Tegan Renner

School spirit is flying high this frosh week at the University of Waterloo. Cries of “E-S! E-S!” (Environmental Studies!) resound as orange-T-shirt-clad, first-year students wander by Alternatives’ office. Below the boisterous merriment that characterizes students’ first days at university, however, there is a quieter movement brewing. It is one that brings environmentally conscious individuals together to initiate community gardens and local-food cafés, organize cross-country bicycle trips to support alternative energy, plan green buildings, and set up innovative organizations.