Office of Sustainability News Archive
Bee houses win sustainability award
October 11, 2016 —
BEE / HOUSE / LAB, an international bee house design competition launched by the University of Manitoba in 2016, won a high honour
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Metro: Indigenous principles at core of University of Manitoba planning guide
October 4, 2016 —
The province's largest university is asking Indigenous communities to help envision a new campus.
Op-ed: I like to ride my bicycle
September 26, 2016 —
The bikes-versus-cars story is an unfortunate one. How can Winnipeggers dislike cyclists yet encourage our children to learn to ride bikes?
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Go ride a bike
June 24, 2016 —
The main event of Bike Week is Bike to Work Day, taking place on Friday, June 24
Rethinking stink about antibiotics in manure
June 15, 2016 —
Antibiotics and manure. You probably don’t think of them at the same time. But across North America, manure and antibiotics often share the same pile.
Live Well @ Work celebrates faculty and staff health and wellness
June 13, 2016 —
Over 25 health and wellness events have been planned for faculty and staff at Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses
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Commuter Challenge 2016
June 8, 2016 —
On the road to sustainability, the U of M has lots of fun events and prizes for participating
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In a nutshell: Commuting to the U of M
June 7, 2016 —
Breaking down how the U of M community gets to campus: did you know 442 buses arrive on campus every day?
Bee squad brings ‘A’ game to competition
May 18, 2016 —
Competition challenged participants to create a bee house for 80-100 solitary nesting bees, a species under threat from habitat loss
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Wpg Sun: University of Manitoba buzzing about bee house design competition
April 27, 2016 —
Have you ever wanted to design a house but thought it might be too much to do?