Posts Tagged ‘environment’
One strike, you’re out
Rising greenhouse gas emissions are still having disastrous impacts on the planet. That’s why a group of people have come up with an innovative new way to fight climate change. Earth Strike is a grassroots organization founded in November 2018. Its goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by planning protests leading up to a global…
Read MoreFood waste served across campus
Dalhousie University Food Services started tracking the amount of food waste created in meal hall as a part of Canada’s Waste Reduction Week. Dalhousie University Food Services started tracking the amount of food waste created in meal hall as a part of Canada’s Waste Reduction Week. Risley’s meal hall reminds students to only take the…
Read MoreHow Consumerism Stole Christmas
As a kid, I loved everything about Christmas: annual traditions like baking cookies with my mom, listening to Michael Bublé’s Christmas album and letter writing. Every year without fail, I would write a letter to Santa and tell him exactly what I wanted. I don’t think he came through even once. But that’s probably because…
Read MoreThe Tare Shop: saving the environment one cup and bag at a time
As of closing time on Oct. 24, The Tare Shop claims to have saved over 1368 disposable cups/bottles and 1409 plastic bags since its opening on Oct. 3. The Tare Shop is a package free café, a store and a community hub. The shop is the first of its kind in Halifax; the owner is…
Read MoreEcojustice for Halifax
Meet Ecojustice – Halifax’s newest legal advocates. Who do they advocate for? Planet Earth. Funded solely by donors, Ecojustice is Canada’s largest environmental law charity. Environmental law is a branch of law that regulates activities with the potential to impact the environment. Whether that means fighting for endangered species protection or challenging harmful government decisions, environmental law covers it all. Free…
Read MoreThe call of the North Atlantic right whale
An experiment is underway in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The experiment involves boats, planes, autonomous underwater vehicles and sonobuoys (buoys which can detect underwater sounds). It covers 1,500 square kilometres and is being run by groups from Dalhousie University, the Canadian Armed Forces and more. Their goal is to find a method of surveying and tracking North Atlantic…
Read MoreGood People Doing Good Things: Lily Barraclough
Lily Barraclough has a lot on her plate: she’s a student, she volunteers with multiple organizations and she’s a program coordinator for iMatter. Barraclough came to Halifax in 2016 and started her student life in the Foundation Year Programme at the University of King’s College. Now, in her third year of her environmental science, and…
Read MoreSustainability not just a society
Sustainability is one of those words you’ve probably been hearing a lot lately. That’s because, with issues like climate change, people are coming together to figure out what can be done to achieve sustainability. Changes can occur on the individual, local, regional or even international levels. They’re happening in Halifax. Campus causes for climate change…
Read MoreDivest Dal pushes forward
Following a major protest last year and a summer in which environmental issues occupied the headlines (remember that heat wave?), Divest Dal shows no signs of slowing down. Divest Dal is a student-led campaign which pushes Dal to – well – divest from fossil fuels. Last year, the group organized a nine-day sit-in at the Studley campus…
Read MoreDal’s hidden gem
A Dalhousie University society called Dal iGEM is gearing up for this year’s upcoming iGEM conference in Boston. There, along with teams from all over the world, Dal iGEM will present their latest genetic engineering research. iGEM or International Genetically Engineered Machine, is an international genetic engineering competition. It originated in the early 2000s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, there are more than…
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