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Pesticide Spraying this Week ...
Please see the following Bulletin from WCA and UofR
Bulletin:
Wascana Centre Authority - Forestry Department
2010 Spray Season
Week of: May 17th to 21st
Monday, May 17th:
Lorox L spraying - pre emergent herbicide for weed control
Conexus Arts Centre
Research Park, Lot # 15 & Area
Mosquito monitoring & vectobac larvicide
Tuesday, May 18th:
Lorox L spraying
Douglas Park Area
University of Regina Main Campus - Lot’s 2, 3 and 4
Wednesday, May 19th:
Lorox L spraying
Douglas Park track area
Fastball fields
Cosmos field
SIAST Arbor Day Site
Thursday, May 20th:
Lorox L spraying
Saskatchewan Science Centre area
Lakeshore Drive shoreline from Avenue C to Legislative Landing
Friday, May 21st:
Lorox L spraying
University of Regina Main Campus
2-4-D for dandelion control
SIAST front bowl area
Mosquitor monitoring & Vectobac larvicide
Please Note: If weather impacts our sprayingâ€|â€|gopher control will be
done throughout areas using gasser bombs
If you have any questions please call Ron Blashill, Manager of
Custodial Services at 585-4376. Thank you
As always, I am……….
Ron Blashill, RPA, CCPM
Manager of Custodial Services
Facilities Management
University of Regina
Regina, SK., S4S 0A2
Phone: 306-585-4376
Cell: 306-527-4295
Fax: 306-585-5064
email: ron.blashill@uregina.ca
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Help Determine Climate Change Regulations in Saskatchewan!
OPPORTUNITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND NGO'S
You are cordially invited by The Ministry of Environment & Meyers Norris Penny
To be a part of consultations specifically for Environmental Groups and Non-Governmental Organizations on the proposed climate change regulations in Saskatchewan
Regina
Travelodge Hotel Travelodge Hotel
4177 Albert Street South
March 29, 2010
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Individuals who confirm their attendance will receive an electronic copy of summary background materials.
The Ministry is undertaking an in-depth consultation process with key stakeholders across Saskatchewan. The purpose of the above noted plenary sessions are to provide an overview of the draft regulations for the Government's climate change legislation and to hear feedback and suggestions in advance of their finalization. Participants will also have the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions through written submissions following the plenary meetings.
RSVP by March 19, 2010
To Logan Harris at Logan.Harris@mnp.ca
or by phone at 306.751.7991
Meyer Norris Penny has been retained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment to host a series of consultations related to the regulations for its climate change legislation and program. The timeframes for the consultation are based on the Ministry's plans to approve legislation before end of the spring session in May.
If you are not able to attend, please nominate an appropriate person from your organization.
If you have any questions about the consultation sessions, please contact Craig Gates, Project Manager and Lead Consultant at 306.790.7943 or craig.gates@mnp.ca.
RSVP confirmations can be retuned to the attention of
Logan Harris, BBA
DIRECT 306.751.7991
FAX 306.790.7990
Suite 900, Royal Bank Building
2010 - 11th Avenue
Regina, SK S4P 0J3
mnp.ca
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Requesting input the Legislative Committee inquiry on how to best meet Saskatchewan's growing demand for energy
Dear RCE members,
The RCE has been invited to present a brief to the Legislative Committee inquiry on how to best meet Saskatchewan's growing demand for energy, as a follow-up to the UDP public consultations. The second set of hearings are being held in January, and the RCE has been asked to present on the afternoon of January 28.
We are inviting all members to contribute their thoughts to the brief. I would request that submissions be completed by January 21 to leave ample time for editing. We have set up a wiki for this task: http://saskenergyalternatives.wikispaces.com/ that Curt Schroeder is managing. To add your information, click "Edit" in the upper right hand corner of the webpage and enter your content. Permission is set to "Public" right now, which means anyone can read and edit the document. It would be extremely helpful if you could include literature references that back up your information.
I see that there has been some activity on the site, so I thank those who have contributed to date, and look forward to the additional information that members provide.
My best wishes,
Tanya Dahms
Co-coordinator, Health and Healthy Lifestyles
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Urban Agriculture Design
http://civileats.com/2009/12/10/the-growth-of-urban-ag-design/
December 10th, 2009 By Michelle Kaufmann
Urban Agriculture has become one of the hottest movements in the sustainable design world. During a recent Re:Vision Salon conversation, Josiah Raisin Cain—Chief Design Officer withDesign Ecology and Urban Re:Vision—presented some interesting models proving that urban agriculture design “is close to exploding” given recent media, products, planning, and focus.
Urban edible gardens solve many design problems simultaneously. They help reduce gas, cost, water (depending on which system is used), while increasing food access and security and community connection. During the discussion, Josiah noted that challenges for designers typically include space and scale, but that there are alternative ways of imagining and planning our cities. Josiah showed projects with successful green roofs with edible gardens like this one at Trent University:
The green roofs reduce storm water runoff, act as increased insulation, increase oxygen, reduce cooling loads, and provide local food. They can be on the top roof of the building, or be on intermediate roof gardens, like this project by Daniel Libeskind:
And of course, you could do on your decks and walls of decks as well:
There are alternatives to the deep soil-based gardens such as hydroponic and aquaponic systems that use much less water by providing their own nutrients. Companies like InkaWalloffer systems like this “BioCloth” that is one-inch thick and can be hung outside or inside and produces food that hangs off of the cloth, using much less water than would be required if they were planted in the ground. With proper lighting and ventilation, these can even be planted inside of a building as well.
My architecture firm has incorporated green roofs and used hydroponic boxes for planting food at the Smart Home exhibit (the mkSolaire) in Chicago:
Josiah noted how “slick” our current city buildings are. Water slides right off of them, creating many expensive problems for the city with storm water run-off. By integrating green walls and green roofs, it has the added benefit of making the buildings more “sticky” and reducing storm-water run-off issues for cities, and reducing the costs required to solve those problems.
It all is so delicious visually, socially and physically. It also seems accessible and feasible. As Paul from Inka Wall noted, “Urban gardens can create prosperity where there is currently zero.”
For more info:
Urban Gardens at the Smart Home in Chicago
Trent University Green RoofFytowall
Inka Wall
The ABLE project
Sky Vegetables
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