Georgian College has been named one of 2010 Canada’s Greenest Employers in today’s Globe and Mail (April 22). Canada’s Greenest Employers are selected each year by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, a division of Toronto-based Mediacorp Canada Inc.
Georgian President and CEO Brian Tamblyn announced the milestone during Earth Day celebrations at the Barrie [...]

WASTE REDUCTION/DIVERSION EFFORTS

Paper reduction strategy converting internal newsletters to an electronic format and implementing a two-sided print standard
Faculty working to reduce paper use in courses with online posting of materials and requesting students to submit paperless assignments. Savings from reduced paper use reinvested into purchasing a paper stock with higher post-consumer content, saving trees [...]

Set up your own office recycling station and encourage staff to bring their recyclables to the station. This helps prevent cross-contamination of recycling streams.
Turn off all electronic office devices when not in use to avoid “phantom” power use. One way to achieve this is to put all electronic office equipment on a power [...]