News and Events
Memorial University has many news and information sources: electronic, print, pod-casts and radio; check out this News and Events site for a breakdown of the media outlets serving Memorial University.
Upcoming Events
- Gardening for Bees and Butterflies Brown Bag Session - Mar. 7, 2013
- Keep up to date on sustainability events and initiatives at MUN by joining the Sustainability Office LISTSERV
- See today.mun.ca for all the latest university news and information
Sustainability News
- Memorial researchers developing local environmental research partnerships (today.mun.can, Jan. 24, 2013)
- Dr. Joshua Lepawsky receives funding to continue his research on Geographies of Rubbish Electronics: Community Assets, Worker Skills and the Possibilities of Ethical Trade (today.mun.ca, Oct. 22, 2012)
- Grenfell Campus' community garden in full bloom (today.mun.ca, June 15, 2012)
- Grenfell Campus calls for tenders for environmental lab (today.mun.ca, Mar. 30, 2012)
- Grenfell compost program underway (today.mun.ca, Feb. 27, 2012)
- Botanical Garden nominated for national contest (today.mun.ca, Feb. 9, 2012)
- Memorial's St. John's residences going "green" with renovations (today.mun.ca, Dec. 23, 2011)
- New co-op option links students to industry (today.mun.ca, Nov. 22, 2011)
- Campus Composting Initiative a First for Newfoundland and Labrador (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador - Environment and Conservation news release, Nov. 16, 2011)
- Waste Reduction Week - Oct. 17 to 23, 2011.
- Going to Waste: MMSB - Harris Centre fund announces 2010 recipients (today.mun.ca, Dec. 17, 2010)
- Growing our Community (The Communicator, Vol. 24, No. 4)
- Memorial establishes community garden (today.mun.ca, Nov. 1, 2010)
- Community food garden created on campus (The MUSE, Oct. 20, 2010)
- Waste Management Trust Fund announced to stimulate research into Newfoundland and Labrador's waste management needs and opportunities (today.mun.ca, Sept. 1, 2010)
- MUN Furniture Finder - NOW ONLINE! The MUN Furniture Finder is a new online system for the responsible redistribution of surplus office furniture on the St. John's campus. (Aug. 27, 2010)
- Green Cleaning - EcoLogo Environmental Stewardship Award (today.mun.ca, Oct. 21, 2009)
- Bottled Water Free Pledge (today.mun.ca, Sept. 7, 2009) Orientation 2009 (YouTube video)
- Enviro-vision (today.mun.ca, July 22, 2009)
- Splashing into the bottled water debate ( The Gazette, Jan. 15, 2009, Vol. 41, No. 8)
- Going Green (The Gazette, Jan. 15, 2009, Vol. 41, No. 8)
- New Initiative encourages reducing paper use (The Communicator, Vol. 22, No. 3)
- Going Green & Well Done! (The Communicator, Vol. 22, No. 1)
- Suzuki to launch sustainability tour (The Gazette, Sept. 2008)
- A cleaner, greener Memorial (The Communicator, Vol. 21, No. 2)
- Bright Ideas: Memorial moves ahead with energy efficiency plans (The Communicator, Vol. 21, No. 2)
- Lug a Mug...and do your part to create a cleaner Memorial (The Communicator, Vol. 21, No. 3)
- Green Routine (The Communicator, Vol. 21, No. 4)
- Memorial hires Sustainability Coordinator (The Gazette, Feb. 1, 2007)
Past Events
- Global Citizens Forum Featuring Maude Barlow - Feb. 27, 2013
- CaGBC Atlantic Chapter, Memorial University, The College of The North Atlantic and Arcos Films would like to invite you to a FREE screening of Switch, a new award-winning documentary that moves past the politics to deliver the straight answers on energy. - Feb. 26, 2013
- Worm Composting: From Garden to Campus Brown Bag Series - Feb. 12, 2013
- Marine Protected Areas - Are we protecting the easy over the important? Blue Box Seminar presentation by Rodolphe Devillers - December 7, 2012
- Memorial Battery Blitz - November 29, 2012
- Get Growing Without a Greenhouse - Botanical Garden - Nurturing Nature in Programs and Play Workshop Series - November 5 & 10, 2012
- Idle-free Campaign - October 19, 2012
- Waste Audit Results Presentation - October 15, 2012
- Three Cheers for Composting- Botanical Garden - Nurturing Nature in Programs and Play Workshop Series - October 13 & 15, 2012
- Consultation on new core sciences facility site options - October 5, 2012
- Grocery Store Botany - Botanical Garden - Nuturing Nature in Programs and Play Workshop Series - October 6, 2012
- Putting Your Garden to Bed - MUN Community Garden workshop - October 4, 2012
- Making and Unmaking Electronic Waste - a presentation by Josh Lepawsky - September 21, 2012
- Marine Institute's Ocean Net hosts Topsail Beach Clean-up - September 21, 2012
- Sixth Annual Rose Show at the MUN Botanical Garden - August 4, 2012
- Pest Control for Gardening workshop - The Natural Way - July 17, 2012
- Marine Institute Lunch & Learn Series Part 2 - Consumed: The Human Experience - July 20, 2012
- Marine Institute Lunch & Learn Series Part 1 - Raising Awareness of Enhanced Stewardship of Resources on Lake Malawi - July 13, 2012
- Floral Art Show at MUN Botanical Garden - July 14 & 15, 2012
- Weeding and Thinning in your Garden Plot workshop - June 23, 2012
- 12th Annual Seniors' Day at the MUN Botanical Garden - June 14, 2012
- Memorial Battery Blitz - May 31 and June 1, 2012
- MUN Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale - June 2, 2012
- Preparing your Garden Plot workshop - May 29, 2012
- Newfoundland Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show - May 27, 2012
- International Day for Biological Diversity at MUN Botanical Garden - May 22, 2012
- Presentation on the Production of Green Diesel and Alcohols - May 18, 2012
- Band on the MUN - Campus Food Bank Fundraiser Concert - May 16, 2012
- International Compost Awareness Week at MUN Botanical Gardens - May 6 to 12, 2012
- National Public Gardens Day - May 11, 2012
- Beginning Your Garden workshop - May 6, 2012
- Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Network (NLEN) Earth Day Fair - April 22, 2012
- 2012 FEASt Fest - Apr. 14, 2012
- Presentation: Grow Your Own - Plant Propagation 101 - Apr. 14, 2012
- MUNSU and CFS - Sustainability Days - March 2012 - March 20, 21 & 22, 2012
- World University Service of Canada (WUSC) - MUN Uniterra Symposium 2012 - Wed., Feb. 8, 2012 from 3:30 to 7 p.m.
- Building Healthy Communities: Bringing Health to the Planning Table lecture in the Health Sciences Centre- Nov. 30, 2011
- MUN Community Garden Grand Opening - August 10, 2011
- Meet Memorial in the MUN Community Garden - August 10, 2011
- MUN Community Garden Orientation sessions - May 12 & 16, 2011
- Canada Green Building Council presents: Green Homes Symposium - May 9, 2011
- Food Court Waste Audit and Waste Diversion in St. John's - Mar. 8, 2011.
- Sustainability Days - Mar. 8 to 10, 2011
- Canada Green Building Council presents: Mountain Equipment Co-op - Leading the Way in Green Buildings, Mar. 9, 2011
- Friday, March 18, 2011 - Blue Box Seminar series presents - Creating a roadmap to sustainable energy for the reduction of greenhouse gases in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Johnson GEO CENTRE Public Lecture Series: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Dr. Josh Lepawsky of Memorial's Department of Geography will speak on "Tracking the Trails of Electronic Junk: Sustainability and the Travels of E-Waste"
- Discussion on Pesticide Ban in Newfoundland and Labrador: Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 from 7 to 9 p.m., in the Foran Room at St. John's City Hall
- Harris Centre Memorial presents a public forum on forest access rights on Jan. 26, 2011 at 7 p.m. in LC-301 - Grenfell Campus of Memorial University, Corner Brook
- Responding to climate change -- Evidence from the U.K. and Canada - presentation on Jan. 25, 2011 at noon in SN2018
- Public lecture on global warming hosted by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) - January 11, 2011
- 2010 Fall Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Presentation - Dec. 15, 2010 - 7 p.m. in Gushue Hall
- Atlantic Canada Organic Regional Network (ACORN) - NL - 2010 Sustainable Farming Conference (St. John's) - October 22 - 24, 2010
- Used Office Furniture to a Good Home - June 9, 2010
- The MUN 20 Minute Makeover - June 3, 2010
- Used Office Furniture to a Good Home - May 5, 2010
- 3rd Annual Sustainability Fair - March 4, 2010
- Sustainability Week 2010 Idle-Free campaign, March 3, 2010
- Sustainability Week 2010 Lug-a-Mug promotion, March 2, 2010
- MUNdays Idle Free Campaign, Oct. 30, 2009
- Sustainability Celebration - Oct. 6, 2009 (today.mun.ca, Oct. 6, 2009)
- Sustainability Declaration signing event (The Gazette, October 15, 2009 - vol 42, number 4) and (NTV Evening News, Oct. 6, 2009)
- Idle Free Campaign, June 24 & 25, 2009 (today.mun.ca, June 24, 2009)
- Bike to Work Week, May 11 - 17, 2009
- 4th Atlantic Sustainable Campuses Conference, Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2009
- Paperle$$ Pay (The Gazette, Jan. 15, 2009, vol 41, number 8)
- This coming October is another year to celebrate I Love MUNdays. Throughout the week there will be a number of sustainability initiatives, such as "Green Drinks - Memorial," The Idle Free Campaign and Project Green's bike ride. (posted July 17, 2008)
- David Suzuki - Students for Sustainability National Campus Tour (today.mun.ca, Sept. 11, 2008)
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation (May 4, 2007) The New Brunswick Experience by Elizabeth Weir, President and CEO of the New Brunswick Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency. (see: News Release)
- Live Presentation of An Inconvenient Truth by Peter Corbyn (Mar. 28, 2007) (see: News Release)
