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According to the BC Ministry of Advanced Education, [1], Selkirk College [2], located in the West Kootenay/Boundary Region, "offers adult upgrading, university transfer associate degrees in arts and sciences and over 30 certificate and diploma programs in business and aviation, digital media, music, information technology, health and human services, hospitality and tourism, industry and trades training and renewable resources."

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Contents 1 External Climate Change Commitments 2 Beyond Carbon Neutral Planning Contacts 3 Carbon Neutral and Beyond-Carbon Neutral Planning Initiatives 3.1 Policy 3.2 Institutional Structure 3.3 Buildings 3.4 Energy 3.5 Transportation 3.6 Food 3.7 Waste 3.8 Purchasing 3.9 Investments 3.10 Budgeting 3.11 Offsets 3.12 Education and Research 3.13 Civic and Community Engagement 3.14 Other

External Climate Change Commitments

Signatories to the Statement of Action? No.

Beyond Carbon Neutral Planning Contacts

• Selkirk College Environmental Sustainability Committee is responsible for sustainability initiatives at Selkirk College. Read all about their mandate, mission, and successes so far.
• Selkirk College Students' Union [3] has a sustainability campaign [4]as well as a public transit [5] campaign.

Carbon Neutral and Beyond-Carbon Neutral Planning Initiatives

Policy

An environmental policy is being drafted, and environmental responsibility is named as a value in the 2005 Renewed Vision document (^[1])

Institutional Structure

The Selkirk College Environmental Sustainability Committee involves students and staff/administration and seeks to move the college towards sustainability.

Buildings

• Single-glazed windows on the Castlegar and Silver King campuses have been replaced with high efficiency double-glazed windows, at the initiative of the Facilities Department [6].

Energy

• Cooking oil from the Castlegar campus cafeteria is used to make biodiesel. About 20 litres of per week is diverted from the landfill through this initiative [7]

Transportation

Beyond carbon neutral initiatives in this area are not known. Please add as they become available!

Food

Beyond carbon neutral initiatives in this area are not known. Please add as they become available!

Waste

Students, with financial support from the Students' Union, have purchased recycling bins for campus residences [8].

Purchasing

Beyond carbon neutral initiatives in this area are not known. Please add as they become available!

Investments

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Budgeting

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Offsets

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Education and Research

• Selkirk College offers a certificate in Renewable Energy focusing on renewable energy technologies including geothermal, micro hydro, wind, solar and biomass [9].
• Classes within the Peace Studies Diploma program address climate change [10].

Civic and Community Engagement

Beyond carbon neutral initiatives in this area are not known. Please add as they become available!

Other

See http://selkirk.ca/research/sustainability/environment%20matters.html for other climate-change and related sustainability initiatives at Selkirk College.

References

1. ↑ Selkirk at the Confluence: Our Renewed Vision to 2011. http://selkirk.ca/documents/SK70246_Our_Renewed_Vision_to_2011.pdf. Accessed August 2008.