Resources for first-year students: Find out how you can go green!
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
- Who: First-year residence representatives from all Laurier residences, including LOCUS
- How: Applications due September of each year
- Where: Waterloo campus
- 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
- 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