{"id":6744,"date":"2018-01-15T23:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T23:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=6744"},"modified":"2018-02-13T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:03:08","slug":"sustainable-ufv-2017-review-2018-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2018\/01\/15\/sustainable-ufv-2017-review-2018-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable UFV &#8211; 2017 In Review | 2018 On the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/37108830233_91ea183541_z1-e1516058626616.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6747 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/37108830233_91ea183541_z1-e1516058626616.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/37108830233_91ea183541_z1-e1516058626616.png 638w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/37108830233_91ea183541_z1-e1516058626616-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/37108830233_91ea183541_z1-e1516058626616-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2018\/01\/37108830233_91ea183541_z1-e1516058626616-200x104.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>[box]2017 In Review[\/box]<\/h3>\n<p>2017 was a remarkably productive year for us. We were able to launch several new initiatives, and spur progress in continuing programs as well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earth Day EarthPLAY: a fun outdoor event to get people re-connected to their natural environment<\/li>\n<li>Bike to Work Week: getting people on two wheels to reduce greenhouse gases and get active<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Waste Stations: after months of planning, we launched our new Sustainable Waste Stations across our campuses!<\/li>\n<li>Residence energy efficiency: providing tips and guidelines to help increase energy efficiency in Baker House<\/li>\n<li>Mural painting: collaborating with Arts students to help beautify our campuses<\/li>\n<li>Waste Audit: our biggest waste audit yet! Tackling 4 streams of waste from 2 buildings on the Abbotsford campus<\/li>\n<li>Get your Fleece On 2.0: tackling the energy-hungry space heater with sustainable alternatives<\/li>\n<li>Sweater Week: turning down the heat and turning up the style to reduce greenhouse gas emissions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>[box]2018 On the Horizon[\/box]<\/h3>\n<p>Building on the momentum we\u2019ve developed over the last few years, we are developing more concise and well-planned initiatives built to spur actual change:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary Screening and Social Event: engaging UFV on sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Increasing our Waste Station Compliance: getting compostables and organics out of the landfill<\/li>\n<li>Implementing Organics Bins in our Washrooms: putting paper towel in its rightful place<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Transportation: how to make getting to UFV greener<\/li>\n<li>Sustaining a Bee Population: they and other pollinators are responsible for a third of our food, after all!<\/li>\n<li>New Sustainability Coordinator: bringing the next generation of sustainability to UFV<\/li>\n<li>Battery Recycling<\/li>\n<li>Earth Day<\/li>\n<li>Bike to Work Week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to another active year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/SustainableUFV_rgb_transparent-bg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4206 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/SustainableUFV_rgb_transparent-bg-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/10\/UFV-Sustainable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/10\/UFV-Sustainable.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/10\/UFV-Sustainable.jpg 228w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/10\/UFV-Sustainable-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/10\/UFV-Sustainable-200x96.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[box]2017 In Review[\/box] 2017 was a remarkably productive year for us. We were able to launch several new initiatives, and spur progress in continuing programs as well: Earth Day EarthPLAY: a fun outdoor event to get people re-connected to their natural environment Bike to Work Week: getting people on two wheels to reduce greenhouse gases &#8230; <a title=\"Sustainable UFV &#8211; 2017 In Review | 2018 On the Horizon\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2018\/01\/15\/sustainable-ufv-2017-review-2018-horizon\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":4206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,66,3,7,20,5,9,6],"tags":[49,226],"class_list":["post-6744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-centre-for-environmental-sustainability","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-engineering","category-mathstats","category-physical-geography","category-physics","tag-centre-for-sustainability","tag-sustainable-ufv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6744"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6751,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744\/revisions\/6751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}