Published May 7, 2008
by iris_author
I have spent the last 5 months at IRIS engaged in the recent carbon offsetting initiatives at the University. My role has been to design and conduct a survey to gauge knowledge and attitudes of members of the York community on issues around carbon offsetting, climate change, and York initiatives. This has been a long and exciting process, in which I would like to thank other members of IRIS and the volunteers that helped us out. In the IRIS news section of this site is a post with information about the most significant results from the survey. Hopefully these results and the precedent set by the bookstore being able to purchase carbon offsets from Zerofootprint for the production of course kits will lead to a watershed of other initiatives at the University. The feedback from respondents to this survey shows that members of the York community are willing to help to make a difference in making not only York's campus more sustainable, but outside the university as well. If the results of this survey and a recent Harris/Decima poll on Canadian environmental opinions and values tell us anything it is that the environment and "green" are not just the flavour of the month but a deep and necessary societal transition.
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