In an effort to make students aware of the wealth of similar sustainability-related opportunities on campus, the team of undergraduates and Robinson created three inventories of sustainability courses, projects, groups, co-curricular and extra-curricular programs. They describe their work and results in a paper published in the open-access journal Sustainability, which recently received an international campus research award from the […]
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Professor Douglas Macdonald of the School of the Environment comments on the financial challenges Toronto may face in implementing climate-change policies.
Douglas Macdonald speaks to cost of Toronto becoming a net neutral emission city by the year 2050. “This is going to cost a lot of money, even just for the city’s own emissions, its own buildings, its own vehicle fleet, we’re going to have to spend quite a bit of money,” says Macdonald. Watch the […]
Professor John Robinson joins the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) inaugural global research advisory
Global network of leaders and experts to identify key barriers and research priorities for advancing buildings and communities that help people thrive. New York, NY (September 26, 2019) – The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced the formation of its inaugural global research advisory, a diverse group of leaders at the forefront of unlocking […]
2,500 students, faculty petition U of T to cancel classes for Friday’s climate strike
Steve Easterbrook, signatory and professor in U of T’s department of computer science, said many faculty members have worked for years on research related to environment, climate, sustainability and social justice. There’s a strong sense of frustration that their expertise has been consistently ignored in the political arena, he said, noting the youth-led protests have […]
Professor Beth Savan is the principal investigator on a guide to increasing cycling in Canada
Communities can take tangible action to grow cycling as a viable transportation option for Canadians. That’s the message of a new guide released today by The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) at Clean Air Partnership, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Toronto, McGill University and Simon Fraser University. Increasing Cycling in Canada: A […]
Professor Jessica F. Green on what the U.N. Climate Summit can and can’t achieve
On Monday, world leaders are convening in New York for the U.N. Climate Summit. Expect hopeful rhetoric and discussion about ambitious programs, but no concrete results. The summit’s primary aim is political, not legal. It may help pressure governments to ratchet up their commitments or achieve the goals they’ve already set under the Paris agreement, […]
