Excerpt A review of current food packaging products and processes being used at residential dining halls operated by U of T food services on the UTSG campus, and recommendations to improve their efficacy through innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective food packaging alternatives
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Aryamaan Mimani, Hannah Bellai, Salvatore Quartarone, Sydnie Miller
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Food Services
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and Production
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt Analysis of the current waste sorting system and waste sorting behaviours to inform recommendations to improve waste diversion rates
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Emily Ciardullo, Jonathan Hsu, Mingeong Kim, Brenda Li, Shenrou Wei
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Sustainability Office and Waste Management
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt Identifying potential strategies to increase uptake of the Sustainable Change Program launched by the Sustainability Office in Spring 2022
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Yi Ning (Elaine) Lok, Sabrina Juan, Nneka Uwefoh, Rohan Saddy Mclellan, Tara Haddad
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Sustainability Office
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SDGs Quality EducationResponsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
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Topics Community, Equity & Education
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Excerpt The preservation of endangered species, and maintaining biodiversity on the ecologically unique campus of UTM, along with the adjoining Credit River Watershed, through student engagement is a founding theme in this project.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Angelica Ramoutar, Farid Salah, Giovanna Rose-Grande, Julia Ferraro, Verda Tariq, Xianjin Zheng
Location On-Campus (UTM)
Client Sustainability Office
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SDGs Life on Land
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Topics Land, Water & Nature
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Excerpt Determining and recommending an approach for implementing a sustaianbility dashboard to clearly and effectively communicate progress against metrics and appeal to a range of stakeholders
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Yuxin Ma, Daniel Henke Tarnow, Mastato Webb, Kaitlyn D'Lima
Location On-Campus (UTSG): Sustainability Office
Client On-Campus (UTSG): Sustainability Office
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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Community, Equity & Education
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Excerpt To reduce the amount of waste going to landfills, an inventory list of all material items at UTM campus food vendors was created. The objective was to identify which material items were recyclable, compostable, or neither.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Michael Silva, Casimir Gunawardana, Charles Lee, Ningxuan Lu
Location On-Campus (UTM)
Client Sustainability Office
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Years 2022
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt Evaluation of current swag pratices at orientations across campus to inform the creation of a Sustainability Swag Guide for Orientation Coordinators to use while planning orientation
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Mallory Furlong, Alejandra Hessen, Dithara Gunawardane, Leah Mpinga, Graham McDonald
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client Student Life
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Circular Economy, Materials & Waste
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Excerpt An analysis of commitments and existing building standards, and a survey of U of T stakeholders involved in project planning and committee processes to recommend improvements to communications, with the development of a handout for capital project planning committees
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Savannah Bein, Sicheng Dai, Tushar Nellampani Pisharam, Yichen Wu
Location On-Campus (UTSG)
Client University Planning
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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Campus as Living Lab Project
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Topics Policy, Finance & Governance
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Excerpt This research highlights the actions and challenges by jurisdictions attempting to reduce GHG emissions through sustainable procurement initiatives
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Eliana Sinicropi, Jingyi Zhao, Katie Bolissian, Vinnie Jain
Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client Environment & Energy Division, City of Toronto
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SDGs Responsible Consumption and Production
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Topics Policy, Finance & Governance
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Excerpt Explores and compares three cities’ building retrofit plans to those of the City of Toronto to understand the key factors impacting their progress towards their retrofit goals.
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
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Students Abdullah Naqvi, Celine Thomas, Chelsea Chettleburgh, Faryal Roshan
Location Off-Campus (Toronto)
Client Toronto Atmospheric Fund
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SDGs Climate ActionIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities
Types Experiential Learning Project
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Topics Buildings, Spaces & Equipment
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