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Sustainability challenge

Join Dal for a month-long challenge designed to teach you how to take action and incorporate sustainability into your daily life.

Are you up for the challenge?

For the month of November, participate in the Sustainability Calendar Challenge.  Each week is a set of actions to promote and live sustainable practices. Small changes and actions really do make a difference.

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How it works

  • Register via the Dalhousie Employee Learning Calendar 

  • Access the Sustainability Challenge Calendar to track weekly sustainability activities and actions (for a sample of previous challenge activities, view the 2022 calendar [PDF 42.9 KB]). Access the to track weekly sustainability activities and actions.

  • At the end of each week, let us know what actions you took on the challenge submission form (via email to rethink@dal.ca) to be entered into our prize draw. You can submit once per week during the four-week challenge. You receive one entry for each challenge completed and four entries for each webinar you attend.

  • Your name will be put into a weekly draw each Tuesday for a prize pack designed to introduce even more sustainable practices into your daily life!

Prizes for this challenge are sponsored by belairdirect, Dal's insurance partner, and locally sourced in Halifax.

Reach out to rethink@dal.ca to learn more about Dal’s Sustainability Challenge!