Tag: Sustainability

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Rye students want cheaper, greener, and diversified food options

February 25, 2020

The Ryerson Food Council’s “Food on Campus” survey has found that 93 per cent of student participants feel there needs to be more healthy and affordable food options on campus

Business & Technology Climate Crisis Features The Crisis Issue

Can universities become leaders in sustainability?

November 19, 2019

Students say they’re already aware of their career’s environmental footprint and want to see this reflected in more of their courses

Arts & Culture Multimedia Video

Mass Exodus 2019: Cassidy LeBlond makes officewear with a colourful twist

Inspired by the colourful world of Wes Anderson films, Cassidy LeBlond’s collection takes a playful and sustainable twist on officewear

A guide to shopping for clothes sustainably

February 21, 2019

Fast fashion brands are ruining the environment, but you don't have to

Tamara Jones stands on a stage.

Business & Technology

Presenters talk changing perspectives at seventh TEDxRyersonU conference

February 12, 2017

Nine speakers gave lectures on social media, artificial intelligence and achieving a healthy work-life balance, among other topics at the seventh TEDxRyersonU conference.

Wooden clothes pins on a twine clothesline

Business & Technology

Fashion Zone startup uses VR to make charity transparent

November 22, 2016

A clothing company in Ryerson's Fashion Zone uses virtual reality to let customers see how their purchases provide water to people in Cambodia.

This Sustainable Life: Five Minutes with Shawna Robinson

October 27, 2011

Anne-Marie Vettorel sits down with Shawna Robinson, the Creative Director at LABEL. LABEL designs and produces sustainable clothes right here in Toronto. Q: Which is better – buying green or buying less in general? I think it’s a combination of both – buying quality clothing that will last and not being so focused on disposable fashion. […]

Business & Technology

Giving back to the grid

By Julianna Cummins News Editor It’s a glamorous affair for a Wednesday evening in February. The hardwood-floored Bulthaup Showroom on Toronto’s King Street East is dimly lit, the glass walls showing the rest of the world the event underway inside. Dr. Alan Fung, 44, a mechanical engineering professor at Ryerson University is dressed in formal […]

RYERSON’S GREEN DREAM

October 29, 2008

As Sustainability Month comes to a close, the Eyeopener investigates why Ryerson still doesn't have green bins.