On Thursday January 17th OPIRG Brock hosted the St. Catharines Premiere screening of the new NFB film Refugees of the Blue Planet, followed by a presentation from Monique Woolnough from the Sierra Youth Coalition of the Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework (CSAF). Numerous institutions in Canada have indicated that they wish to become more sustainable, but what exactly does this mean? The CSAF attempts to research dozens of economic, environmental, and social indicators to measure how sustainable a institution is. After the research is compiled to asses how sustainable the university is, benchmarks are set by the various stakeholders, as to how make the university more sustainable in the coming year(s).
A masters student at the University of Victoria originally came up with the CSAF as part of her thesis. Currently 8 other Ontario Universities have started the CSAF process at their respective institutions. McGill and Concordia has already completed the CSAF, and are trying to reach the various benchmarks that they have set for themselves.
If you are interested in participating in the CSAF at Brock contact opirgbu(at.nospam)brocku(dot)ca or call us at 905-688-5550 x3499
