
April 1 - April 30, 2022
JAC Sustainability
John Abbott College
Hoping to be another Canadian college that signs the SDG Accord.
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Team Impact
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up to30poundsfood waste prevented
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up to666meatless or vegan mealsconsumed
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up to16sustainable seafood mealsconsumed
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up to177zero-waste mealsconsumed
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up to63pounds of CO2have been saved
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up to5.0energy auditsconducted
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up to11,420minutesnot spent in front of a screen
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up to7,124gallons of waterhave been saved
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up to1,106conversationswith people
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up to30hoursvolunteered
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up to14,108minutesspent outdoors
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up to8,019minutesspent learning
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April 30 at 8:44 PMI need to sit down with my financial advisor and discuss how I can shift my investment portfolio to be considerate of impact investing. While I have been all in favour of divesting from fossil fuel stocks (with pension funds, for example), and do not directly invest in unsavory industries... I don't know anything about the ethical and...
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April 30 at 8:38 PMThis tips are genuinely interesting and encouraging. While I abhor mosquitoes (and hence try to avoid any sitting water in our yard), the fact that this can be beneficial for pollinators is leaving me in a real conundrum! Fortunately, supporting pollinators will likely win out (as we've already committed to leaving mulched leaves from the fall,...
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April 30 at 8:29 PMThis was fascinating to explore... I always assumed that gas-powered cooking was superior! An electric-induction stove seems better than I realized!
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April 30 at 8:20 PMObviously the links provided here are for American power sources... but it turns out that it's rather difficult to find unbiased accounts of the cleanliness of energy in Quebec (from HydroQuebec).I know that hydroelectricity from our dams isn't without an environmental cost... but it's very hard to find a reliable source that provides a...
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April 30 at 8:12 PMReducing the carbon footprint of my travel is probably the single hardest action I have yet to wrap my head around. My partner and I LOVE traveling. Exploring somewhere new is fulfilling and is one of the fundamentals of who we are. But we know that flights in particular have a cost (though so does staying in hotels... the whole hospitality...
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April 30 at 7:45 PMWhile this the assessment tool is informative, it's unfortunate that there are a few large assumptions, such as that vehicle use is purely gas-based, and having to guess which state has the most similar energy profile to Quebec. I went with Vermont... which is not a representative choice, I believe. All the same, it was informative to be able...
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