May 31 ? June 6 is National Commuter Challenge Week

Commuter Challenge is a national program that encourages Canadians to walk, cycle, ride-share/carpool, tele-work or take transit instead of driving alone to work.� Individual Canadians can participate in addition to workplaces.� We encourage you to give your car some time off in June and make a difference! Details at� www.commuterchallenge.ca

Come Talk Green at Make It So

Are you part of SheridanCares? Do you want to be part of SheridanCares? Do you want to find out more? Make Suggestions or contribute ideas? Or just talk green? Come to the session on Thursday, April 30, 10:30AM, at Sheridan ’s annual PD event, “Make It So ”. See full program schedule.

BYOM: Free Starbucks Coffee Earth Day, April 22

Well, this is sort-of work related, since many of us come to Sheridan with store-bought coffee in hand. On Earth Day, Wednesday April 22, if you head in to your local Starbucks with a travel mug in hand, they will fill it with yummy Pike Place blend coffee for free! Details on Starbucks web site. [ …]

Watch What You Trash

I ’ve been doing a little experiment over the last week. I moved the small trash bin out of my cubicle so it is not so “easy ” to throw stuff out. I have to get up out of my cube and put�waste in either the�trash bin or�the recycling centre�in the main office area. It ’s an interesting [ …]

Sheridan is drop-off spot for special waste

Halton Region is using the Trafalgar campus as a drop-off site for household hazardous waste and electronics on Saturday, May 23rd. See a full list of drop-off dates and sites. Household hazardous waste includes: batteries of any type, paints, stains, acids (rust remover), aerosol cans (full), antifreeze, bleach, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) & tubes, [ …]

Count Down to Earth Hour 2009

Turn off your lights during Earth Hour on March 28 2009, 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

More convenient Sheridan transit access

Oakville has given the okay to move the bus loop to Ceremonial Drive starting in fall 2009 (read Oakville Today article). Even better, GO buses will also begin to use the loop which will include 5 bus bays and “improved customer amenities ”, whatever that means. It will certainly be better than the one shelter that [ …]

Help the Environment and Help Others!

The bad news is that disposable coffee cups cannot be recycled. The good news is that most cups, including Tims, can go in the Green Cart! This was news to me but it shows how you ’ve got to keep open and learning on these things. A quick call to Halton Region Waste Management explained that [ …]

Cutting the Costs of Bottled Water

We set up a water cooler in the Career Centre this week to help discourage use of individual bottled water. Bottled water has high costs for both the individual purchaser and the environment (see June 11, 2008 post). I know, they say that tap water is the best option for the environment but many people [ …]

Action can drive policy rather than wait for it

Yesterday ’s Sheridan Sun carried an article titled “Sheridan Needs college-wide green plan. ” It inspired me to add my $0.02 with this brief Letter to the Editor: Further to your February 19th article, “Sheridan needs college-wide green plan, ” I couldn ’t agree more and I ’m sure there are many others who care enough about the environment to [ …]

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