York University has ranked as one of the top schools in the world (and #1 in Canada) two years running in the GreenMetric World University Ranking on university sustainability.
If you're interested in finding out more about the Maloca Community Garden @ York University, and learning about the various ways to become involved this season, visit the Maloca blog at
http://malocagarden.wordpress.com/
York University has pledged to phase out the sale of bottled water by 2015! Click here for more information.
The York Research Tower (YRT) is a LEED Silver certified building. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized green building certification system. York has 5 other buildings that meet LEED certification criteria, including the Lassonde Building, which was one of the first green buildings built in Ontario.
Congratulations to Vanier Residence for winning the 4th annual Res Race to Zero! Vanier's final week average of a 9% per capita drop in energy usage compared to last year led the charge. For the entire Res Race the
cumulative net difference was 124.45 kWh! Visit yorku.ca/resrace to see how each residence did this year.
sustainability@yorku
York University strives to be a leading post-secondary institution for sustainability. Our community of students, staff, and faculty is committed to a holistic and equitable approach to taking action that recognizes the full consequences and benefits of what we do. Our long term perspective recognizes our responsibility to be innovators and to continually work as a community to reduce our ecological impact.
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York University aims to go bottled water free by 2015.
