Kady Cowan clearly remembers the guilt she felt secretly stuffing granola bar wrappers in her pocket.
She was hiding them from the late Henry Kock, an avid eco-activist and naturalist who was best known for cultivating trees from seed in Canada. He lived a life practically free of waste and his home had no garbage cans – leading Cowan to become a trash smuggler.
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An energy-saving project to be constructed beneath front campus is one of dozens the university will undertake over the next decade to reduce its carbon footprint.
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The University of Toronto Mississauga has become the first campus in Canada to receive a silver designation from Fair Trade Canada.
The designation by the national non-profit organization helps cement U of T Missisauga’s reputation as a leader in sustainable and progressive food services. In 2016, U of T Mississauga also became the first campus in Canada to offer a gluten-free food station.
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The substances responsible for creating a massive hole in the Earth’s ozone layer may account for nearly half of Arctic warming over a 50-year period, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto.
The research, published in Nature Climate Change, highlights how ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are a significant and unrecognized source of 20th-century Arctic climate change.
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A University of Toronto student is bringing together homeowners and solar panel installers in an attempt to increase the use of sustainable energy systems in residential homes across Canada.
Rylan Urban, a second-year student in the Master of Science in Sustainability Management program, launched Energyhub.org a year ago and has since helped broker over $1 million in residential solar sales across five provinces.
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Researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough have, for the first time, turned waste cooking oil – from the deep fryers of a local McDonald’s – into a high-resolution, biodegradable 3D printing resin.
Using waste cooking oil for 3D printing has significant potential. Not only is it cheaper to make, the plastics made from it break down naturally unlike conventional 3D printing resins.
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