Student Affairs

I will check faucets for leaks regularly.

"Make your life a masterpiece; imagine no limitations on what you can be, have or do." - Brian Tracy

I started taking my peels etc. home yesterday from work.  Easier than I thought.  It is interesting how making a big change starts with a small action that we think might be too awkward.  Talked to a colleague about the composting and discovered that she used worms in her previous compost- what a great idea.  The closest I've come to that is...

Students are always my inspiration to act towards a more sustainable community!  They work so hard and are under so much stress.  Any way I can support them makes me happy!

Our office is working on collecting food, toiletries, and monetary donations for URSU Cares Pantry. The fastest growing population of Food Bank users are Post-Secondary students, yet the Regina Food Bank is not able to stock the URSU Pantry due to their own stock becoming limited.  There are blue drop-off bins around campus, or donations can be...

I think the real challenge is in what we are willing to pay for food.  Pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers are all meant to increase production and gains in quantity.    The negatives though have a huge impact on society and in particular, our health care system.  Yet government typically under funds both the production and impact sides. ...

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.  - Orison Swett Marden

Good- went skating again on Sunday and will start personally composting at work (bringing home any peels etc.)

"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." - Nikos Kazantzakis

I realized yesterday that I only compost at home and wondered about whether I could start composting at work.  Perhaps bring a container for peels etc. or 'motivate' my coworkers to join in.  I think concerns about fruit flies and odour might deter some from a larger workplace composting project.  Maybe more individuals will individually...