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Royal Canadian Institute Lectures

Tuesday, 4. November 2008, 21:17:44

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I was fortunate enough to be able to attend two of the lectures put on by the Royal Canadian Institute while in Toronto. These are free lectures at the University of Toronto on a variety of science topics and are extremely interesting.
The first one I saw was, "Losing the Buzz: The Disappearance of Bees and Why it Matters" by Laurence Packer, Ph.D. from York University. I came away knowing a lot more about bees and other pollinators that I thought I would ever know. He mentioned that only a small portion of bees live in hives, work hard and produce honey.


The second talk was given by Myrna and Andre Simpson, "Using Big Magnets to Understand Environmental Contamination". Their work at the University of Toronto is to use very large magnets to study how contaminants bond with soil and hopefully how to clean up soil that has such contaminates.
These lectures eventually are posted on the Royal Canadian Institute's website at www.royalcanadianinstitute.org. Also http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/rci/Lectures.html

Certainly a great site to check out!


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Comments

Stardancer 4. November 2008, 22:32

Thanks for the link, Lois!

:up:

Allan 4. November 2008, 22:47

Lectures for laymen. I like that. I go to some of those myself.

Also from me: Thanks for the link.

Jaxs 5. November 2008, 01:02

Interesting lectures. magnets to clean up contaminated soil. What an interesting concept. Thank you Lois for the link. :D

Rick 5. November 2008, 03:13

Ah, so that's where you have been!
I have been worried about the bees myself.

José Torres 5. November 2008, 08:56

Thank you Lois, it seems was very good! Lucky you! :smile::smile:

Lois 5. November 2008, 13:51

Thanks everyone!!

Lois 5. November 2008, 13:51

Thanks everyone!!

Eliane a/k/a Elly 6. November 2008, 00:38

Very informative. If I am ever up in Canadaways... :up:

Adele 6. November 2008, 20:41

Interesting link, thanks!

studio41 7. November 2008, 01:05

Very cool, Lois. I got a brief education on bees here in the Midwest this summer... quite a topic! Don't know a thing about the magnet study, though, will have to check it out.

Cheryl 8. November 2008, 15:07

I would have enjoyed that lecture on the 'Losing the Buzz'...I am curious about that issue too.. I will look it up! :heart:

scott cumming 11. November 2008, 21:09

lois,
we never stop learning do we? :smile:

Lois 12. November 2008, 02:40

No, we never do. My dad always tells me, "Learn everything you can, knowledge is never a burden to carry around". I can hear his voice saying that every time an opportunity to learn comes up!!!

Jaxs 12. November 2008, 03:49

That is so true! It`s fun to learn and explore new things. Currently I`m learning about air gardens to grow vegetables.

Lois 12. November 2008, 21:22

I was thinking about that too, in particular tomatoes. Let me know how it goes.

Stardancer 12. November 2008, 21:29

Ok, I have to ask: What's an air garden?

:D

Jaxs 12. November 2008, 21:53

An air garden is a wood tree that holds several little pots for growing all kinds of things including vegetables. Very little soil is used. There is a farm not from me that does this. I`m going to go visit and learn more. I will let you know more when I find out. You can even have a garden if you live in an apt. No chemicals are used. :up:

Stardancer 12. November 2008, 23:22

That is so cool! Thanks for the information. Yes, please, post more about this as you learn it. This sounds as if it would be very useful, and fun, besides.

:smile:

Jaxs 12. November 2008, 23:37

I`m excited about going to visit the farm some time next week. It`s really :cool: I will keep you posted. :yes:

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