Stop Food Waste Day
Check out the café and Starbucks and see how we are trying to STOP FOOD WASTE the week of April 8th. We strive to educate and ignite change Our Mission We strive to educate and ignite change regarding the food…
Mar 7 – Free screening: Closing the Loop
With the support of the Department of Economics and the APAG5: Environment, Financial, and Social Sustainability, Langara College is hosting one of the Circular Economy Club’s global screenings of Closing the Loop (a circular economy documentary). In support of the…
Wear your best sweaters
Dear colleagues, The Facilities team invites you to join us for National Sweater Day this Thursday, Feb 7 to slow down climate change. Dig deep in your closets, and bring out your favourite, coziest (and perhaps even wildest) sweaters to…
Sustainability during the Christmas Season
Canada produces approximately 700 kilograms of garbage per person annually and the amount of waste rises significantly around Christmas. Last month, Canada’s environment ministers announced a goal of reducing garbage by half by 2040. To cut down on waste, we…
Bike to Work Week Fall 2018 Wrap-Up
Langara College has participated in Bike to Work Week since the event’s inception in 2007. This year, the Fall Bike to Work Week ran from October 29 to November 4. Langara College hosted a Celebration Station where cyclists were treated…
BC’s Carbon Neutral Government Program wins United Nations Award
Dear colleagues, As you may know, Langara College has been actively reducing its carbon footprint since 2000. Since that time, we have made large strides towards becoming a carbon neutral zero-waste environment. What you may not know is that this…
Goods Swap wrap up
A Goods Swap reduces waste by facilitating the reuse of unwanted goods. In the summer of 2016, four students in ECON 1119 organized the first Goods Swap at Langara College by collecting donations of household items and distributing them to…
Harnessing the power of our community and the sun
Dear colleagues, Some of you may not be aware but over the last year and a half, the Langara Business Association (LBA) and the Langara Sustainability Club were involved in a project to install solar panels on the Science and…
New and revised College policies and procedures
Please be advised of the following updates to College policies and procedures: Student Code of Conduct (Policy E1003) Appeal Procedures (revised)For questions regarding the procedures, contact Maggie Ross, Director, Student Conduct and Judicial Affairs at maggieross@langara.ca Approved at the Langara…
Bike to Work Week recap
This year’s Fall Bike to Work Week (Monday, October 23 to Sunday, October 29) was mostly sunny and mild. 27 people on Langara College's Bike to Work Week team logged bicycle commutes during the week. Collectively, they made 192 trips…