Agriculture (see second half of Day 8 for notes)

 It’s a little late, but the controversy over the wolf cull in BC would make an excellent topic for the media analysis. (I will hand back the outlines I have.)  Relevant to agriculture is the farmers’ market on campus on Thursdays and the Campus Food Movement organization.  Did anyone go to either the candidates’ forum or the Social Sciences pizza lunch?  Daniel will share his knowledge on soil and land reclamation for a few minutes today.

 I will circulate a book, From the Good Earth, by Michael Ableman, California and Salt Spring Island farmer, and co-founder of Sole Food Street Farms in the Downtown Eastside:  Here’s a link about the use of drones by environmental groups on Vancouver Island to challenge logging decisions: +activists+using+drones+fight+information/ / story.html +activists+using+drones+fight+information/ / story.html  They are also being used to conserve rhino populations in Africa: us/empowering/?ocid=ED_O_MSCOM_NULL_NULL_en -us_NULL#~pqjddzRTAfX49Zhttp:// us/empowering/?ocid=ED_O_MSCOM_NULL_NULL_en -us_NULL#~pqjddzRTAfX49Z

 I’m also circulating a link about the Vancouver School District trying to come to grips with the issue of bottled water use in schools: (see also the slide show on my web site).  There is a Zero Waste conference in Vancouver on Thursday, October 29th. If anyone wanted to go and offer a brief report, I would excuse you for the day:  A reminder about the film “Bikes vs. Cars” on Wednesday at 6:30 in Building 250, Room 125, by donation. And the Sustainability Fair on Thursday from 11:30 to 2 in the Library Quad.

 To learn more about International Student Exchange program (with the deadline of October 15 th ), see Exchange Partners:  Exchange Application: ments/ExchangeApplication.pdf ments/ExchangeApplication.pdf  Funding & Scholarships:  Exchange Contact: Jennifer Sills, Manager Education Abroad 