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The Summer of the Flying Fish is a Chilean-French coproduction directed by Marcela Said. It premiered at Cannes Film Festival (2013) and won awards at the Cinema en Construction in Toulouse, La Habana Film Festival, and the RiverRun International Film Festival. The story unfolds as Manena, a young teenage girl, […]
*** Calling all young environmentalists! Starting on July 1st, Alternatives Journal’s interns are taking over A\J online for the summer!
One question I am frequently asked in my work at Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is “what’s the difference between a butterfly and a moth?” From my perspective, the most noticeable difference is that butterflies are more popular. While butterflies are celebrated symbols of freedom, peace and beauty, moths tend to be […]
Screen time and sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. A recent US Public Interest Research Group study found that hand-held technology advancements are leading smartphone users to choose multi-modal transportation over privately owned vehicles, especially among 16- to 34-year-olds. Beyond making car sharing, bike sharing, cab hailing and public […]
Editorial: Energy: Many Battles to Go – Ted Schrecker The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline: A Battle, Not A War – David B. Brooks A Summer of Decision: Pipelines and Pipedreams – Robert Page Reader Information Service Resource Development in Labrador – Lucie Edwards Carter Bay: Las Vegas of the North? – […]
Editorial: Nuclear Power – Robert C. Paehlke The Real Limits to Growth – W.A. Ross Some Ways of Thinking About the Future – Janice Tait An Exchange of Views on Nuclear Power – C.A. Mawson, Lille d’Easum and Ted Schrecker Prairie Madness: The Garrison Diversion – Onno Kremers Cooperative Settlements […]
Editorial – Robert C. Paehlke Environmental Crisis and the Artistic Invasion – Ronald Rees Wilderness and Culture – Wayland Drew Syncrude or Socialism? – Larry Pratt Utilizing Canadian Natural Resources – Eric Kierans Ecology as Ideology – James A. Harding Social Costs of Technological Progress – John M. Raftery
The Economics of Limiting Energy Use – Michael A. Goldberg Position Paper on the James Bay Project – the James Bay Committee James Bay: further comment – Michael Sinclair The Future of Lake Louise – John Marsh Congressional Attitudes Toward the Environment – Michael E. Kraft Exchange on the Forest […]
Power and the Liberation of Nature: The politics of Ecology – Henry Steck Canada, The United States, and the Environment: The Third Alternative – Geoff Mains A Hint from the Past – R. K. Vastokas The Environmental Impact of Economic Activity: a multidisciplinary view – Peter Victor Sound the Sirens: […]
Toxic Men, Toxic Earth, Toxic Futures To start, defund the patriarchy Written by Sophia Sanniti After a riveting presentation this February on the rise and decline of patriarchal systems by prominent American feminist economist Nancy Folbre [1], I was more than displeased to see the webinar chat had been ‘zoom […]
