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The PGSSec Committee

The PGSSec Committee. Who are we. What is our mandate. Our activities. PGSSec 2005. Chair plus three members No Budget Few activities. PGSSec Today. Budget > $1000 Chair plus 5 members Stipend for Chair (now called environmental commissioner) Number of activities. Green Night.

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The PGSSec Committee

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  1. The PGSSec Committee • Who are we. • What is our mandate. • Our activities.

  2. PGSSec 2005 • Chair plus three members • No Budget • Few activities

  3. PGSSec Today • Budget > $1000 • Chair plus 5 members • Stipend for Chair (now called environmental commissioner) • Number of activities

  4. Green Night • First time PGGSec was part of PGSS orientation week • Free environmental information • A sustainable selection of food • Other environmental groups • Speakers

  5. Quinoa • Cultivated up to 400 feet • Undemanding • Protein filled

  6. Different Colors of Carrots

  7. Other PGSSec Activities • “Here on Earth” speaker series • Green Drinks Montreal • Projects

  8. "Climate, Weather and Energy" - the Relationship between Climate, Weather Forecasting and the Energy Market.

  9. Bees: A Buzz About Sustainability ...because: - bees carry out roughly half of all animal-mediated pollination. - bees improve crop yield and product quality. - bee products have considerable nutritional and medicinal value. - bee numbers are declining worldwide. Contributing factors may include increased pollution, habitat loss, pesticide levels, parasites and diseases. Domesticated and wild populations are both affected. Photo: Adam Makarenko www. www.adam-makarenko.com

  10. The Potential of Grasses as Biofuels

  11. Not All Biofuels are Equal • Comparison of methods of generating energy from reed canarygrass • Energy Gasoline (ethanol) Net GHG • Method out:in or coal (direct reduction • combustion) g CO 2 e-C /MJ • displaced • MJ m-2 y-1 • Direct 20.4 34.77 2604.59 Combustion • Ethanol 4.43 4.88 ~ 100

  12. Other speakers • Retreat of Andean Glaciers, a Threat for Peruvian Water Resources" • Green lessons from Ghana • "The West Nile Virus in Quebec: What you really need to know"

  13. Green Drinks • "Tourism, Air Transport and Climate Change" • "Waste Diversion in Ontario" • "Solar Buildings" • "More Super Green Savings, Less Greenhouse Gas Emissions"

  14. Bike Loan Program • Fall survey: 1) 61.8% of respondents would use 5-15 times per year • 2) 75.4% of respondents would pay to use it • Application to Mary H. Brown endowment fund

  15. Bike Loan Proposal Budget • 3 bicycles $1800 • 3 secure locks 200 • Incorporation 1200 • 3 helmets 200 • Total $ 3400

  16. Bike Loan Proposal • $1 per use to help defray costs • Signed waiver once a year • April to November • Use of bike repair coop on campus • Possibility of PGSS money • Further work

  17. PGSSec website • Goal – to get more graduate students active in the environmental movement at McGill and to market sustainability • Contents: calculation of carbon imprint, sections on recycling and composting, environmental trivia, write-ups on speaker series topics and other areas of interest • Website would be fun and informative

  18. Green points program • 12 million Canadian households invested a total of 24 billion dollars into a collective fund dedicated to reducing Canada’s 486 Mt of green house • Super Green Points Card Program • Points for choosing a green purchase • Changing existing points (9 billion unclaimed points) • Tax credit for choosing green

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