Trent University Dept of Environmental and Resource Studies
Local food sourcing
This project is a pamphlet (A Food Sourcing Ethnography for ... the Seasoned Spoon cafe), which describes the Seasoned Spoon, and discusses the products available at this cafe.
Land search and purchase by conservation organization
This project summarizes the behind the scenes effort that goes into pursuing land for possible purchase by a conservation organization.
Terminator technology
Greening the Festival of Trees
This report examines all practices leading to the production of waste at the Peterborough Festival of Trees. This study was requested by the festival to examine its environmental impact on the community. The research was broken down into four subsections being waste, compost, packaging and food.
TCCBE local food sourcing project: in partnership with the Seasoned Spoon and the Rooftop Garden, Trent University
Engaging the community: the Canadian food system and you
The Seasoned Spoon Co-Operative Cafe (the Spoon) is a student run organization (at Trent University) which provides vegetarian and vegan food produced using ingredients that are as local and organic.
Waste management from production to recycle
The document "measuring progress towards sustainability - Waste Indicators" main theme is to define waste indicators in Peterborough, Ontario. These will be used to determine what indicators are available, what they tell us and what other information is needed to reduce waste.
The development design and creation of an outdoor interpretive exhibit: the bird ecology area
This paper documents the function and benefits of outdoor interpretive exhibits. A proposed bird ecology interpretive exhibit is discussed in detail building on resources that are all ready in place at Camp Kawartha.
Greening the Festival of Trees
Audits were conducted, and results checked to calculate the amount of material that could have been recycled, reused or composted with a goal of working towards zero-waste generation, or a reduction of waste sent to the landfill.