Sustainability Champion of the Month

Mohawk College employee of the McKeil School of Business and carpooler, Christine Frame has been carpooling with fellow staff and students since 2007. Frame is a registered primary driver on the Smart Commute Carpool Zone website that matches drivers and passengers taking similar trips. This is exactly how Liz Hammond, this year's Sustainability Office Intern and full-time Public Relations student, was introduced to carpool champion Christine Frame – the two have been carpooling since October 12, 2012. 

Hammond has joined Frames’ carpool family comprised of staff and students, and in doing so, Hammond has recognized the ease and benefits of carpooling to and from Mohawk College. Frame charges $3.00 each way, helping her to pay for gas, necessary car maintenance, and her carpool parking permit. Frame carpools because it saves her money, she makes friends, and it is good for the environment. Frame says, “I also feel the need to help out a student/co-worker experiencing difficulty with transportation.” From Hammonds’ home in Ancaster to Mohawk College it would take an hour and seven minutes and three bus transfers.

Hundreds of people are hitching a ride to school/work in Hamilton, and carpooling numbers are higher than ever. Find your carpool match on www.smartcommute.ca and start saving and reducing your impact on the environment.