Publications and Policies
Through the Office of Sustainability, Dalhousie is working to incorporate sustainability concepts and criteria into all major planning, assessment, policy, reporting and communications products and procedures.
Over the last twenty years, Dalhousie has signed three international declarations related to environment and sustainability:
- The Halifax Declaration in 1991 [PDF - 51 kB]
- Talloires Declaration
- UNEP International Declaration on Cleaner Production
Dalhousie has also signed the University and College Presidents' Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada.
Dalhousie has recently passed the following policies:
- Sustainability Statement of Principles [PDF - 296 kB] and Sustainability Policy [PDF - 654 kB]
- Idle Free Guidelines [PDF - 216 kB]
- Green Building Policy [PDF - 92 kB]
- Active Transportation Guidelines
- Natural Vegetation Policy and Guidelines
