Celebrating our Planet Earth

Another year has passed since our last Earth Day and Environment Week at LCC. Unfortunately, on the global scale it’s easy to feel gloomy about the general state of the environment. Climate change is a huge topic, and while politicians around the world debate the issues—as they did at the Copenhagen Conference last December [...]

LCC Going Local

Given that what we eat has a large impact on the environment, the LCC Sustainability Committee is reviewing LCC’s food sources.

Thanks to the efforts of five graduating students from the Class of 2008, as well as our excellent chef Alain Thirion, we already have much of the data we need for this project. Make [...]

The Visit of the Composting Display

Fortunately for all of us, despite Quebec’s so-so performance on large environmental issues, there are many excellent programs of a smaller nature that are making themselves felt around the province. One such example is the L’Interre Actif compostage display that came to LCC thanks to the efforts of faculty member Jean- François Maurice.

As many people [...]