 Trevor Richards
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Calgary Herald
U of C Erases the Waste
Feb. 13, 2008The University of Calgary has taken one of the most important steps in large-scale waste reduction: they’ve monetized the benefits.
And they’ve quantified what it will take to get there. As part of the campus-wide Erase the Waste challenge, students and staff are being encouraged to reduce their waste by 200 grams per week. That’s about six apple cores, eight paper coffee cups or 45 sheets of paper.
If every person on campus reduces their garbage by that much, it will keep six tonnes of garbage out of Calgary’s landfills each week and — here’s the silver bullet — that, in turn, will cut the U of C’s waste disposal bill by more than $1,000 a month. Impressive.
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Robert Thirks holds a model
of the International Space
Station
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CTV
Astronaut speaks about upcoming mission
February 17, 2009
A Canadian astronaut spoke at the U of C about his upcoming mission.
On Tuesday, Robert Thirsk returned to the school where he received his first degree.
On May 27th, Thirsk will become the first Canadian to travel into space on board a Russian Soyuz vehicle. Thirsk, and five others, will spend six months on the International Space Station.
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