Special edition InRoads for Earth Day

Climate change is the most complicated phenomenon facing the world today, making Earth Day, April 22, an increasingly important time of year. In a series of Earth Day stories, InRoads looks at how Royal Roads University is at the forefront of an emerging environmental revolution. From public eco-literacy to big-picture climate research to the economics of carbon trading, RRU educators are the leading the push toward sustainability with the natural world.
 

Calm before the storm

Ocean sediment research from Royal Roads University assistant professor and climate scientist Audrey Dallimore has unearthed layers of muck that reveal 12,000 years of weather records. Read how Audrey's pioneering fieldwork suggests rapid-fire climate change upended societies four millenia ago, and could be happening again.

Seeking neutrality in the fight against carbon

RRU environmental economist and associate professor Charles Krusekopf challenged his students to zero their greenhouse gas output, a tricky task in a world where everything adds to the atmospheric carbon load. Read how carbon offsetting works, and how Charles's challenge could help lead the RRU campus to shrink its carbon footprint.

Greening community education

Sustainability has long been part of RRU's core curriculum, but without an eco-literate society, developing clean communities could be an uphill battle. Read how RRU's Continuing Studies department has launched green learning, bringing leading environmental minds to a campus that serves as a living ecological laboratory.