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Researching and Protecting the Environment at SRUC

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

The importance of the environment is increasingly recognised in society and includes issues such as climate change, land management, habitat loss, pollution control, sustainable development and energy conservation. We are...

Categories: Agriculture, Campus, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, Organic Farming, Renewables, and Sustainability Tags: climate, climate change, courses, Ecology, Ecosystem, Energy, environment, Environmental, Environmental Management, Environmental Resource Management, environmental science, Farming for a Better Climate, Rural Policy Centre, sac consulting, sustainability, and sustainable

Crisps and Chocolate becoming extinct?!

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There was an interesting article in The Guardian recently which highlights the plight of some of our relied-upon food crops, brought on by external and environmental impacts such as climate...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, #climatechange, #guardian, #WFD2017, #WorldFoodDay, agricultural, agricultural biodiversity, agrobiodiversity, biodiversity, chocolate, climate change, coffee, crops, ecosystems, environment, Environmental, food, food security, management, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, potatoes, sustainability, sustainable, The Guardian, and world food day

Climate Week at SRUC

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Rich Gordon

From September 18th to 22nd, it’s Climate Week in Scotland. Here at SRUC we take environmental protection very seriously – indeed why we offer courses in renewables technology and environment!...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, Oatridge, Renewables, and Sustainability Tags: climate change, environment, Environment protection, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, and SRUC Oatridge

Climate Change, Food Security and SRUC

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There is a great deal of information out there about Climate Change and global food security at the moment, and much in the press this week about Donald Trump’s decision...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Countryside Management, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, Organic Farming, Renewables, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, agricultural science, biological science, biology, climate, climate change, climate change agreement, crops, election, environment, Environmental, excellence, food, food security, general election, genetic, genetically modified, global, global academy, paris, REF, renewable, renewables, research, sciences, sistainability, snap election, technology, trump, and vote