How are Bylaws Developed? Step 1 – Identify a need Step 2 – Get council support Step 3 – Is a bylaw the best solution? In making this decision, administration may take into account the following information: What are other cities doing? Is the subject matter and content within the bylaw-making power of city council? […]
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Survey Results
At the beginning of our final project I had put together a little 4 question survey, and shared it on Facebook to get a little bit of feedback about how and why people are wasting food, and if they compost. We weren’t able to integrate these statistics into our final presentation, nevertheless, I got some […]
Bananas…
In my grade 9 social studies class we did a whole unit devoted to bananas. Of course going into class and reading bananas on the syllabus seemed a little weird, and the whole class joked about it because it seemed so absurd. But out of all the things from junior high social studies I don’t […]
JUST EAT IT
Earlier today I was watching a John Oliver video on Food Waste in America, which was really interesting and it’s insane how much food is wasted in the States… Canada wastes a lot (31 Billion a year), and we do have a smaller population, but in the US its over 100 Billion a year… Another […]
The Supermarket Recovery Program
“The Supermarket Recovery Program (SRP) is the first of its kind in Canada and offers a unique and sustainable solution to the problems of food waste and food insecurity, in partnership with food retailers.” The SRP is a system in place in Quebec in alliance with the Food Banks as well as in ” collaboration of Provigo, […]
Desalination Research
(Megan) What would make the most sense to transport water over long distances if necessary? Pipelines? Trucks? What would it cost? (http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/economic/chapter7.pdf ) Water can be distributed through 1) a pipeline, 2) mobile units such as tanker trucks and other forms of mobile vending i.e. animal drawn carts and 3) containers that people in […]
Structured Controversy
Be it resolved that all garbage and waste is recycled or burnt and used for energy. United Nations ( Kazoka, L. “UNEP Underscores Need for Garbage Recycling.” Africa News Service, 25 Jan. 2017. World History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A478773521/WHIC?u=ucalgary&xid=74bbc1ab. Accessed 30 Oct. 2017. Retrieved October 29 ) http://ic.galegroup.com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/ic/whic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=&displayGroupName=News&docIndex=&source=&prodId=&mode=view&limiter=&display-query=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&windowstate=normal&currPage=&dviSelectedPage=&scanId=&query=&search_within_results=&p=WHIC&catId=&u=ucalgary&displayGroups=&documentId=GALE%7CA478773521&activityType=BasicSearch&failOverType=&commentary= Although it’s a small article, it explains […]
Maasai Project Research Notes
Maasai Research Food Restriction in Third Trimester of Pregnancy UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Maternal Diet and Infant Brain Sparing Among Ngorongoro Maasai by Christopher David Powell FACULTY OF MEDICINE CALGARY, ALBERTA SEPTEMBER, 2012 Protein: Trimester 1-2 Approx 48 grams (about 4 fried eggs) Trimester 3 Approx 38 grams (just under 3 fried eggs) Fat: Trimester 1-2 […]