Carbon Neutral Action Reports: Education – Post Secondary
The youth of B.C. have an enormous vested interest in climate action as they will be living with the impacts. They also have the potential to play an important role in helping B.C. achieve its carbon neutral and climate action goals given their influence on household decisions and their ability to accelerate behaviour change. Post-secondary institutions have taken a very collaborative approach in responding to their carbon neutral commitments by developing networks to share information on climate change including activities and best practices within their institutions.
2009 Highlights for this sector:
- 92% of post-secondary institutions are purchasing 30% post-consumer recycled paper
- 88% are posting materials online that were previously printed
- 88% are implementing server virtualization
- 81% are establishing an energy performance baseline for owned buildings
Carbon Neutral Action Reports*
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Camosun College
- Capilano University
- College of New Caledonia
- College of the Rockies
- Douglas College
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design
- Justice Institute of British Columbia
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Langara College
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
- North Island College
- Northern Lights College
- Northwest Community College
- Okanagan College
- Royal Roads University
- Selkirk College
- Simon Fraser University
- Thompson Rivers University
- University of British Columbia
- UBC Okanagan
- University of Northern British Columbia
- University of the Fraser Valley
- University of Victoria
- Vancouver Community College
- Vancouver Island University
*All Carbon Neutral Action Reports are available as PDFs.
Many public sector organizations already have existing sustainability reporting mechanisms that provide significant detail on their programs, so the Carbon Neutral Action Reports were designed to meet regulatory requirements without requiring duplicate reporting.
