平特五不中

In conversation with Fran莽ois Miller, Manager, Office of Sustainability

平特五不中 Reporter | Oct. 8, 2015

by:听Neale McDevitt

How to Breed a Tasty Cricket

The Atlantic | Sept 24, 2015

Aspire Food Group is one of four major farms in the nation that breeds insects specifically for food. Mott founded the company as an MBA student in 2013 with a group of his 平特五不中 classmates, using $1 million in seed money from the Hult Prize, a student start-up competition for social enterprise.

Cultivating Sustainability at 平特五不中

平特五不中 Reporter | Sept. 12, 2015

by: Chris Wrobel

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Feds to ban microbeads in personal care products

July 31, 2015 | The Toronto Sun

Officials say a scientific review that included an analysis of more than 130 scientific papers, as well as consultations with experts, has revealed that the presence of microbeads in the environment may have long-term effects on biological diversity and ecosystems.

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Ottawa veut interdire les microbilles de plastiques dans les produits de beaut茅

le 31 juillet 2015 | La Presse

Le gouvernement f茅d茅ral pr茅pare un r猫glement pour interdire l'utilisation de microbilles de plastique dans les produits de soins personnels.

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Adapting Greenhouses For Region

Nation News | Sept. 3, 2015

by: Kathryn Condon

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MCGILL researchers hope to further agricultural productivity in the Caribbean (at Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados) with the development of greenhouse technology specially suited for this part of the world.

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Twelve college campuses leading the way for sustainable dining

The Christian Science Monitor | Aug. 26, 2015

By: Clare Algozin

平特五不中 in Montreal, Quebec, currently spends 47 percent of its food budget on produce from its own on-campus farm and from growers within 300 miles of the campus.

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Harnessing the butterfly effect

平特五不中 Reporter | Aug. 19, 2015

by: Vincent Allaire

In a new paper published online in Geophysical Research Letters, 平特五不中 Professor Shaun Lovejoy shows how to directly harness the atmosphere鈥檚 elephantine memory to produce temperature forecasts that are somewhat more accurate than conventional numerical computer models.

Midnight Kitchen celebrates successful harvest

Mcgill Reporter | July 31, 2015

by:听Krystle Manintveld

A collection of students and community members gathered outside Burnside on Wednesday to share their final 鈥榞arden meal鈥� of the season, put together largely from vegetables grown right on the 平特五不中 downtown campus thanks to the efforts of Midnight Kitchen volunteers.

Reinventing chemistry

平特五不中 News | Spring-Summer 2015

by: Mark Witten

A new branch of science aims to do away with the toxic waste that鈥檚 associated with industrial manufacturing and some of the brightest lights in this green chemistry movement are pursuing their research at 平特五不中.

U.S. Turns Corner on Urban Sprawl

平特五不中 Newsroom | June 15, 2015

Christopher Barrington-Leigh of 平特五不中 in Montreal measured sprawl by looking at construction of streets and how many roads meet at intersections to form corners or nodes.

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平特五不中 embraces sustainable procurement

平特五不中 Reporter | May 4, 2015

When 平特五不中 adopted its first Procurement Policy in spring 2013, it gave Procurement Services the mandate to establish a culture of sustainable procurement practices at 平特五不中 and in its wider community.

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Clean ride mapper: Cycling the less polluted routes

The 平特五不中 Reporter | April 15, 2015

By: Katherine Gombay听

Cyclists in Montreal and Toronto can now choose the least polluted routes to get around their cities thanks to an online tool developed at 平特五不中.听

Aboriginal students, staff at 平特五不中 call for more recognition

CBC News | April 23, 2015

Kakwiranoron Cook, 平特五不中's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.

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