SmokeFree Camosun video contest
The BC Cancer Agency, in partnership with Camosun College’s tobacco use reduction task force, is holding a video contest from February 20 until April 2, 2012. Open to Camosun students only, the top prize is $2,500 cash. Check out camosun.ca/ccr/news/2012/feb/smoke-free.html for more information about the contest.
BC students give minister of advanced education V-Day gifts
As part of the Where’s the Funding? campaign, BC student representatives from across the province descended upon the provincial legislature to deliver more than 6,000 Valentine’s Day cards to minister of advanced education Naomi Yamamoto.
Bottled water bites back
The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) has launched a new online video campaign to provide facts about bottled water in hopes to counter anti-bottled water activism on college campuses, much to the chagrin of campus environmental activists. Chris Hogan, IBWA’s vice president of communications, claims well-known anti-bottled water groups are recruiting college students to spread misinformation about bottled water on college campuses. “Those groups are capturing the attention of college students by making highly emotional and incorrect statements and claims,” said Hogan in a recent press release. Luke Kozlowski of Camosun Students for Environmental Awareness takes issue with Hogan’s claims. “Essentially, bottled water is a scam,” he says. “Students at Camosun have access to clean tap water that doesn’t directly cost them a penny. It makes no sense why students, who are already broke and in debt, pay grossly inflated prices for bottled water.”
Students building Canada’s Greenest Home
20 post-secondary students enrolled in the Endeavour Centre’s Sustainable New Construction: Building a New Future program are working to build Canada’s Greenest Home this summer in downtown Peterborough, Ontario. Check out endeavourcentre.org for updates and info.
Belfry launching digital ticket scavenger hunt
Using a free smartphone application called Repudo, the Belfry Theatre is releasing free “digital objects” (theatre tickets) throughout Victoria. The program will allow the Belfry to drop text, audio, or video messages at specific locations throughout the city. The first Repudo objects will be tied to On the Edge, which runs until February 26. Check out belfry.bc.ca for more info.