The Teacher Education Office (TEO) is committed to supporting
UBC’s Sustainability Plan in every way we can.
Recent ecological improvements we’ve made include:
- Paperless production of publications created and distributed on cd format and/or posted on our website. For our School Advisors Guidelines cd alone, we save 28 trees per year!!
- Replacement of water cooler with water filter tap in TEO office
- Lights and power shut off at every opportunity
- Double-sided photocopying when copying is necessary
- Limited printing of emails to paper
- Archival of information on electronic storage systems
- Sorting and recycling garbage
UBC earns top sustainability marks in Canada; places third overall in North America.
Read more: News Release Sept. 23, 2008
Read about UBC's Respectful Environment Statement.
For more information go to: UBC Sustainability Office.
If you have more suggestions for us as to how to improve sustainability at TEO, please write to us: teacher.ed@ubc.ca.