Marie Carmelle Ruel and Alexandre Michel make environmental choices a part of their daily routine.

Each and everyday, many of our colleagues make positive choices that assist greatly in building a more sustainable future for our campus and for our community.

Sustainable development at the University

What is sustainability?

Recycling on campus

Did you know that Canadians are among the biggest producers of waste on the planet?

Towards a bottled-water free campus…

Despite the fact that bottled water is sold at 10,000 times its initial cost and that it often is found to be from a tap not a spring, it remains the best selling beverage on campus.

Accords reinforce medical partnerships

The Faculty of Medicine has signed formal five-year agreements that will renew and reinforce its partnership with the following institutions: The Ottawa Hospital, the Montfort Hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

A campus with many shades of green

It’s a reality right under our feet, above our heads, in the walls of our classrooms and offices, but few of us know it.

Green Weeks: from caring to action

Following a successful Green Week during the 2007-2008 academic year, the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) decided to prolong the activity to a month long format.

Did you know?

In August 2008, Hydro Ottawa named the University as one of its ‘Companies for Conservation’

Lights out: University leads in energy savings

Currently, one of the most meaningful ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to save money is through lowered energy use.

Green office challenge

The famous three “Rs” — reduce, recycle, reuse — are the mantra of the environmental movement. But is the message changing the way people think and do things?

Commuting: a choice to make

Did you know that more than one quarter of all greenhouse gases come from the transportation sector?