Transcript Final Report

Water is Life!
Science Outreach at the
Redpath Museum
McGill University
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Introduction
• Developed by Science Outreach at the Redpath
Museum, with feedback from the Sustainability
Office
• 2-year project funded by the SPF
• Goal of project is to educate McGill students, staff,
and faculty about local and global water issues, as
well as what McGill is doing to reduce its water
footprint
• Exhibit, website, online teaching resources,
walking tour (podcast)
Illustration by Genevieve Young
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Project video
• David Loach, Amy Blaser, Jacky Farrell
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhnh_IJPQg&context=C319b359ADOEgsToPD
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Panel topics (i)
– Panel 1: Water basics
– Panel 2: Global water issues
– Panel 3: Canadian usage and Montreal’s Water
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Panel topics (ii)
– Panel 4: Water at McGill
– Panel 5: Water-saving tips
– Panel 6: Interactive “It’s your turn” for viewers to
give their own water-saving ideas
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Panel 1: Water basics (i)
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Panel 1: Water basics (ii)
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Panel 1: Water basics (ii)
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Panel 1: Water basics (iii)
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Panel 2: Global water issues (i)
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Panel 2: Global water issues (ii)
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Panel 2: Global water issues (iii)
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Panel 2: Global water issues (iv)
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Panel 3: Canadian usage and
Montreal’s Water (i)
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Panel 3: Canadian usage and
Montreal’s Water (ii)
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Panel 3: Canadian usage and
Montreal’s Water (ii)
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Panel 4: Water at McGill
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Panel 5: Water-saving tips (i)
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Panel 5: Water-saving tips (ii)
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Panel 5: Water-saving tips (iii)
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Panel 6: Interactive (i)
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Panel 6: Interactive (ii)
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Panel 6: Interactive (iii)
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Panel 4: Water at McGill
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Water at McGill: usage
• Water usage at McGill isn’t currently tracked
by the City or the university
• So we don’t currently know how much we
use, however McGill is developing a plan to
measure our water consumption and evaluate
how to reduce it.
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Water at McGill: conservation
measures (i)
• Greywater systems
• Green rooftops
• Reducing bottled water on campus
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Water at McGill: conservation
measures (ii)
• Water-saving fixtures
• Working to eliminate the use of water as a
coolant in labs and ventilation systems
• Replacing some lawns with ground-covering
plants that require less water
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Water at McGill: Bottled water
• McGill has eliminated the sale of bottled
water in residence dining halls, and SSMU has
eliminated it in the University Center.
• McGill encourages catering services and food
establishments on campus to provide tap
water instead of bottled.
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Water at McGill: BYOB and
water fountains
• The university is making it easier to choose
tap water. Watch for high-volume filling
stations and retrofitted drinking fountains
around campus that make it easier to fill water
containers.
• In its first four months on campus, the BYOB
water dispenser filled the equivalent of 23 530
(500 ml) bottles of water.
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Exhibit status
• Launched!
• Currently on exhibit in the
Redpath Museum: come
and take a look!
• Poster versions to be
discussed: may be easier
to display in other
buildings?
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Acknowledgements (i)
• Research and writing: Amy Blaser, Jacky Farrell
(Redpath Museum), Angela Zheng
• Coordination and Production : Ingrid Birker (Redpath
Museum)
• Translation: Karine Majeau (Head of Translation ,
McGill)
• Project management: Jacky Farrell (Redpath
Museum)
• Illustration and graphic design: Geneviève Young
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Acknowledgements (ii)
• Consultation (McGill): Angelo Battista (Asst.
Facilities Manager, Athletics and Recreation), Éric
Champagne (Horticultural Supervisor), Kevin
Gauthier (Asst. Supervisor, Power House), Irene
Gregory-Eaves PhD (Biology), Carmen Lampron PhD
(Director - Project for the Life Sciences Complex),
Denis Mondou (Director, Utilities and Energy
Management), Kathleen Ng (Environmental Officer,
Sustainability Office)
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Acknowledgements (iii)
• Consultation (cont’d): Martha Robinson (Supervisor,
Maintenance, Utilities & Energy Management), Roger
Plante (Operator, Power House ), Jean Perrault
(Supervisor, Facilities Operations and Development),
Lilith Wyatt (Sustainability Projects Fund
Administrator
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Photo credits
• White flower (Claudio Calligaris); green roof (Eric W.
Schaffner – Photographe); lab (Owen Egan), BYOB
(Jacky Farrell).
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Support
We gratefully acknowledge funding from the
McGill Sustainability Projects Fund
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Contacts
• Ingrid Birker: [email protected]
• Jacky Farrell: [email protected]
• 514-398-4094
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