SPF: Ongoing /sustainability/taxonomy/term/629/all en SP0208: Green Labs Initiative at The Neuro /sustainability/green-labs-initiative-neuro-sp0208 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status:<b> COMPLETE </b>December 2018 - January 2021</p> <p>The Green Labs Initiative project aims to address the environmental and financial waste of scientific labs at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) by implementing lab material recycling programs, creating online resources, and organizing events to change the culture within the MNI. </p> Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:02:35 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2806 at /sustainability SP0177: Gault Nature Reserve Community Access /sustainability/gault-nature-reserve-community-access-sp0177 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETE </strong>December 2017 - October 2019</p> Thu, 03 May 2018 18:07:36 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2727 at /sustainability SP0176: Autonomous Controlled‐Environment Growth Chamber Display /sustainability/autonomous-controlled-environment-growth-chamber-display-sp0176 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>November 2017 - October 2019</p> <p>The Autonomous Controlled-Environment Growth Chamber Display project seeks to utilize innovative technologies to create an autonomous controlled-environment food production system for the Macdonald Farm Community Engagement Centre. The growth chamber will be used to educate the community with regards to sustainable food production and controlled-environment agriculture. </p> Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:48:05 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2713 at /sustainability SP0175: Mobile Chicken Coop Renovations /sustainability/mobile-chicken-coop-renovations-sp0175 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>November 2017 - October 2019</p> <p>The Mobile Chicken Coop Renovations project seeks to improve the existing Macdonald Campus mobile chicken coop. This project aims to: implement and be an example of sustainable building design; reduce energy and water inputs for egg production; improve the health of the chickens and increase egg production; and be a leading example of passive solar heating and rainwater collection for students on campus. </p> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:08:28 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2702 at /sustainability SP0169: Mac Bites Farming /sustainability/mac-bites-farming-sp0169 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2017 - November 2018</p> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:13:59 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2663 at /sustainability SP0170: Kohlrabi Collective Unheated Greenhouse /sustainability/kohlrabi-collective-unheated-greenhouse-sp0170 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2017 - January 2018</p> <p>The Unheated Greenhouse project aims to expand the reach of the Kohlrabi Collective to ultimately increase the supply and distribution channels of student-grown sustainable food on both campuses, by constructing an unheated greenhouse. It also aims at reinforcing the bonds between student-led sustainable food and education initiatives to raise awareness about agriculture and our food system. </p> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:13:58 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2664 at /sustainability SP0171: Educational Bee Hive Project /sustainability/educational-bee-hive-project-sp0171 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>ON HOLD </strong>April 2017 - </p> <p>The Educational Bee Hive project aims to improve on the Macdonald Campus Apiary Society by purchasing and assembling a FlowHive, a self-harvesting bee hive. This hive will allow for easy extraction of honey with only the turn of a tap. The project will create a safer environment for the bees and an educational resource for students interested in apiary studies to teach and promote sustainable apiculture, as well as create locally-sourced honey for use at ƻԺ.</p> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:54:15 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2665 at /sustainability SP0168: MSEG Composting /sustainability/mseg-composting-sp0168 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2017 - April 2018</p> <p>The MSEG Composting project aims to introduce a more sustainable composting system for the ƻԺ Student-run Ecological Gardens to reduce its waste and become more self-sufficient. MSEG currently lacks any effective composting system and will implement the proposed system to gain the benefits of composting without excessive costs or manual labour. </p> Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:46:57 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2661 at /sustainability SP0167: Solar Oven /sustainability/solar-oven-sp0167 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED</strong><strong> </strong>April 2017 - March 2018</p> Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:11:43 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2647 at /sustainability SP0166: Little Free Libraries /sustainability/little-free-libraries-sp0166 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2017 - April 2018</p> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:46:16 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2641 at /sustainability SP0165: Sustainable Orientation /sustainability/sustainable-orientation-sp0165 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2017 - November 2017</p> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:49:07 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2630 at /sustainability SP0164: Right to Campus Toolkit /sustainability/right-campus-toolkit-sp0164 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>April 2017 - March 2018</p> Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:40:18 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2628 at /sustainability SP0163: Solar Greenhouse Heating /sustainability/solar-greenhouse-heating-sp0163 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>February 2017 - 2018</p> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 18:55:45 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2621 at /sustainability SP0162: The Macdonald Showcase Permaculture Garden Project /sustainability/macdonald-showcase-permaculture-garden-project-sp0162 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>February 2017 - December 2017</p> Fri, 26 May 2017 20:29:16 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2618 at /sustainability SP0160: Thomson House Community Garden North Side Upgrade /sustainability/thomson-house-community-garden-north-side-upgrade-sp0160 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>December 2016 - December 2017</p> Mon, 08 May 2017 20:34:29 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2611 at /sustainability