TRU Sustainability Office

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The Sustainability Office at TRU works to design and implement the Campus Strategic Plan sustainability components through advocacy, communication and coordination including supporting sustainability research and cost-effective green initiatives. It provides support and resources for students, staff, and faculty who are interested in making TRU The University of Choice for Environmental Sustainabi

lity. We welcome your questions on sustainability initiatives, and your suggestions on how to further reduce TRU’s carbon footprint on campus and in the community in the areas of energy, water, food, recycling and zero-waste, transportation, reporting, materials, and engagement. Through working together we can bring about change. Through the TRU Sustainability Grand Fund, TRU students, staff, and faculty can make a positive difference on campus. Let’s help make TRU .

One of the most common questions about biking to campus is: "What if I need a shower before class or work?" 🤔🚿Good news!...
06/11/2026

One of the most common questions about biking to campus is: "What if I need a shower before class or work?" 🤔🚿

Good news! There are now several shower facilities available around TRU:

🚿 Gymnasium
🚿 ITTC (3rd floor)
🚿 Trades and Technology Building (1st floor)
🚿 House of Learning (key fob access available)

Students, staff and faculty can also access showers at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre in the Tournament Capital Centre.

Students have free access with their UPass.👨‍🎓

Employees can access the showers at no cost with a City of Kamloops Recreation Account. If you don't already have one, email 📧 [email protected] and we'll help get you set up.

You'll also find bike racks and bike lockers near the TCC main entrance.

Whether you're biking, walking or riding an e-bike, there are plenty of options to help you arrive ready for the day.

Looking for another way to get around campus and Kamloops?TRU students are eligible for discounted Bird e-scooter and e-...
06/10/2026

Looking for another way to get around campus and Kamloops?

TRU students are eligible for discounted Bird e-scooter and e-bike pricing when they sign up using their tru.ca email address. 🛴

It's an affordable option for short trips around campus, downtown, or anywhere else Bird operates in the city.

Download the Bird app, verify your student email, and check out the free Bird+ trial if you plan to ride regularly. 🐦‍⬛🛵

Wherever you're headed, ride safely and park responsibly.

TRU‘s first Tree Rescue Event was a great success and brought together a small but powerful crew of five TRU members to ...
06/05/2026

TRU‘s first Tree Rescue Event was a great success and brought together a small but powerful crew of five TRU members to dig up and repot 38 evergreen saplings, mostly spruce and a few pines. 🌲

This morning’s event was led by our fearless leaders from the TRU Grounds Department, Ian and Dwayne, and everyone went home very satisfied at the end of the two-hours.

Most of the trees will go to the TRU greenhouses to mature so that they can be planted at a later time either somewhere on campus or on people’s personal properties. Some of the participants took some home as well.

All of these trees would have otherwise had to be removed from where they were ‘voluntarily’ growing on the campus, since they were competing with larger trees. Great job everyone! 👏

Last week we held our annual awards lunch to congratulate the students, staff and faculty that recieved TRU Environmenta...
06/04/2026

Last week we held our annual awards lunch to congratulate the students, staff and faculty that recieved TRU Environmental Sustainability Achievement Awards.

Congratulations to all recipients who are doing great work.

Order of people in the photo:

🏆 Tory Anchikoski: Winner of TRU Environmental Sustainability Achievement Award for Faculty and Staff (faculty member)
🌳 Jayne MacKinlay: Co-sponsor of TRU Herbinlay Happy Planet Award
🏆Emerson Goodall: Winner of TRU Environmental Sustainability Achievement Award for Students
🏆John Kang: Winner of the TRU Herbinlay Happy Planet Award
🏆 Rabeya Shikdar Orpa: Winner of TRU Environmental Sustainability Achievement Award for Students
🌳 Shelley Church: Member of the TRU Sustainability Awards subcommittee
🌳 James Gordon: Member of the TRU Sustainability Awards subcommittee
🌳Niki Remesz: Member of the TRU Sustainability Awards subcommittee

Not pictured are other members of the TRU Sustainability Awards subcommittee: Baldev Pooni and Amie Schellenberg.

Thanks everyone for another successful Trash Bash!Kudos to 76 participants, from departments across campus, the residenc...
06/03/2026

Thanks everyone for another successful Trash Bash!

Kudos to 76 participants, from departments across campus, the residences and the local neighborhood including Creston House, who collected a whopping 590 kg of litter from our campus and surrounding area at TRU's 29th annual Trash Bash Campus Clean-up and BBQ on May 14.

Thanks for making campus shine.

Our Trash Bash prize winners:

🗑️ Most Trash Bashed (per capita): Junk & Disorderly. They collected a total of 116.7 kg of trash!

🐈‍⬛ Best Team Spirit: Tidy Cats. They brought spiffy team t-shirts, glittery cat ears and a paw-sitive attitude. (see the photo they created)

🤳 Best Social Media Selfie: Oleksandr from Every Litter Bit Hurts. Shared a blog featuring pictures and a short story that thoughtfully recaps and reflects on the day through one participant’s eyes.

🐣 Weirdest Find: Alana from Third-Floor Trash Tribunal. They found something new and certainly different: hard-boiled eggs.

☀️ Early Bird Registration: Brandi from Trash Pandas was one of the first to register.

Go by Bike week is here! May 30 – June 5 is Spring Go By Bike Week 🚲. Whether you're a student, staff, or faculty member...
06/02/2026

Go by Bike week is here!

May 30 – June 5 is Spring Go By Bike Week 🚲.

Whether you're a student, staff, or faculty member, if you're commuting by bike this week, log those kilometres.

Join the TRU team, FOLKS ON SPOKES, by creating an account at gobybikebc.ca and searching for us.

Log at least one day of commuting kms to be eligible for prizes, including a chance to win a $75 gift certificate to a local bike shop of your choice.

The more days you log, the better your odds.

Let us know if you are biking.

We need volunteers to help us with our TRU Tree Rescue Event this Friday. Even if you can only come for an hour, it help...
06/01/2026

We need volunteers to help us with our TRU Tree Rescue Event this Friday. Even if you can only come for an hour, it helps.

🗓 Friday, June 5
⏰ 10 A.M.–12 P.M.
📍Front doors of the Nursing building
🌲 We will be digging up small evergreen saplings from around campus to rehome them in your backyard or back on campus.

We will provide gloves, shovels and snacks. Please bring your own water and hat.

👉 RSVP by emailing [email protected].

Composting has a reputation it doesn't deserve. People hear the word and immediately think smelly, complicated, not for ...
05/29/2026

Composting has a reputation it doesn't deserve.

People hear the word and immediately think smelly, complicated, not for me.

But here's the thing. It only gets smelly when you add the wrong stuff.

Skip the meat, dairy, cooking oils, bread, and anything from a bakery.

Add coffee grounds, egg shells (crush them first), fruit and vegetable scraps, and grass clippings.

Bonus tip: balance your grass clippings with something dry like dead leaves or a bit of cardboard. It keeps everything happy and breaking down the way it should.

Skip the weeds though. They can spread seeds through your compost and cause more problems than they're worth in your garden.

What you end up with is rich, beautiful soil.

Today is National Learn About Composting Day and the perfect time to start a compost with no smell, just really good dirt.

Join us for our TRU Tree Rescue Event 🗓 Friday, June 5 ⏰ 10 A.M.–12 P.M. 📍Front doors of the Nursing buildingWe will ...
05/28/2026

Join us for our TRU Tree Rescue Event

🗓 Friday, June 5
⏰ 10 A.M.–12 P.M.
📍Front doors of the Nursing building

We will provide gloves, shovels and snacks. Please bring your own water and hat.

RSVP by emailing [email protected]

Before you toss it, have you tried fixing it? 🔧The Kamloops Repair Café is happening May 30 from 10AM–3PM at the Hal Rog...
05/26/2026

Before you toss it, have you tried fixing it? 🔧

The Kamloops Repair Café is happening May 30 from 10AM–3PM at the Hal Rogers Community Centre.

Bring your broken stuff, grab a coffee, and let a local volunteer help you bring it back to life.

Small appliances, electronics, clothing, bikes, toys, furniture, if it's broken, Let's see if we can repair it and keep it out of the landfill.

📍Hal Rogers Community Centre, 2025 Summit Drive
⏰Saturday May 30, 2026, 10am - 3pm

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900 McGill Road
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