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

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 Option
• Business and Sustainability Concentration
• Society, Culture and the Environment
• Environmental Science Option
• Geography and Environmental Studies

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