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PARK(ing) Day turns Montreal parking lots into creative spaces

The º«¹úÂãÎè Daily | Sept 29, 2014

by: Siobbhan O'Connell

This year’s PARK(ing) Day took place on September 19, kicking over 200 cars out of their regular spots. Taking their place were arcade games, libraries, fruit stands, barbecues, musical acts, drum sets, and a variety of other interactive installations and activities.

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Classified as: Sustainability, º«¹úÂãÎè Spaces Project, SPF 0133
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Published on: 2 Oct 2014

º«¹úÂãÎè Newsroom | September 29, 2014

Dr. Robin Rogers, one of the world’s most renowned green chemists, will become Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals at º«¹úÂãÎè. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of Alabama, where he was Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry and director of the Center for Green Manufacturing.

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Classified as: Sustainability, Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Robin Rogers
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Published on: 30 Sep 2014

Voirvert.ca | Sept 2014

netMTL, a join venture between students at º«¹úÂãÎè and Concordia Universities is taking on the goal of competing in the all-solar solar decathalon race, Solar Decathalon Europe, in 2016 in Versailles, France.

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Classified as: Sustainability, solar decathalon
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Published on: 30 Sep 2014

CBC News | Sept. 26, 2014

Plastic microbeads polluting St. Lawrence River, º«¹úÂãÎè researchers find.

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Classified as: Sustainability, plastic microbeads
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Published on: 30 Sep 2014

Washington Post | Sept. 29, 2014

by: Rachel Feltman

Plastic microbeads from face wash are polluting river sediment; Tiny balls of plastic from cosmetic products are showing up in river sediment for the first time, mixing with the rocks and dirt that line the bed of the Saint Lawrence River.

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Classified as: Sustainability, plastic microbeads
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Published on: 30 Sep 2014

Sept. 23, 2014 |

by: Michael Becker

"As a doctoral candidate at º«¹úÂãÎè in Montreal, I have spent three years researching how the planet’s changing climate is affecting the polar desert ecology of the high Arctic. It’s precisely this balance of climate and permafrost, ice and ecosystems that I’ve come here to study."

Classified as: Sustainability, climate change
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Published on: 28 Sep 2014

A team of researchers from º«¹úÂãÎè and the Quebec government have discovered microplastics (in the form of polyethylene 'microbeads,' less than 2 mm in diameter) widely distributed across the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the first time such pollutants have been found in freshwater sediments.

Classified as: Redpath Museum, Sustainability, º«¹úÂãÎè, Anthony Ricciardi, oceans, microplastics, contaminants, microbeads, pollution, St. Lawrence river
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Published on: 23 Sep 2014

The º«¹úÂãÎè Reporter | Sept. 9, 2014

By: The Reporter Staff

Audra Simpson, º«¹úÂãÎè alumna and professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address at the Aboriginal Homecoming event on Sept. 18.

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Classified as: aboriginal, Sustainability
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Published on: 14 Sep 2014

The Gazette | Sept. 7, 2014

by: Lesley Chesterman

Gone are the days when thousands of º«¹úÂãÎè students had to subsist on doughnuts and sad steam trays; over the last five years, the university has transformed its food services, and tapped into the wealth of produce grown at its Macdonald Campus.

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Classified as: Sustainability, food, mcgill food service
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Published on: 14 Sep 2014

The Atlantic: CityLab.com | Aug 20, 2014

Written by: Eric Jaffe

For most people, a satisfying commute is not necessarily a happy one—a not-so-unhappy one will do. Yes, it's true that the ideal commuteÌý; many of us can use the time to decompress or get some thinking done. But it's also true that beyond a certain point—roughly 15 minutes one-way, on average—we just want our lives and sanity back.

Classified as: transportation, Sustainability, mcgill research
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Published on: 12 Sep 2014

º«¹úÂãÎè Reporter | Aug 21, 2014

By:ÌýNeale McDevitt

The gigantic brownie will be the main attraction at the annual º«¹úÂãÎè à la carte event to be held in the tent on the downtown lower campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26, during which thousands of students, faculty, staff and hungry Montrealers will be invited to sample the delicious dessert.Ìý

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Classified as: Sustainability, food, De Volpi, fair trade, frosh
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Published on: 1 Sep 2014

º«¹úÂãÎè Reporter | Aug 11, 2014

By: Chris Chipello

Montreal will soon become one of five global hubs for Future Earth, a 10-year international research program stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.

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Classified as: Sustainability, future earth
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Published on: 19 Aug 2014

In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plots

Published on July 30, 2014 |

For example, in York, UK, an reveals that there is garlic mustard and horseradish growing in abundance alongside the river, and plums will be available on a tree in a street in Osbaldwick by August.

Classified as: Sustainability, food, urban agriculture, farming
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

Living in a city puts everything at your fingertips: From fashion and movies to social movements and political experiments, residents of urban areas experience most everything before it trickles through the suburbs and into rural communities.

Published on July 29, 2014 |

by: Willy Blackmore

Classified as: Sustainability, food, urban agriculture, farming
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

International Business Times | July 22, 2014

By:ÌýJayalakshmi K

Global temperatures between 1998 and 2013 indicate a slowdown in global warming, but this was due to Ìýfluctuation and not due to any decrease in greenhouse gas emissions - this has been proved by statistical analysis of the temperatures, conducted by º«¹úÂãÎè physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.

Classified as: Sustainability, climate change, Shaun Lovejoy
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Published on: 25 Jul 2014

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