Dining Centre switches to more sustainable fish

By Rhiannon Kirkland

Last May, Compass Group Canada, the parent company of Chartwells, removed Atlantic cod from its menus and replaced it with sustainably-harvested Atlantic pollock. As of February, the University of Calgary’s Dining Centre stopped serving open-net pen-farmed salmon and replaced it with more sustainable wild-farmed salmon. This change comes as part of Compass Group’s sustainable seafood… Continue reading Dining Centre switches to more sustainable fish

Recycling picks up on campus

By Morgan Haigler

The University of Calgary has come a long way since it formulated sustainability practices three years ago. Throughout 2008, the university developed strategies for carbon capture and storage solutions, built nutritional food venues and ranked second in Canada for administration, food and recycling, green building and student involvement in the 2009 College Sustainability Report Card.… Continue reading Recycling picks up on campus

University recognized for sustainability projects

By Nicole Pun

The University of Calgary’s efforts to be environmentally aware are finally paying off. The College Sustainability Report Card profiles 300 post-secondary schools across the United States and Canada and for the first time, the U of C was named in the report. The final evaluation gave the U of C an overall grade of a… Continue reading University recognized for sustainability projects