SPF: Community /sustainability/taxonomy/term/619/all en 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 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 Spin Bike Gardens at ƽ岻 /sustainability/article/spin-bike-gardens-mcgill <p>Spin bikes, plants, and meditative art.</p> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:33:29 +0000 Mandakini Chandra 2640 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 SP0159: ƽ岻 Racialized Students Support Project /sustainability/mcgill-racialized-students-support-project-sp0159 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>Jan 2017 - May 2018</p> Mon, 01 May 2017 19:56:35 +0000 timothy.ellis@mail.mcgill.ca 2609 at /sustainability SP0151: Vision 2020 Action Teams /sustainability/vision-2020-action-teams-sp0151 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>Winter 2016 - Winter 2017</p> Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:05:06 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2366 at /sustainability SP0150: Self-Sufficiency Workshops /sustainability/self-sufficiency-workshops-sp0150 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED</strong><strong> </strong>Summer 2015 - Summer 2016</p> Tue, 15 Sep 2015 23:40:55 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2256 at /sustainability SP0140: Family Resources Coordinator /sustainability/family-resources-coordinator-sp0140 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>Summer 2015 - Summer 2017</p> <div> <div> <p>The Family Resources Coordinator @ ƽ岻 project is a pilot project aimed at creating a central resource for the ƽ岻 community that addresses family care issues, initially focusing on the crucial concern of childcare. Building on the work of SP0096: Childcare Access Study, which mapped certain childcare gaps and solutions, the central goal of this project is to have a sustainable impact on access to childcare by linking parents to childcare.</p></div></div> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:26:56 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2218 at /sustainability SP0035: Campus Crops 2 /sustainability/sp0035-campus-crops-2 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>Summer 2011</p> Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:31:12 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2189 at /sustainability SP0072: Campus Crops 3 /sustainability/sp0072-campus-crops-3 <p style="border:2px dashed #85AD56; padding:10px">Status: <strong>COMPLETED </strong>Summer 2012</p> <div> <div> <p>In 2012, the Campus Crops 3 project used resources from the SPF to hire a summer garden coordinator, replant the gardens, build and irrigation system, and conduct workshops throughout the summer. Campus Crops continues to be a visible presence on the ƽ岻 campus and a vital part of a closed-loop food production system on campus.</p></div></div> Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:29:44 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2188 at /sustainability