Archive for 'King’s Administration'
President Fernhout Signs Sustainability Statement of Action
On March 26, 2010 President Harry Fernhout of the King’s University College signed a statement committing the university to exercise leadership in greenhouse gas emissions and environmental stewardship as part of its strategic direction to care for creation. You can view the remarks the President gave regarding the statement, which includes a recent history of [...]
Posted: April 5th, 2010 under Announcements, King's Administration, President Fernhout.
Tags: climate, environment, statement of action, sustainability, the king's university college
Comments: 2
What are we going to do about it?
Mike made a great presentation at the Board of Governors (BoG) meeting today. It was followed by a stimulating and passionate discussion! As far as I’m aware, this is the first time that this level of conversation about stewardship and sustainability has reached the Board level. The Board also left us with a challenge and [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2009 under King's Administration, Vice-President Spaling.
Tags: board of governors, kings university college, sustainability
Comments: 1
5 “Baby Steps” to Sustainability at King’s
What follows is another section form the CCCU grant application King’s was recently awarded. (See Friday’s post and President Fernhout’s launch blog for more information). Student, staff and faculty comments on this document would be greatly appreciated! What might you add or substract to these proposed steps? Describe briefly five “baby steps” that you would [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under Ferber, Groen, King's Administration, King's Faculty, King's Staff, King's Students, President Fernhout, VanWeerden, Vice-President Spaling, Wood.
Tags: baby steps, campus, cccu, creation care, grant, sustainability
Comments: none
King’s Wins CCCU Creation Care Grant
Today the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities awarded The King’s University College a $4750 Creation Care Grant. Full details on the grant can be found on the CCCU website HERE. Today and tomorrow I will post responses to two questions in the grant that the entire campus should read and comment upon. The themes [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Ferber, Groen, King's Administration, King's Faculty, King's Staff, King's Students, President Fernhout, VanWeerden, Vice-President Spaling, Wood.
Tags: cccu, creation care, grant, stewardship, winner
Comments: 4
Please, no more statements on climate change!
My Google search of climate change statements reveals some 7,020,000 responses. Amazingly, both the University and College President’s Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada and President Fernhout’s opening blog on Greenpad show up as hits on the very first page of search results. Way to go Greenpad! King’s should join university initiatives from time [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2009 under King's Administration, Vice-President Spaling.
Tags: environmental studies, Global Climate Change, statement of action, sustainability
Comments: 1
What’s in a signature?
Welcome to the King’s Green Pad! I’d like to launch discussion on this blog by sharing a dilemma I’m currently experiencing. At the October, 2008, meeting of the Association of Universities and College of Canada (AUCC) the presidents of six universities in British Columbia circulated a “Climate Change Statement of Action” which they had all [...]
Posted: January 1st, 2009 under King's Administration, President Fernhout.
Tags: Global Climate Change, university president
Comments: 9