Students Seek Campus Sustainability Solutions

The University of Western Ontario in partnership with the Sierra Youth Coalition and EnviroWestern is putting on a national conference addressing campus sustainability next week.

"Drawing 150 students from across Canada, the National Conference will train and educate students on how to conduct a reliable sustainability assessment and implement change. ***

In addition to training delegates, the conference will host several keynote speaker sessions which are open to the entire university. On Sept. 28, Western’s Charles Trick, Beryl Ivey Chair of Ecosystem Health, will discuss the relationship between human health and ecosystem health.

Hans Schreff of London Hydro’s conservation program will discuss the importance of utilities, the private sector and the individual in effectively improving energy efficiency.

On September 29^t, Penn Kemp will open the evening keynote with a reading of her work “Poem for Peace in Many Voices.”

Evon Peter, the national director of Native Movement, an organization that seeks to motivate young people “toward balanced relations with each other and Mother Earth” will give the Saturday evening keynote entitled “Steps Towards a Balanced World.”

The Sustainable Campuses, National Conference, 2007 seeks not only to train students across Canada on improving sustainability on their own campuses, but to inaugurate initiatives within our own community. This event will showcase our successes while providing a means for community members to effectively reduce their own ecological footprint. "