Goretty Dias
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| Ph.D. | Atmospheric Science, University of Guelph |
| B.Sc. | Physical Geography, University of Guelph |
Goretty started her research on greenhouse gas emissions and other air contaminants from agriculture and natural systems. Recently, her work has focused on life cycle assessment (LCA) and social and environmental issues in supply chains. In the past 6 years, she has conducted LCA studies of Canadian agriculture, bioenergy, and renewable energy. Her current interests are in the use of LCA and other sustainability assessment tools to analyze various systems:
sustainable food and biofuel/bioenergy production, food security, and renewable energy
going beyond carbon and including Ecological (Environmental) Goods and Services and Social LCA in assessing conventional/organic agriculture/food systems and renewable energies
environmental footprinting of diets (e.g. North American, European, vegan, etc.) and foodshed analysis
social and economic opportunities for local food processing and value-added products
Young S, Fonseca A, Dias G. 2010. Principles for responsible metal supply to electronics. Social Responsibility Journal. 6 (1), 1747-1117.
Johannesson G, Dias G, Young S, Wiens M, Kopp J, Dadfar H. 2010. LCA of cow-calf production systems in Manitoba, Canada. Presented at CYCLE 2010: From Science to Decision-Making, 4th Canadian Forum on the Life Cycle Management of Products and Services. Montréal, QC, May 4-5, 2010.
Young S, Fonseca A, and Dias G. 2008. Sustainable Solutions for Metals Supply? A Critical Analysis of MakeITfair's Principles on the Extractive Phase of the Electronics Supply Chain. Presentation at Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2008: Challenging the Mainstream. Belfast: Queen's University Management School, September 2008.
Bushi L, Dias G, Young SB, Ominski K, Tenuta M, Monreal C. Life cycle analysis of management practices to improve productivity of forage-based beef production systems (Platform presentation). SETAC 27th Annual Meeting, Life cycle thinking applied to forestry, agricultural, mining, fisheries and petroleum products session, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 5-9, 2006.
Dias G, Bushi L, Young S, Monreal C, Lafond G, McKell J. Life cycle analysis of an environmental technology to better manage efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers in durum wheat. Joint Colloquium of The Canadian Society of Animal Science, The Canadian Society of Agronomy, & The Canadian Society of Horticultural Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 1-4, 2006.
Schroeder WH, Beauchamp S, Edwards GC, Poissant L, Rasmussen PE, Dias G, Tordon R, Kemp J, Van Heyst BJ. 2005. Gaseous mercury emissions from natural sources and processes in Canadian landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 110 (D18): D18302.1-D18302.13.
Dias GM and Edwards GC. 2003. Differentiating natural and anthropogenic sources of metals to the environment. Human & Ecological Risk Assessment, 9 (4), 699-721.
Edwards GC, Thurtell GW, Kidd GE, Dias GM, Wagner-Riddle C. 2003. A diode laser based gas monitor suitable for measurement of trace gas exchange using micrometeorological techniques. Agricultural & Forest Meteorology. 115 (1-2): 71-89.
Edwards GC, Dias GM, Thurtell GW, Kidd GE, Roulet NT, Kelly CA, Rudd JWM, Moore A, and Halfpenny-Mitchell L. 2001. The measurement of methane flux from a natural wetland pond and adjacent vegetated wetlands using TDL-based micrometeorological techniques. Water, Air & Soil Pollution: Focus, 1 (5-6): 447-454.
Warland JS, Dias GM, and Thurtell GW. 2001. A tunable diode laser system for ammonia flux measurements over multiple plots. Environmental Pollution. 114: 215-221.
ENBUS 402: Environment and Business Project
