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Which metals are lurking in Kelowna and West Kelowna garden soils?
Royal Roads' Matt Dodds has been studying potentially toxic metals in urban soils in Canada in collaboration with BSc and MSc students.
The Good Society
Edmonton has just incorporated a carbon budget limiting the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) it can emit, hopefully, the first of many cities to do so.
Exposure and risk posed by e-waste
Royal Roads' Matt Dodd presented results of his research on the impact of e-waste recycling in Ghana at the World Congress of the Society for Risk Analysis.
We support "bring your own to-go box"
Royal Roads student Natalie Hanke shares about her campaign to encourage individuals to "bring your own to-go box" to restaurants for leftovers or takeout meals
MAEEC Field School on Salt Spring Island in 2020
Royal Roads students in their second year of the MAEEC program will head to Salt Spring Island to study biodiversity and adaptation within a "living laboratory"
The importance of ecological gratitude
Royal Roads' Scott Dunham reflects: "If there is any ecological hope, then it will sprout from gratitude as the appropriate personal response to earth’s gifts."
Planetary Safety Nets
Scientists at Resolve have drawn up a blueprint for a planetary “safety net” of protected areas they argue could help halt catastrophic biodiversity loss.
Going paperless
Staff and faculty in Royal Roads University's School of Environment and Sustainability are committed to going paperless and are open to suggestions.
Study finds high economic benefits of recycling
A recent Recycling Council of Alberta study found that the province could double the economic value and jobs by increasing and diversifying recycling programs.