Resources for first-year students: Find out how you can go green!

Print | PDF

How to Get Involved in Sustainability

Residence Organics Program

Who: First-Year Sustainability Council
When: September–April
Where: Waterloo campus

Residence Move Out Program

Who: First-Year Sustainability Council/Sustainability Office
When: April
Where: Waterloo/Brantford campus

First-Year Sustainability Council

Who: First-year residence representatives from all Laurier residences, including LOCUS
How: Applications due September of each year
Where: Waterloo campus

EcoHawks

Who: All students at Laurier
How: Volunteer application
Where: Waterloo/Brantford campus

Food Bank's Farmer's Market

Who: All students at Laurier
How: Volunteer Application
Where: Waterloo campus

Mino Kummik Aboriginal Student Garden

Who: Aboriginal Student Centre
How: Email mireland@wlu.ca
Where: Waterloo campus

Young City Growers

Who: Urban youth in Waterloo Region
What: Community shared agriculture garden
How: Email youngcitygrowers@gmail.com
Where: Waterloo campus

Sustainability in Academics

Note: Not every program/course is offered at every campus, or offered every year. Check LORIS for a list of available courses by semester.

Sustainability Programs

Sustainability-Focused First-Year Courses

These courses are entirely dedicated to the concept of sustainability, including its cultural, economic, environmental and social dimensions. Alternatively, sustainability-focused courses may examine an issue or topic using sustainability as a lens.

UU101: Perspectives on Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
ES101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES102: Environmental Problems and Approaches

Sustainability-Related First-Year Courses

These courses incorporate sustainability as a distinct course component or module, or concentrate on a single sustainability principle or issue given that the principle or issue being discussed is connected to the larger concept of sustainability including its cultural, economic, environmental and social dimensions.

CL101: The Greek World
CL102: Roman Civilization
EN107: Literature and Catastrophe
EN108: Literature and the Environment
EY101: Environment and Society: A Historical Perspective
GG102: Intro to Human Geography
HR100: Human Rights and Human Diversity
HR163: Introduction to International Development
ID/CT120: Introduction to Indigenous Studies
CT100: Current Issues in Global Context
SK121: Introduction to Social Work: Values, Ethics and Practice
BU111: Introduction to Business Organization
BU121: Functional Areas of the Organization
BI111: Biological Diversity and Evolution
BI119: Introduction to Functional Biology
CH110: Fundamentals of Chemistry I
UU150: Foundations for Community Engagement and Service