When it comes to our own projects and activities, we're incredibly excited to partner with other university Greenpeace groups, such as Greenpeace UdeM in our efforts to build a movement for education, action and change. Whether you're hoping to learn more about social and environmental issues, to express your own calls for change, or to engage in activism, click here to learn about all the actions we're organizing with this sibling chapter of our group!
Outside of the Greenpeace Umbrella, we're happy to highlight other student clubs and local businesses with inspiring mandates and unique activities. Browse our coalition below to get involved locally, and find out what's beyond in the virtual sphere!
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
The McGill Environment Students’ Society (MESS) represents undergraduate and diploma Environment students at McGill University.
The Environment Committee falls under the Students' Society of McGill University and is dedicated to connecting and supporting students and groups involved in sustainability around campus. We are here to be a resource and to facilitate discussion and action.
ECOLE is a model of urban sustainable living and a physical hub for the McGill and Montreal sustainability communities. Our mandate, as defined in our constitution, is to “bring together McGill students, faculty and staff and Montreal community members in the pursuit of sustainable living by means of applied student research, alternative education, and community building. ECOLE is an ongoing experiment that strives to be a model of urban sustainable living.”
MealCare is a student-led organization that came into being at McGill University in 2016. Its initiative is based around the need to redirect food waste, and our organization very quickly expanded across Canada in Ottawa, Montreal, London (ON), and Guelph. We also aim at decreasing food insecurity, as well as educating and raising awareness about these issues. To tackle food waste and insecurity, we organize food collections from food vendors within the community.
The Walking Birds advocates for physical activity and sustainability across McGill! Look out their evidence-based messages on campus and follow Sam the Martlet on your journey towards a more active lifestyle: FB: @walkingbirdsmcgill IG:@walkingbirds
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Lufa Farms is on a mission to create a better food system by growing food on rooftops where people live and growing it more sustainably. They deliver customized baskets filled with fresh, local, responsible food across Quebec. *START YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH OUR LINK AND GET $15 OFF YOUR FIRST BASKET*
Coop Coco offers a wide range of natural, high quality ingredients to create your own cosmetics, soaps, candles, and so much more. Founded in Montréal, Québec, in 2010, the company makes every effort to meet the DIY needs of all people, while promoting renewable products and ethical solutions that respect both human beings and the planet. Thanks to the many recipes on their blog and social media (Facebook and Instagram), homemade has never been so easy nor so accessible to everyone!
Peace Treats is McGill University's Cupcake Club. We host bake sales and provide cupcakes to clubs hosting their own events or fundraisers. Additionally we hold baking and decorating workshops and events.
We want to change how menstruations are experienced around the world, for the better, and open up a new path for future generations. A lot more than panties... Our educational & social mission is key to implementing positive and sustainable change in the web of our society. We inform, provide tools and resources to live in better harmony with our body's cycles.
OOP repurposes the outcasts of the food industry. LOOP is a circular economy project created by like-minded dreamers sharing a common goal: to put an end to food waste. It’s pretty simple: we give value back to rejected food by transforming it into awesome products.
The Great Transition Collective is a group of activists and academics who seek to bring together people to discuss critiques of capitalism, strategies that aim to surpass it, and alternative models of economic organization. In other words, we want to imagine a transition towards a social and economic alternative that will be ecological, feminist, egalitarian and democratic. Our May 2021 conference has three main objectives: (1) promoting alternatives to capitalism and to the many different syst
Looking for more? We're just getting started! We expect our coalition to grow with time, so be sure to check back for ongoing additions.
Are you part of a student club, local business or advocacy organization? We'd love to have you in our coalition!
Contact us with information about your group and we'll be happy to highlight you on our board!
OTHER RESOURCES
McGill Student Sustainability Network
Join this group to stay in-the-know of the many student run activities at and beyond McGill!
Intersectional Environmentalists
"a platform for resources, information and action steps to support intersectional environmentalism and dismantle systems of oppression in the environmental movement"
Force of Nature
A platform to combat eco-anxiety, whose "mission is to help young people from all corners realise their change-making potential; take action on the climate crisis; and become custodians of a future by their own design."
AimHi
"AimHi is the live, online school where everyone can learn, interact and be inspired by exceptional educators and charismatic role models."