ESST Event: Dirt Documentary

The ESST students gathered last week to watch the documentary Dirt. It depicts the importance of dirt, as well as what role it plays in our everyday life. You can read more about it here.

Taryn, an ESST student wanted to share her experience about the documentary:

So the other day, My ESST buddies and I watched a documentary about Dirt! It was a great little film and made the night so much better! Most of us didn't know what to think about it when we talked about the week before in our meeting, but decided to watch it anyways. We all sat around and watched the story about dirt, what we are doing to it, and how we can care for it to make sure that it can live. The documentary had us all laughing and tearing up at times. It was a lot fun! hopefully we will be able to watch something else before exams! but who knows with everything else that we are doing in the next few weeks! Keep coming back to hear more stories of what the ESST group is getting up to!




If you have the chance to view this documentary it is highly recommended by the ESST students!

TD Go Green Challenge!

Recently four Environmental Sustainability students entered the TD Go Green Challenge. The challenge was to create a video explaining what you would do to improve your campus to make it more sustainable if you had the funds to do so. The polls are open on the TD website and we need you to vote! Please help Acadia to become more sustainable!

Here is a bit to explain what these students would do with the money:
Our idea is to have a sustainable gym at Acadia University. We could use the energy we burn exercising to power the gym's electricity. We're all the power we need.

Here are the students who put the video together.

Janine

 Mark

 Sarah 

Megan

Watch the video and vote here.

Snowshoeing and a Potluck

Last Sunday the ESST student joined together for snowshoeing as well as a potluck. The weather was beautiful and the food was delicious resulting in a great day of bonding students and professors. Here are a few pictures of our day!

We ended the day with a lovely "green" cake!