Blue University

Blue University is a group that brings together students and community members to provide a resource for individuals and student groups seeking to use water more responsibly, and to advocate for environmental justice.

    • APIRG Working Groups, Fall 2014

Blue University is a group that brings together students and community members to provide a resource for individuals and student groups seeking to use water more responsibly, and to advocate for environmental justice. We strive to encourage sustainable attitudes towards water practices and usage amongst faculty, staff, and students at the U of A by hosting and promoting “Blue” events and gatherings. We hope to building working relationships with both student and community groups by offering services and information that enables groups to host “bottled water-free” events and encouraging the use and protection of tap water on campus and beyond.

We raise awareness on water issues and our goal is to have the University of Alberta be single-use bottled water free. We were successful in having the City of Edmonton declare March 21 as World Water Day in Edmonton. This furthers the scope of our goal to include the City of Edmonton in our bottled water free initiative.