UNBSJ Green Society
100 Tucker Park Rd E2K 5E2 Saint John, NB, Canada

Good afternoon everyone, Just a quick reminder today! If you are interested in joining the green society feel free to email us at [email protected]. We currently are operating through a Microsoft Teams group where we will hold monthly general meetings for all green society members to contribute some fresh ideas and help plan initiatives!... We hope to see you there!

Hey everyone! Today we have a really great idea to share with you, and that is how to make homemade beeswax food wraps! Using beeswax wraps to replace plastic wrap is a much more sustainable way of storing food, and can greatly cut down on your single-use plastic consumption!... To start this project, you will need: Cosmetic-grade beeswax pellets 100% cotton fabric Scissors or pinking shears Brush Parchment paper Baking sheet Hanger (optional) Binder clips or clothespins (optional) Simply preheat your oven to 250 degrees, and start the project! :)

Hello everyone! We would like to congratulate our winners of the sustainability prizes! For the first draw ($50 Vegolution git card) the winner is Danica Audrey Dawn Law!... The winner of the second draw (the yeti tumbler) is Jayme Glaspy! Finally, the sustainability basket grand prize winner is @Jessica Mills!! Thank you all again for partcipating in our prize draws and sustainability as a whole, there were over 490 entries total! We are all looking forward to next year's sustainability week!! https://web.microsoftstream.com//f44efc8d-f3f2-4658-b651-b

Happy Friday everyone, We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone that participated in our sustainability week events. We hope you all learned something that you can apply to your everyday life. For our final event, we have a quiz for the world overshoot day. This quiz calculates at what point in the year you will reach a non-sustainable lifestyle. This is a great resource for getting a reliable idea of how large your carbon footprint is, and how to help reduce it!... Stay tuned for our prize draws that will be announced very soon! Good luck to all, and again thank you for making this week awesome! https://www.footprintcalculator.org/

Happy Thursday everyone! We have a really exciting event today as a part of our sustainability week. We are very fortunate to have Sam Sweeney present a virtual seminar about carbon footprint and it’s importance! For a little bit of background, carbon footprint is a term used to describe the amount of carbon that is emitted by an activity! One of the best ways to help battle climate change is to reduce you carbon footprint as best as possible. ... Tune in tonight at 7pm on Microsoft Teams to catch Sam Sweeney teach us more about carbon footprint and how we can help! Link to seminar: https://teams.microsoft.com//19%3ameeting_NzhiNDBkMzktN/0

Hey everyone! Day 3 of sustainability week!! Recycling is one of the easiest things you can do as an individual to have a positive impact on the environment.... If you still ask yourself why to recycle, here are some benefits of recycling. It saves energy - using recycled materials in the manufacturing process uses considerably less energy than that required for producing new products from raw materials. It conserves raw materials - by collecting used plastics, metals, and glass, and processing them into new materials, we reduce the need to extract, refine, and process fresh resources from the Earth. Reduces Landfill Space - by gaining more participation in Recycling we can significantly reduce the volume of waste in landfills, and by extension, the number of landfills needed! Great for the Environment - many forms of energy production, resource extraction, material collection, material refining, and processing practices require combustion of Fossil Fuels such as oil and gasoline, either directly or by extension. Participation in Recycling greatly reduces the amount and frequency of these practices and as a result, reduces greenhouse gas generation! If you are ready but don't know where to start, check our infographics below!