Maude Barlow
Community concerns about the implications of the proposed Alliston-Melancthon mega-quarry are growing. Now, environmental activist Maude Barlow brings her take on the project to the Georgian College Theatre, Barrie Campus, on March 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Barlow, chairperson of the Council of Canadians, has campaigned for years to raise awareness of threats to Canada’s drinking [...]

 
National Sweater Day 2012
On Feb. 9, Georgian staff and students are being asked to pull on a fun sweater at school and turn down the heat at home by two degrees. Why? It’s National Sweater Day.
Sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund nationwide, National Sweater Day is meant to build awareness of  how we use energy  [...]

It’s never too soon to plan ahead. Earth Day 2012 will be celebrated at Georgian College on Thursday, April 12.
The official worldwide Earth Day is set for April 22, but that falls on a Sunday. As well, Georgian needs to set a date that allows students to take part without jeopardizing exams and end-of-semester activities.
Each [...]

Are you and your Georgian colleagues planning a great “green initiative” at work? Have you figured ways to save energy, carpool or make recycling easier in your office?
The second annual Every Day is Earth Day contest, sponsored by the Environmental Sustainability Committee, is intended to

raise environmental awareness across the College
engage staff and faculty at all [...]

Dianne Corrigan with Barrie Campus writing instruments collection bin
We all have some of them lurking in our desk drawers – old dried up pens, pencil stubs and highlighters that can’t highlight much any more.
If you’re loathe to simply throw them out, help is on the way.  Georgian is now offering recycling bins at each main [...]

Winners of the Every Day is Earth Day contest were rewarded last week with a lunch with Brian Tamblyn and representatives of the Environmental Sustainability Committee. Taking part were, from left, Dianne Corrigan, Tim Green, Cindy Mutchler, Romy Boorman, Cathy Neuss, Richard Thomson, Sara Tuck, Cathy Torella, Brian Muscat, Marina Morely, Brian Tamblyn, Andrea Cook, [...]

Chartwells, the food service provider at the Barrie, Orillia and Owen Sound campuses, reports continued progress on the road to making their operations as green as possible.
The use of styrofoam has now been eliminated completely at all campuses, and Chartwells is continuing to add more local food ingredients where possible.
In Owen Sound, the company has [...]

Hosting a special event at Georgian? Make it easy for your guests to recycle paper, plastics and cans. Physical Resources has several portable recycling stations that, with advance notice, can be made available for special events.
To book a unit or units, contact Tannis Peacock at ext. 5214.

The battery buckets on hand at main campuses during the past year are proving almost too popular, but a solution is in sight. Thanks to Stewardship Ontario, Georgian’s certified battery recycler can now offer unlimited pick-up of batteries (such as AA and AAA) for free.
Staff and students have been dropping off hundreds of batteries in [...]

Georgian College is now officially greener than ever.
On Earth Day, April 22, Georgian was named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2011 – the second consecutive year that the college has won the award.

Canada’s Greenest Employers are selected each year by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, a division of Toronto-based Mediacorp [...]