Greening McGill
Greening McGill
Dear Greening McGillers,
These are the minutes from the January 17 meeting:
1-We will give away bread from the Organic Coop this Friday at Tim Horton in the main library. Here is the Schedule:
9:30-10:30 Tim and Gabrielle
10:30-11:30 Marianne
11:30-12:30 Saima
Gabrielle will pick up the bread Thursday.
2- Green boxes for one sided paper
We made signs to put next to the boxes to make them clearer and more obvious. People assigned to a box should put their signs.
Sophie will put a box in the Life Science Building Library.
3-QPIRG film festival
Together with the Campus Climate Campaign, we will screen movies on the 13 and the 15 of February. We chose the documentary “Oil on Ice” for one day and “How killed the Electric Car” combined with a recycling-at-McGill documentary.
4- The Jewish Student Association is doing its annual celebration of trees (either on February 1 or 2). We will provide them with our bike blender and with some pamphlets.
5- Paper policy use
We a gathering the number of classes or name of profs that do not respect the policy (i.e. they waste paper or they do not allow double side printed assignments). Please, send us the names if you know of any (there seem to be a lot of people who are not aware of the policy). We are planning to do some action about it but we are not sure yet (maybe doing some class announcements).
We will give 100% post-consumer paper to the secretary of some department to encourage the use of such paper. You will find at the end of this email a sample text for the cards to go with the paper, and some Frequently Asked Questions (they are provided for general knowledge but people might like to condense them and put them on cards too)
This is the list of people who were assigned to a department:
Saima: biology
Huard: History
Tim: Psychology
Marianne: Agriculture
Gabrielle: French Literature
Michelle: East Asian Studies
The sub-committee on the environment has a budget to pay for the paper. Youppi!
6- Kyoto Birthday
We are organizing a “Birthday Parade” on the Saturday 17th. It will start at the park Emilie Gamelin (Berri UQAM) and will end in from of the Town Hall (Old Port). We will bring birthday hat and trumpets. Saima and Marianne will write song in English and French. Sophie and Gabrielle will contact other Universities and Organisations.
7- There is an Enviro Potluck at the Coop Généreux “eat food, share ideas, talk about feelings, and be merry!” The potluck is taking place this Sunday -- January 21st -- at 6pm at Coop sur Genereux. The address is 4518 Papineau (but it’s not actually on Papineau).
Directions from Mont Royal metro (or biking!!!):
-turn RIGHT out of the metro, east on Mont Royal
-walk for ten minutes until you get to Papineau, then turn LEFT, north on Papineau
-take a hard LEFT at the first alley, Genereux
-it's the 3rd door (2nd white door) on the right, go all the way up to the top (3rd floor), all the doors should be open
This might be a good place to start to advertise for Kyoto Birthday!
8- GA sustainability Motion
The student press, along with all interested parties, is invited to attend a launch event Thursday, January 25th, from noon to three in the Lev Bukhman room. Highlights will include collaborative craft projects as a visible sign of support, as well as live music. From 14h00 on, representatives of the sponsoring groups will give a series of short speeches explaining how the sustainability policy would
bolster and complement ongoing campus sustainability initiatives.
We will be assigned building on campus where to put poster about the sustainability motion. The posters will be in the basement of the MSE building (in box in the office of Sustainable McGill)
9- Enviro Law McGill guest speaker.
Enviro Law McGill wants to host a guest speaker on February 14. They are open to suggestions.
The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Concordia University ,The Urban Ecology Centre of Montreal and The Council of Canadians [Montreal Chapter] present Elizabeth May Leader, The Green Party of Canada Former Director of Sierra Club of Canada.
On “EVERYONE IS TALKING GREEN! But what does this mean?” A discussion of environmental policies and practices in Canada.
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Time: 18:00 to 20:00
Place: St. James United Church
1435 City Councillors, (Corner St. Catherine West)
(Metro Place des Arts. Bus No.15)
For further information: (514) 848-8707 or (514) 842-7432
****TEXT FOR CARD WITH POST CONSUMER PAPER**
Dear (department),
Please enjoy this 100% post-consumer recycled paper, courtesy of Greening McGill, a students' environmental organization on campus.
Using post-consumer recycled paper conserves energy, water and landfill space, and helps to protect our forests. McGill University's Paper Use Policy encourages the purchase of 100% post-consumer recycled paper. For more information on the Paper Use Policy, please visit
http://www.mcgill.ca/rethink/policies/paperuse
If you would like 100% post-consumer recycled paper for your department, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/rethink/initiatives/purchasing for more information on prices and ordering.
We hope you will consider purchasing 100% post-consumer recycled paper for your department. Please feel free to contact me or Greening McGill with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
(person's name and e-mail, optional)
Greening McGill greeningmcgill@mail.mcgill.ca
Some Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. What is post-consumer recycled paper?
A. Paper simply labelled "recycled" may be made of unused pre-consumer scraps, for example scraps
that are produced when paper is cut in the factory. Post-consumer recycled paper is the recycled
paper that is actually made from old waste-paper that was collected in recycling programs.
Q. Will this jam my printer?
A. The paper is already being used extensively on McGill campus. Departments of Geography and
Philosophy and the School of Environment use 100% post-consumer recycled paper and have reported
no problems. All the printers and copiers in the libraries that are operated by Printing Services
are also stocked with 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Printing Services is even successfully
printing coursepacks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper! So 100% post-consumer paper is safe to
use!
Q. Does it cost more?
A. 100% PC paper may cost marginally more, but the costs can be offset by paper conservation
measures. McGill has favourable rates for the purchase of 100% PC paper.
Dear Greening McGillers,
These are the minutes from the January 17 meeting:
1-We will give away bread from the Organic Coop this Friday at Tim Horton in the main library. Here is the Schedule:
9:30-10:30 Tim and Gabrielle
10:30-11:30 Marianne
11:30-12:30 Saima
Gabrielle will pick up the bread Thursday.
2- Green boxes for one sided paper
We made signs to put next to the boxes to make them clearer and more obvious. People assigned to a box should put their signs.
Sophie will put a box in the Life Science Building Library.
3-QPIRG film festival
Together with the Campus Climate Campaign, we will screen movies on the 13 and the 15 of February. We chose the documentary “Oil on Ice” for one day and “How killed the Electric Car” combined with a recycling-at-McGill documentary.
4- The Jewish Student Association is doing its annual celebration of trees (either on February 1 or 2). We will provide them with our bike blender and with some pamphlets.
5- Paper policy use
We a gathering the number of classes or name of profs that do not respect the policy (i.e. they waste paper or they do not allow double side printed assignments). Please, send us the names if you know of any (there seem to be a lot of people who are not aware of the policy). We are planning to do some action about it but we are not sure yet (maybe doing some class announcements).
We will give 100% post-consumer paper to the secretary of some department to encourage the use of such paper. You will find at the end of this email a sample text for the cards to go with the paper, and some Frequently Asked Questions (they are provided for general knowledge but people might like to condense them and put them on cards too)
This is the list of people who were assigned to a department:
Saima: biology
Huard: History
Tim: Psychology
Marianne: Agriculture
Gabrielle: French Literature
Michelle: East Asian Studies
The sub-committee on the environment has a budget to pay for the paper. Youppi!
6- Kyoto Birthday
We are organizing a “Birthday Parade” on the Saturday 17th. It will start at the park Emilie Gamelin (Berri UQAM) and will end in from of the Town Hall (Old Port). We will bring birthday hat and trumpets. Saima and Marianne will write song in English and French. Sophie and Gabrielle will contact other Universities and Organisations.
7- There is an Enviro Potluck at the Coop Généreux “eat food, share ideas, talk about feelings, and be merry!” The potluck is taking place this Sunday -- January 21st -- at 6pm at Coop sur Genereux. The address is 4518 Papineau (but it’s not actually on Papineau).
Directions from Mont Royal metro (or biking!!!):
-turn RIGHT out of the metro, east on Mont Royal
-walk for ten minutes until you get to Papineau, then turn LEFT, north on Papineau
-take a hard LEFT at the first alley, Genereux
-it's the 3rd door (2nd white door) on the right, go all the way up to the top (3rd floor), all the doors should be open
This might be a good place to start to advertise for Kyoto Birthday!
8- GA sustainability Motion
The student press, along with all interested parties, is invited to attend a launch event Thursday, January 25th, from noon to three in the Lev Bukhman room. Highlights will include collaborative craft projects as a visible sign of support, as well as live music. From 14h00 on, representatives of the sponsoring groups will give a series of short speeches explaining how the sustainability policy would
bolster and complement ongoing campus sustainability initiatives.
We will be assigned building on campus where to put poster about the sustainability motion. The posters will be in the basement of the MSE building (in box in the office of Sustainable McGill)
9- Enviro Law McGill guest speaker.
Enviro Law McGill wants to host a guest speaker on February 14. They are open to suggestions.
The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy, Concordia University ,The Urban Ecology Centre of Montreal and The Council of Canadians [Montreal Chapter] present Elizabeth May Leader, The Green Party of Canada Former Director of Sierra Club of Canada.
On “EVERYONE IS TALKING GREEN! But what does this mean?” A discussion of environmental policies and practices in Canada.
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Time: 18:00 to 20:00
Place: St. James United Church
1435 City Councillors, (Corner St. Catherine West)
(Metro Place des Arts. Bus No.15)
For further information: (514) 848-8707 or (514) 842-7432
****TEXT FOR CARD WITH POST CONSUMER PAPER**
Dear (department),
Please enjoy this 100% post-consumer recycled paper, courtesy of Greening McGill, a students' environmental organization on campus.
Using post-consumer recycled paper conserves energy, water and landfill space, and helps to protect our forests. McGill University's Paper Use Policy encourages the purchase of 100% post-consumer recycled paper. For more information on the Paper Use Policy, please visit
http://www.mcgill.ca/rethink/policies/paperuse
If you would like 100% post-consumer recycled paper for your department, please visit http://www.mcgill.ca/rethink/initiatives/purchasing for more information on prices and ordering.
We hope you will consider purchasing 100% post-consumer recycled paper for your department. Please feel free to contact me or Greening McGill with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
(person's name and e-mail, optional)
Greening McGill greeningmcgill@mail.mcgill.ca
Some Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. What is post-consumer recycled paper?
A. Paper simply labelled "recycled" may be made of unused pre-consumer scraps, for example scraps
that are produced when paper is cut in the factory. Post-consumer recycled paper is the recycled
paper that is actually made from old waste-paper that was collected in recycling programs.
Q. Will this jam my printer?
A. The paper is already being used extensively on McGill campus. Departments of Geography and
Philosophy and the School of Environment use 100% post-consumer recycled paper and have reported
no problems. All the printers and copiers in the libraries that are operated by Printing Services
are also stocked with 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Printing Services is even successfully
printing coursepacks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper! So 100% post-consumer paper is safe to
use!
Q. Does it cost more?
A. 100% PC paper may cost marginally more, but the costs can be offset by paper conservation
measures. McGill has favourable rates for the purchase of 100% PC paper.
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