[tugs] TUGS Digest: February 2nd, 2009
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TUGS Digest: February 2nd, 2009
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News & Events
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1. TUGS GEOLunch - Local Food: Is it the Answer? ? Feb 3, 1pm
2. FREE SPIN Gardening Workshop - Feb 5, 6:30pm
3. Airway Responsiveness in a nurine asthma model linked to L-aringine
metabolism and exacerbated by air pollution - Feb 5, 4:10 pm
4. The Physical Geography Event Series ? Feb 6, 3pm
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1.
TUGS GEOLunch
One Hour Seminar & Free Lunch!
Tuesday, Feb 3rd 2009
1:00-2:00pm
Sidney Smith Hall - room 2125
100 St. George Street, Toronto
*Free*
Sarah Wakefield will present:
LOCAL FOOD: IS IT THE ANSWER?
Eating local food (as explained in books like "The 100-Mile Diet" and
implied in terms like "locavore") is increasingly seen as a step
towards environmental sustainability and a way to support rural
economies.
At the same time, the emphasis on local food is being criticized in
some quarters as a form of agricultural protectionism and a climate
change red herring.
This presentation will begin by reviewing some of the concerns being
raised about the sustainability and social justice of the mainstream
food system, and explain how local food is seen as helping to solve
these problems. The various criticisms of the local food "movement"
will also be discussed.
Then, drawing on interviews with Southern Ontario farmers and using
examples from local food initiatives in Ontario and elsewhere, the
presentation will shed light on how (and how much) we can expect local
food to help create a sustainable and socially just food system.
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2.
FREE SPIN Gardening Workshop - Thu Feb 5, 6:30pm
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. West, Council Chambers
Toronto residents are invited to join special guest Paula Sobie, an
expert in SPIN (Small Plot INtensive) Gardening, at a free workshop.
Paula will share her expertise and provide tips to help you improve
the efficiency and productivity of your backyard or community garden.
To confirm your attendance, please email teo@xxxxxxxxxxx For more
information, call 416-392-1826
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3.
AIRWAY RESPONSIVENESS IN A MURINE ASTHMA MODEL LINKED TO L-ARINGINE
METABOLISM AND EXACERBATED BY AIR POLLUTION
Thu Feb 5, 4:10 pm
Room 108, Health Sciences Building, 155 College St., at McCaul St.
MICHELLE NORTH, Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,
Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine and Collaborative
Program in Environment and Health, Centre for the Environment,
University of Toronto. No registration or fee required; all are welcome.
Visit www.environment.utoronto.ca for schedule updates, abstracts and
speakers' bios.
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4.
Prairie wetland-upland complexes: hydrological understanding and
management implications'
The Physical Geography Event Series (co-sponsored by the UTM Csillag
Seminar Series) is hosting a talk by Masaki Hayashi (Canada Research
Chair in Physical Hydrology at University of Calgary)
Friday February 6th at 3pm in PGB101 (details below).
Everyone is encouraged to attend. Coffee and snacks will be provided.
Wetlands, or sloughs, are the ubiquitous feature of prairie landscape
and an important ecological resource. As prairie wetlands exist within
agricultural lands, their hydrological and ecological functions are
sensitive to their linkage with uplands. This seminar will illuminate
some important aspects of hydrological wetland-upland interaction in
context of the integrated management of wetland-upland complex and
preservation and restoration of wetland habitats
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