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 Enter your environmental ideas in the WISE Competition - $1,500 Grand Prize
Western's Ideas for Sustainability and the Environment (WISE) Competition fosters innovative and high-impact ideas to address society's most pressing environmental concerns. Separate competitions are established for undergraduate and graduate students, each with a $1,500 grand prize. Submit your application by March 18, 2021! 

Nominations open for Western Green Awards
The Western Green Awards were initiated to raise awareness of sustainability at Western University through the acknowledgment of community members (students, faculty, and staff) who have made positive contributions. Nominations will close March 18, 2021. Up to three recipients will be selected!

Student Energy offers new "Mask On, Mask Up" project with Western Sustainability
Western's Student Energy club has responded to the increase in single use masks with a new project called Mask On, Mask Up. Individuals can track their personal environmental impacts by switching to reusable masks, and Student Energy's Projects Platform also tracks collective impacts on energy, water, and carbon emissions reductions. 

Year in review: Western sustainability, version 2.020 (Western News)
Recommitting to ask the tough environmental questions and follow through on some even tougher answers, Western geared up its sustainability efforts in 2020.