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Reduce the juice: It’s Energy Conservation Week in Ontario
Friday, 15 May, 2009 – 14:26 | Comments Off

May 18 to 22 is Energy Conservation week in Ontario and at Georgian College.
Across all campuses, Physical Resources staff will be taking the lead in dimming or shutting off non-essential lighting in such area as hallways, to help in the campaign. All staff and students also have their part to play.
Every day this week, practical [...]

Mark Earth Day with campus clean-up April 22
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 10:29 | Comments Off

Employees and students alike are invited to celebrate Earth Day April 22 by helping to clean up the Barrie, Orillia and Midland campuses.
At the Barrie Campus, as a reward for pitching in to help make the campus more beautiful for spring, the College’s Environmental Sustainability Committee is offering all participants a free lunch.
Here’s all you [...]

Director of “Garbage” speaks at Barrie Campus film screening March 30
Monday, 16 Mar, 2009 – 14:08 | Comments Off

Andrew Nisker, writer and director of the documentary film “Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home”, will present his film and answer questions from the audience at the Barrie Campus of Georgian College March 30.
Concerned for the future of his newborn child,  Nisker approached an average urban Toronto family, the McDonalds, and asked them to keep [...]

Advertising students help promote environmental literacy at Georgian
Tuesday, 9 Dec, 2008 – 22:25 | Comments Off

Georgian’s Environmental Sustainability Co-ordinator, Dianne Corrigan (left), with winners of the Advertising program’s media kit project. Students were required to produce media kits to promote the College’s various environmental sustainability initiatives in Heather White’s public relations course.
Advertising students in Heather White’s public relations course went decidedly “green” this semester.
The students not only prepared media kits [...]

Georgian Launches New Environmental Sustainability Website
Sunday, 7 Dec, 2008 – 21:13 | Comments Off

Georgian College is excited to announce the launch of a new web sub-site for environmental initiatives.