Raincoast

On January 16, I will be leaving for a one-year exchange with Uppsala Universitet in Sweden. The university is the oldest in Sweden, founded in 1477, and is located in the vibrant student-oriented city of Uppsala. Now that finals are over, the reality of the situation has had time to sink in, and I can […]

Carbon sequestration has become a hot topic when talking about mitigating the effects of global warming. Carbon offset companies are big business, usually planting trees in exchange for fees collected from plane tickets and other greenhouse gas emitting activities. These trees take approximately 10-17 years until they become a carbon sink. This is because the […]

I have always been intrigued by fungi. Their extreme diversity from edible to deadly poisonous and the almost endless configurations of colours, shapes and habitats make fungi truly bizarre. Fungi are immensely important in both the visible, and invisible aspects of our daily lives. From the decomposition of organic matter in soils and the cycling […]

Over the past term, there has been great progress on the proposal for a new UBC farm compost facility. Most importantly, the UBC Sustainability Committee has become very interested in this proposal as an attractive option for reaching zero-waste targets by 2015. Support from UBC Sustainability is integral for this project to move forward, so […]