Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee
The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC) is dedicated to providing evidence based advice with regard to environmental sustainability policies and practices that foster a sustainable future and lead to health and economic benefits for the University community. ESAC will act to promote dialogue and discussion on issues related to the environment and sustainability. ESAC is also committed to fostering environmental literacy, sustainable development, and environmental responsibility at Thompson Rivers University that can serve as a model for others.
Get in involved with Sustainability at TRU. Join ESAC or one of the six subcommittees: Awards, Biodiversity, Core Theme Planning, Sustainability Education in the Curriculum, Sustainable Purchasing, and Zero-Waste.
The ESAC supports the following TRU initiatives and offices:
- The Leadership in Environmental Sustainability Certificate
- Sustainability Grant Fund
- TRU Sustainability Office
- Environmental Sustainability Achievement Awards
- Tom Owen Environmental Sustainability Award
- TRU Eco Club
- Enactus
- TRU Environmental Law Club
ESAC meeting schedule for the 2024-2025 academic year
Meetings are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. on the following dates:
- January 30, 2025
- February 27, 2025
- March 27, 2025
- April 24, 2025
- May 29, 2025
- June 26, 2025
If you would like to attend a meeting, please contact the Sustainability Office at sustain@tru.ca.
There will be no meetings in July or August 2025.
The Co-chairs of the ESAC, Shelley Church and Catherine Tatarnuik can be contacted at schurch@tru.ca and ctatarniuk@tru.ca.
