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ryan barfoot from powell river bc Canada writes: We run a number of progressive programs encompassing environmental education, sustainability and outdoor learning.

Our programs include the Leadership Ecology Adventure Program (LEAP), the Sustainability Toolbox, Passions to Pictures film camp and the Coast Mountain Academy.

We do most of our work in beautiful Powell River, B.C. While our credit-based programs focus on secondary school students from Canada, we are getting consistently more adult learners from students from abroad.

Please join us at Sustainability & Eco-Education Department

Thanks, Ryan Barfoot
outdoors@sd47.bc.ca
604-414-4734

Peter Blanchard from Ottawa Canada writes: Planetfriendly is a unique gateway to environment, sustainability and conservation, linking Canadians to real opportunities to make a difference. We provide Canada's largest green events calendar; Canada's largest green job site; plus a growing number of volunteer postings. We also publish 'green gateways' on topics ranging from climate change, to renewable energy, to sustainable food and agriculture.

Founded in 1998, we receive hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly, reaching perhaps the largest community of green-minded people and organizations in Canada. We also do a lot of behind-the-scenes work to connect, empower and bring people together over themes of environment and sustainability in Canada. If you share our vision and would like to help, collaborate, offer ideas or feedback, please contact us.

See Planetfriendly.net, GoodWork Canada and Green-Jobs.ca.

meghan houghton from Saint Lambert Canada writes: Students, faculty and staff at Champlain College Saint-Lambert are building an organic garden on campus this summer. Students in a Geography course entitled 'Planetary Challenge' are currently developing crop plans while other team members are working on garden design and connecting with local food shelters where our produce will be donated.
We are one month into project planning and already appreciating the community building and pedegogical potential that agriculture brings to an educational setting.

Darcy Higgins from Toronto Canada writes: My blog, Sustainability for Students, encompasses research done from my time as an environmental studies student and campus sustainability activist at the University of Waterloo.
Keep an eye out for stories, case studies and strategies for how to get things done with your initiative - ask for help or post ideas and comments:
http://sustainabilityforstudents.blogspot.com

Mike Mazza from Georgian College, Barrie Canada writes: I am a 3rd Year student in the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario. In order for me to graduate I need to complete a tech project.

My project is a solar tracker. With this solar tracker a solar panel is mounted to it. Currently we are refining our designs so that the extra energy we can catch from angling the panel towards the sun at all times is NOT fully consumed by the tracker. In essence this solar tracker will allow the user to get more energy out of their solar panel.

Currently, almost every panel I see is facing south at a 45 degree angle all the time. I think that a tracker would be a well needed accessory to make the system much more efficient.

If you are interested in helping please donate by PayPal to michael.j.mazza@gmail.com all donations will help me make a difference!

You may also email me with questions and I hope to get a website started so that people like you will be able to see my progress. My project is due in August 2009.

Thank You!

Mike Mazza

Grady Semmens from Canada writes: University of Calgary has kicked off its first campus-wide organic waste collection and composting program as part of its ongoing sustainability efforts. Read more here: http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/feb2-09/waste

tom owen from Slovakia (Slovak Republic) writes: At Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, sustainability is one of the seven pillars of the university and is included explicitly in the strategic plan of the university. There is a Joint Board of Governors and Senate appointed environmental advisory committee which provides advice and assistance to environment and sustainability programming on campus. Individual departments contribute to the sustainability initiatives, for example the heat from the campus computer bank is used to partially heat the Open Learning building. The Facilities Department has recently installed metering devices in buildings as the basis for the development of future energy reduction projects. In April a new IT system will be put in place to reduce paper use. There is still a lot to be done but the foundation is in place.

Chris Magwood from Peterborough Canada writes: The Sustainable Building Design and Construction program at Fleming College undertakes the complete design and construction of a cutting-edge, sustainable public building each year. The students are fully responsible for the full range of construction and administrative services during the project, and fulfill their roles under guidance from some of the most knowledgeable practitioners in the field.
The program is entering its fifth year with the new Camp Kawartha Environment Centre, a 2,000 square foot sustainable learning centre for students from kindergarten to university. Generously funded by the Gainey Foundation and in partnership with Trent University, this net zero energy building will feature straw bale walls, solar heating and electricity, local and recycled materials, composting toilets, rainwater collection and treatment and many other exciting features. You can follow our progress at www.sustainablebuilding2009.ca.
Our past projects have included the 4Cs Thrift Store and Food Bank in downtown Haliburton (2005), the Kinark Sustainable Living Centre (2006), RD Lawrence Place museum and cultural centre in Minden (2007) and the Madoc Community Arts Centre (2008).

Eddie D from Victoria Canada writes: The University of Victoria is honored to be selected to participate in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge. The EcoCAR challenge is a three-year collegiate advanced vehicle technology engineering competition. Seventeen universities across North America have been tasked with exploring solutions to achieve improved fuel economy and reduced greenhouse gas emissions while still maintaining a high level of consumer acceptability. Each university is given a 2009 Saturn Vue, which they will then turn into a hybrid vehicle. Using cutting-edge technology, teams will transform the vehicle to make it more sustainable and environmentally friendly. The University of Victoria was fortunate to be selected as one of only three institutions throughout Canada to take part in this special competition sponsored by General Motors and the US Department of Energy. The competition is currently in year one.

UVic is designing a Plug-in Hybrid Electrical Vehicle (PHEV), which will reduce fuel consumption, petroleum energy use and levels of toxic and greenhouse gas emissions over the original vehicle. The team's design includes implementing a flex fuel internal combustion engine and hybrid transmission in the front of the vehicle and an electric motor in the rear. A high capacity lithium-ion battery pack will allow the car to run solely on electric power for 65 kilometres (40 miles); after the battery pack has been depleted, the internal combustion engine turns on and powers the car.

For more information on this unique competition or UVic's involvement in it, visit the UVic EcoCAR team website at: http://ecocar.uvic.ca or contact: ecocar-business@engr.uvic.ca