EVENT DETAILS
Date: March 16th, 2011
Time: 4.30pm – 9pm
Venue: Winters Master Dining Hall (Building #54 http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/KeeleMap.pdf)
Dress Code: Casual
Cost: FREE

Please click here for the poster

IRIS, ECO and Net Impact will co-host an Earth Hour event focusing on this year`s theme, Earth Hour Every Hour. Sustainability should not be limited to a single day dedicated to energy reduction; rather it should about creating a future where all our needs are met by limiting how much we waste today. This year`s event will serve as a platform for discussion about how we can achieve this goal. Activities will include a fashion show with a Pre-Loved theme, a keynote speaker, dinner, followed by a performance piece.

Mr. Bowerbank from Magna International will be the keynote speaker who is a respected authority on green buildings, sustainable development, industrial design, and low-carbon economics.

When: Monday, January 17, 1 pm

Where: Student Centre Room 313

The event will explore the findings from this year’s COP, while critically analyzing the value of the annual conference.

York PhD candidate, Jacqueline Medalye, attended COP16 in Cancun, Mexico, this past December, and will provide firsthand insight into what went on at the global forum. The panel will also draw from other key researchers, including Kaz Higuchi, Brett Rhyno, Jose Etcheverry and Anders Sandberg. Open discussion, with contribution from the audience, will be encouraged.

The event is free and open to everyone. Light refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!

The following appeared in the Wednesday, March 31, 2010 edition of Y-File:

What should York do to reduce waste on campus? Lots of things, but students, staff and faculty surveyed last December say the University should focus on three diversion measures – placing more composters closer to dining areas, introducing electronic course kits and other paperless practices, and encouraging food vendors to use recyclable dishes and cutlery.

About 70 per cent of the 569 who completed the survey also admitted they are confused about what is recyclable at York.

“York does manage its own waste, so what is recyclable at York isn’t necessarily recyclable at home,” said Alexis Esseltine, the environmental studies graduate student who conducted the survey, at an Earth Hour Symposium at Keele campus last Wednesday.

Earth Hour at York U

Please join us as we celebrate Earth Hour 2010 at York U! IRIS and the Ecologically Conscious Organization (ECO) are launching the first annual Earth Hour Symposium on March 24th.

Event Schedule – March 24th

305 York Lanes

519 York Research Tower (same as new Archives building)

Note – in order to be environmentally friendly, we ask that you bring your own travel mug and reusable containers.