Activity

Guest Post by the Muslm Students Association

Good morning UeaTers!

As promised, this post is about the wonderful Green Team at the major cafeterias.

What do they do, you ask? Keep reading to find out

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GREEN TEAM MEMBER

8:00am: Get out of bed with a big smile. Today is another day when we will save the planet! (the Green Team is very passionate about the environment).

9:00am: Eat a big healthy well-balanced breakfast of local foods. Or maybe just a granola bar while heading out the door.

10:00am: Walk, take the transit, or bike to campus. This is one more way the Green Team helps the environment.

11:00am: Gather at Sid’s Cafe for updates. The Green Team members meet to discuss action-plans and share their experiences of the past day.


11:10am to 3:00pm: The Green Team takes over the major cafeterias on campus (Sid’s Cafe, Robarts Cafeteria, MSB Cafeteria). This week, they are working on the U-Compost Campaign. During the lunch hour, they talk to everybody in the caferias about the benefits of composting after their meals. They show people how to compost, and discuss what goes into the green bins and what doesn’t. They give out bookmarks showing which foods can be composted, and other relevant information. Their motto is

“IF YOU CAN EAT IT, I CAN EAT IT”

Of course, they are talking about the green composting bins, not themselves. If you can eat it, the green compost bin can eat it as well.

3:00pm: The Green Team heads to classes, work, and other activities. After a good night’s sleep, they meet again at Sid’s Cafe to discuss new ways to save the environment.

So, UeaTers, keep an eye out for the Green Team, and help them out by properly composting your organic wastes. Why? Because as a University, we are trying to divert our waste by recycling, reusing and composting. The minerals produced by composting our food wastes is used in fertilizer around the city. Every little orange peel and apple core and chicken bone and napkin counts. If you take 10 seconds out of each meal to dispose of the wastes properly, you will make the Green Team very happy.

So, do it for the Green Team, for the planet, and for yourself. 🙂

PS: Be sure to check out what one of the Green Team members had to say about his experience on his blog!

Guest Post by the U of T Muslim Students Association

—————————————————

During Ramadan Muslims abstain from food and drink during the daylight hours and avoid negative thoughts and actions so that they can remember and worship God, and appreciate the comforts of life they have been blessed with. By remaining hungry through the day, Muslims are able to feel closer to those who can only afford to eat one meal a day. Fasting is a practice common to all Abrahamic religions and Muslims all over the world have been continuing this tradition during the month of Ramadan for over 1,400 years.

 UPDATE: MSA is holding an annual Eid Dinner.

Date: September 23, 2009

Location: Great Hall at Hart House

Dear UeaTers,

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a week long celebration of…FOOD?

That’s exactly what Hart House is planning from October 16 to October 23, 2009: World Food Week on campus!

The wonderful people at Hart House explain that “food is an integral part of our society.  It not only provides nourishment, but gives us an opportunity to share with our community; it allows us to preserve tradition and culture; it connects us to the land.  Food should be about simple principles, yet in our society we’ve allowed it to become a commodity. We demand year-round access to the cheapest food possible, gorging ourselves to malnourishment, while millions go hungry and suffer famine on a daily basis. In order to ensure access to safe and healthy food, and for the future of our society, we need to understand our food systems and reconnect and support the individuals that create them”.

So, Hart House has arranged workshops, lectures, food tastings and discussions on food and community. For a list of the events and schedules click here.