Master of Landscape Architecture Program
Student Name: Adelaide Hayden-Sofio
Course: Capstone
Course Instructor: Jessica Rossi-Mastracci and Matt Tierney
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Bogs are beautiful, bouncy and filled with blueberries, and yet barely anyone knows about them, or understands how critical they are for our climate future. They are a unique type of wetland, placed under the category of peatlands, and they are great at capturing our carbon. Covering only about 3 percent of the earth's surface, peatlands hold over 30 percent of the earth's soil carbon, making them a massive carbon sink! In this project the spotlight is pointed at a specific canadian boreal bog; Burns Bog in British Columbia. By examining past and future threats to the bog this project speculates on how its restoration and protection could be used as a tool to create a space for people to learn all about bogs, from their carbon capturing abilities to their crazy carnivorous plants.
