SPF: Land

SPF: Land /sustainability/taxonomy/term/627/all en SP0149: Green Light Microscopy /sustainability/sp0149-green-light-microscopy Status: COMPLETED聽July 2015 - August 2016 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:29:52 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2252 at /sustainability SP0148: Thomson House Pollinator Plantings /sustainability/thomson-house-pollinator-plantings-sp0148 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2015 - Fall 2015 <div> <div> The Thomson House Pollinator Plantings project seeks to enrich the ecological systems already established on the Thomson House grounds by improving a presently unaddressed and weak component of them. By adding hearty pollinating plants to the ecosystem, project participants hope to increase food production and interest in the garden.</div></div> Tue, 26 May 2015 19:05:50 +0000 ian.tattersfield@mail.mcgill.ca 2170 at /sustainability SP0101: 平特五不中 Apicultural Association /sustainability/sp0101-mcgill-apicultural-association Status: COMPLETED聽January 2012 - January 2014 <div> The 平特五不中 Apicultural Association (MAA), along with the Macdonald Student-run Ecological Gardens (MSEG) and the Office of Student Academic Services at Macdonald Campus (OSAS) has worked with the SPF to create and institutionalize a beekeeping and farming internship program. This project provides sufficient hives to create the revenue needed to employ students in the summer, and promotes student engagement with apiculture on Macdonald Campus.</div> Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:52:45 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1607 at /sustainability SP0099: 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中 4 /sustainability/sp0099-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-4 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2013 The mandate of 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中 is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus鈥檚 Horticultural Research Center to 平特五不中鈥檚 Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:26:16 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1461 at /sustainability SP0094: Macdonald Student-Run Ecological Gardens 4 /sustainability/sp0094-macdonald-student-run-ecological-gardens-4 Status: COMPLETED Summer 2013 Fri, 03 May 2013 18:49:27 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1373 at /sustainability SP0093: Montr茅al 脿 Votre Service ...脡cologique /sustainability/sp0093-montreal-votre-service-ecologique Status: COMPLETED聽January 2013 - April 2014 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:47:32 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1348 at /sustainability SP0074: 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中 3 /sustainability/sp0074-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-3 Status: COMPLETED聽Summer 2012 The mandate of 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中 is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus鈥檚 Horticultural Research Center to 平特五不中鈥檚 Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. The 2012 season was 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中鈥檚 most successful season to date. They delivered around 25,000 Kg of fruits and vegetables to 平特五不中鈥檚 downtown residences. This is an increase of 66% from the previous year. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:06:50 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1299 at /sustainability SP0073: Water Assessment Intern /sustainability/sp0073-water-assessment-intern Status: COMPLETED聽Summer 2012 <div> In summer 2012, the SPF provided the resources to hire Ryan Maliska, a U3 Chemical Engineering student, to work as a water resource management intern for the Department of Energy and Utilities Management at 平特五不中. Ryan worked to determine a water consumption baseline for the downtown campus, categorize water consumption and come up with water conservation itiatives for the university, all with the goal of reducing water consumed by 20% by 2017.</div> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:57:20 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1298 at /sustainability SP0071: Macdonald Student-Run Ecological Gardens 3 /sustainability/sp0071-macdonald-student-run-ecological-gardens-3 Status: COMPLETED聽Summer 2012 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:45:54 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1297 at /sustainability SP0064: Wood Shredder /sustainability/sp0064-wood-shredder Status: COMPLETED聽Spring 2012 With the help of the Sustainability Projects Fund a Leaves/branches shredder was purchased for campus usage. The shredded materials are for campus use and to become part of the inputs for compost production in <a href="/sustainability/campus-big-hanna-composter-sp0018" target="_blank">Big Hanna</a>.聽 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:35:52 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 1132 at /sustainability SP0065: Greening Indoor 平特五不中 Initiative /sustainability/sp0065-greening-indoor-mcgill-initiative Status: COMPLETED聽February 2012 - April 2013 Greening Indoor 平特五不中 Initiative promotes the use of indoor plants to improve air quality and promote a healthy aesthetic through the greening of indoor environments for 平特五不中 faculty, staff, and students. Drawing on the expertise of Department of Plant Science faculty and students, this pilot project is: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:26:32 +0000 justin.berot-burns@mail.mcgill.ca 468 at /sustainability SP0053: Greening McTavish /sustainability/sp0053-greening-mctavish Status: COMPLETED聽August 2011 - September 2011 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:23:35 +0000 helen.bowman@mail.mcgill.ca 346 at /sustainability SP0043: Thomson House Permaculture Garden /sustainability/sp0043-thomson-house-permaculture-garden Status: COMPLETED January聽2011 - October 2011 The objectives of the project are to make Thomson House more sustainable, interest the House's users in urban agriculture, attract pollinators to the associated container garden, and add to the biodiversity of the surroundings around the building. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:26:19 +0000 helen.bowman@mail.mcgill.ca 282 at /sustainability SP0042: Macdonald Student-Run Ecological Gardens 2 /sustainability/sp0042-macdonald-student-run-ecological-gardens-2 Status: COMPLETED聽Summer 2011 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:25:45 +0000 helen.bowman@mail.mcgill.ca 281 at /sustainability SP0038: 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中 2 /sustainability/sp0038-mcgill-feeding-mcgill-2 Status: COMPLETED聽Summer 2011 The mandate of 平特五不中 Feeding 平特五不中 is to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Macdonald Campus鈥檚 Horticultural Research Center to 平特五不中鈥檚 Food and Dining services operated residences and the general student community. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:22:49 +0000 helen.bowman@mail.mcgill.ca 277 at /sustainability