Life cycle analysis | Among recommended management practices is use of ionophores in roughage diets to improve digestion
Reducing the Alberta beef industry’s environmental hoofprint may be easier said than done. Alberta Agriculture, commodity groups and scientists recently conducted a two-phase study that evaluated the environmental impact and possible benefits of certain practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Many livestock groups promote best management practices. Benefits include improved animal health and better soil […] Read moreTag Archives Environment
Students, watershed reap rewards from project
PONOKA, Alta. — The Battle River runs past their school, but it wasn’t until students at St. Augustine school entered a competition to save their watersheds that they understood its importance to the area. Daniella Perillat, a teacher at the school, believed the students lacked a good understanding of the importance of watersheds so she […] Read more
Australia challenged to reduce emissions
Ross Garnaut, in a special report commissioned by all the governments of Australia, is proposing to pay farmers big money for biosequestration. Garnaut has advanced a plan to extend over many years, and much of what he has written describes how Australia must proceed to remain a member in good standing of an international community […] Read more
Getting green education lifelong learning process
Learning doesn’t stop at the school doorway. A wealth of knowledge is available to us today from both traditional forms of information and the newer internet-based information sources. It is equally true for those interested in green building and renewable energy. It is up to each of us to search and distill what we find. […] Read more
Lawyer calls for better vehicle regulation in wild areas
FORT MACLEOD, Alberta. — Protecting headwaters is high on the priority list for the Oldman Watershed Council, a non-profit group designed to maintain and improve the Oldman River and its environs. Adam Driedzic, staff lawyer with the Environmental Law Centre, fears cumulative effects of all-terrain vehicles and other off-highway vehicles might damage those headwater areas […] Read more
