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Tree program bolsters Coolest School status

Posted on: September 24, 2021

TRU has launched its Campus Tree Program that gets volunteers to plant and nurture trees across campus.

TELUS Sustainability Fellows in TRU Community Carbon Accounting Program 2021

Master’s students help local businesses understand carbon footprint

Posted on: June 10, 2021

Meet the three TELUS Sustainability Fellows participating in the Community Carbon Accounting Program this year, and find out what they’re working on.

Katie Forsyth Claire McLoughlin Friendly Composting

Future looks friendly for student entrepreneur

Posted on: May 25, 2021

Environmental economics and management student Claire McLoughlin recently won third place in the Enactus Canada Student Entrepreneur National Championship for the company she co-founded, Friendly Composting.

Industrial Training and Technology Centre strikes LEED Gold

Posted on: February 5, 2021

Another Gold-certified building by the Leadership Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Canada Rating System brings TRU that much closer to achieving carbon-neutral status.

Environment and COVID-19: The good, bad and correctable

Posted on: December 14, 2020

James Gordon, TRU’s Zero Waste and Environmental Programs Coordinator, shares some small changes you can make to counterbalance some of the unfortunate, but necessary environmental offenses that come with COVID-19.