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Voluntary Carbon Offsets: A Way Forward for the Sustainability Movement at Dalhousie?
(2009-04)
With the establishment of the Dalhousie Office of Sustainability in 2007, Dalhousie University confirmed its commitment to sustainably operating the university. In less than two years of operation the office has already ...
Identifying Environmental Concerns of the Dalhousie Community on Studley Campus
(2009-04)
The Photovoice concept was developed in the early 1990s by Caroline Wang and Mary Ann Burris. It is a tool that enables the public to voice its opinion on important issues through photos and discussion and uses grassroots ...
Retrofitting Showerheads in Dalhousie University Residences: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
(2009-04)
With the human population expected to double by 2027, resource depletion has increasingly becoming a cause for concern. Only 2.5 percent of the earth’s water supplies are classified as fresh, and even less is accessible. ...
Diversifying the Vegetatiion in the McCain Courtyard
(2008-04)
Dalhousie University is an institution which recognizes the importance of
sustainability and environmental awareness - this is expressed through its signing of the
Talloires Declaration, various student groups, and the ...
The Feasibility of Supplying Locally Sourced and Organic Food for a Student-Run Food co-op on Studley Campus
(2009-04)
The Greening the Campus movement is an initiative that addresses issues of sustainability within university institutions. At Dalhousie University, the Environmental Problem Solving class provides students with a research ...
An Evaluation of the 3 / 4 Bin System at Dalhousie University
(2008-04)
This paper is the final report of the research project for the Greenfoot recycling team for
the Environmental Problem Solving II class at Dalhousie University, supervised under Karen
Harper. The overall goal of the project ...
Urban Forests: Reintroducing Native Species to Dalhousie University Campus.
(2009-04)
Urban forests are an important part of the community and people should aspire to maintain them in the same way they maintain their cars, homes and lawns. The benefits of an urban forest on campus are massive. The trees ...
Reducing Disposable Cups on Dalhousie Campus: A Second Cup Case Study
(2008-04)
An enormous amount of waste is being generated on campus through the use of
disposable cups. Massive amounts of waste are generated by coffee cups each week and
are sent to landfills. Landfills are unsustainable and cause ...
Driving Habits of Studley Campus Commuters: Who’s driving to Studley Campus, where are they coming from and why do they drive?
(2008-04)
The need to reduce vehicular traffic to Dalhousie campuses serves a variety of purposes. Environmentally it will cut down on our greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution in Halifax. Economically it will reduce the amount ...
The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review
(Wolters Kluwer, 2011)
Chronic and recurrent pain not associated with a disease are very common in childhood and adolescence, but studies of pain prevalence have yielded inconsistent findings. This systematic review examined studies of chronic ...