collaboration on food campaigns: March 29th from 4 to 5pm. Call details will be posted here. * CYCC is recruiting for their volunteer coordination team! * LeadNow: the data gathering is almost complete, you can still fill out their survey and include your values in The Declaration for Change. * goBEYOND's Residence Challenge continues: with online dashboards! * Job Postings generally go through our membership newsletter but I thought these were quite relevant: - Greenpeace - Sustainability Coordinator at SFU - Sustainability Manager at McGill McGill's student union also voted for a fulltime Sustainability Coordinator just last night! Email Lilith for more details. Water! * Thousands Mark Canada's Second Bottle Water Free Day! Congratulations to everyone for all their great work!  * Some of the press: L’équivalent de 1328 Boeing 747 à la poubelle,  * Water Week has begun! March 14th - 22nd! Events * University of Ottawa's Mining Justice Week is happening now! * Community University Partnerships Conference; May 10-14, Waterloo region  * Energy Summit for young leaders and experts to catalyze long term thinking and solutions for the world through cutting edge science and technology. Campus News * A report has been released on Ontario's challenge for affordable tuition * New critical program in Saskatchewan for educators * McMaster and IBM working with modeling techniques for energy smart buildings  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 Sierra Youth Coalition, All rights reserved. Members receive our monthly newsletters. Our mailing address is: Sierra Youth Coalition 1 Nicholas St. suite 406 Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | view email in browser

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Tracey Guptill | Sustainable Campuses National Coordinator, Coordonnatrice national des Campus durables

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