The Carnivore’s Dilemma
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“Carnivore’s Dilemma”. National Geographic, 2021, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/meat/. Who doesn’t love a good play on words? That’s exactly what got my attention when i saw the heading The Carnivore’s Dilemma. This great article goes back and forth in why people, especially here … Read More

I Smell Something Fishy
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Driver, Kelly, and JH Health. “Seafood”. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, 2021, http://www.foodsystemprimer.org/food-production/seafood/. Who doesn’t love fresh caught fish? It turns out if you do, you’re in the majority. However what does that mean nowadays for our oceans? … Read More

Bees, One More Reason To Love Them
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Nat Schouten, Couper. “Factors Influencing Beekeepers Income, Productivity And Welfare In Developing Countries: A Scoping Review”. Taylor & Francis, 2020, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00218839.2020.1844464. When I first read this article I was skeptical, because what more could these little insects provide? They already … Read More

A Lesson In Conflict From The Clayoquot Sound
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Butt, Gordon, and Don McMillan. “Vol 10, No 2 (2009)”. Jem-Online.Org, 2009, https://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/issue/view/33. There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that timber is an incredibly valuable economic source for British Columbia, especially on the coast, where there’s massive old growth forests. … Read More

Are We Eating Our Planet To Death?
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Driver, Kelly, and JH Health. “Food And Climate Change”. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, 2021, http://www.foodsystemprimer.org/food-production/food-and-climate-change/. So what exactly does it mean to say that we’re eating our planet to death? As we all know by now, climate … Read More

What’s The Scoop on Glaciers and Earthquakes Anyways?
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Shutterstock. (2015, April 16). ​Melting Glaciers, Candy-Coloured Towns, Inuit Culture- Fragile Gorgeous Greenland ​[digital image]. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/lealane/2015/04/16/melting-glaciers-candy-colored-towns-inuit-culture-fragil e-gorgeous-greenland/#59a4b5f1ede1 So before we jump into this, I feel like there needs to be some background on this piece. This was created … Read More

Just A Humble Introduction
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Greetings everyone, I’m currently a 4th year student at Thompson Rivers University and this e-portfoli, and the blog was created for an environmental sustainability class. And this space was created so I can share my ideas and views.

Giveback Piece
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http://tori.trubox.ca/2021/03/22/just-a-humble-introduction/(opens in a new tab) Above this is the link to the blog posts, enjoy!

Reflective Essay
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I’ve always had an interest in the natural world and preserving it. Even as a young child, I enjoyed running through the coastal forests. But, what made me pursue an education in the Natural Resource sciences are these vivid memories … Read More

Environmentally Sustainable Course-Related Work
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ENSU 1000: LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Verification Form Category F – Course Related Work   Name: Tori McQueen                                               Points Earned: 3 Please check the category that applies to you:   ☐   Create or write a paper, poster, or project for … Read More