Smoke-free campus campaign
Dalhousie is improving its smoke-free campus campaign. The university is making non-smoking areas on campus more obvious to students, staff and visitors. The new efforts involve putting smoke-free zones on campus maps, and erecting more visible signage.
Since members of the Dalhousie community are constantly changing, the university wants the rules to be accessible to everyone upon arrival. According to Mike Burns, head of Dalhousie’s security, the new approach to a smoke-free campus is not intended to be viewed as a public attack, but rather as a constructive initiative that displays gratitude to people who cooperatively follow campus rules.
Nuts about growing
Owen Bridge, a young seed-specialist in Nictaux, Annapolis County is growing peanuts in his local garden. While peanuts are not a typical legume of Nova Scotia, this young grower has found the key to their cultivation.
Bridge, 19, has developed a keen sense for growing. He spends a lot of his time working on his hobby farm to support his business, Annapolis Seeds. He says that peanuts are not as difficult to grow as people may think, and require less work than some of the more common plants found in Nova Scotia gardens.
Dal joins up with Hebrew University
Dalhousie University has joined forces with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. The partnership between the universities enables them to conduct combined research. The two universities are uniting their strengths in order to complement each other’s studies. The expectation is that research opportunities will arise in fields such as oceanography, waste and water management, and medicine.
Premier Darrell Dexter, who flew to Israel as one of several Nova Scotia delegates to sign the memorandum of agreement (MOA), says the interest surrounding said document is not confined to the ability to share knowledge and practices internationally. He says it could also involve the development of new market and investment opportunities for Nova Scotia.
Green-up Your Clean-up
Your Environmental, Sustainability, and Society Student Society (YESSSS) held a “Green-up Your Clean-up” event Friday, Oct. 28. It is the first of a number of Do-It-Yourself workshops YESSSS will be holding throughout the year. The workshops involve discussion, snacks and hands-on experience.
Friday’s activities included making environmentally friendly deodorant and laundry detergent. The workshops are by donation, which can be paid at the door. These events are held in the College of Sustainability in the Mona Campbell Building. To find out when YESSSS workshops are happening email dalhousie.ess@gmail.com or visit their Facebook group “YESSSS (Your Environment Sustainability and Society Student Society).”
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