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A/J is looking for a graphic designer to join our team in creating our next issue, Playbook for Progress! This is a great opportunity for a young designer looking to hone their skills or a freelancer looking to spread their wings. The selected candidate will assist the A/J Editorial Team […]
Raising Climate Literacy by Kerstyn Lutz Buchholz, K. (2020, July). 2020 is predicted to be the hottest year on record, according to NASA. Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/earth-climate-change-nasa/ NOAA Climate. (2009). What is Climate Science Literacy? Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://www.climate.gov/teaching/essential-principles-climate-literacy/whatclimate-science-literacy UNESCO. (2018, December 10). Climate Change Education […]
Should we have been that surprised? I am supposed to be writing about the great wealth and depth of editorial content that was created (and can be found online) for AlternativesJournal.ca. But when we started 2020, the idea that EVERYBODY would be moving ‘off-line’ and locking down was beyond abstract; […]
OPERATION ENVIRONMENT, coming to a mailbox near you in January 2021! At Alternatives Journal, we are ecstatic to announce that at the end of this December, we will be releasing our final issue of 2020, “Operation Environment”. At A\J, we have a hard working, dedicated staff which has allowed us […]
Alternatives Journal (A\J), Canada’s most-respected environmental media organization, is preparing to commemorate our 50th anniversary in 2021 – and we’ve scheduled an exciting array of issue themes to help us learn, grow and celebrate…. together! Because our work is your work, our stories are your stories, and our successes (and […]
Alternatives Journal (A\J) was founded in 1971 to serve, fundamentally, as a ‘literary lab experiment’ to foster conditions to enhance the environmental literacy of all Canadians. We were founded as an academic transfer journal in the then-new study area of ‘environment’. Everything we did in those days was experimental and […]
I am a fortunate human being. In spite of some legendary stupidity – and usual vagaries of life (and death) – I find myself a 57-year-old alive and well (enough) during a time of a global pandemic, amidst an era of unprecedented societal demands for change, all the while dealing […]
Leading the Change with Megan Leslie 1https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/humanitys-brokenrelationship-with-nature-needs-mending-world-wildlife-fundcanada-2517157 The Last Mile 1https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/retail/#what-is-retail 2https://medium.com/analytics-for-humans/the-evolution-ofconsumer-behavior-in-the-digital-age-917a93c15888 3https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/e-commerce-salesretail-sales-ten-year-review/ 4https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/covid-19- ecommerce/#changes-in-revenue-across-ecommerce 5https://ensia.com 6https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/lastmile.asp 7https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/ecommerce-returns 8Vachon, S. (2020). 9https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkiley5/2019/05/22/fordexplores-robot-delivery-to-cut-more-humans-fromworkforce/#6caf0d30fcf0 10https://theecobahn.com/logistics/electric-vehicles-are-electricdelivery-vehicles-really-more-sustainable/ It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Urban Agriculture! 1https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S2211912418300956 2https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322938761_The_Vertical_ Farm_A_Review_of_Developments_and_Implications_for_ the_Vertical_City 3http://www.fao.org/urban-agriculture/en/ 4http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/news/news-detail/en/c/329009/ 5https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15487733.2017.13940 54 6http://www.fao.org/urban-agriculture/en/ 7https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325700513_The_Role_ of_Urban_Agriculture_as_a_Nature-Based_Solution_A_ Review_for_Developing_a_Systemic_Assessment_ Framework 8https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johnshopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/news-room/NewsReleases/2016/vacant-lots-to-vibrant-plots.html 9https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johnshopkins-center-for-a-livable-future/news-room/NewsReleases/2016/vacant-lots-to-vibrant-plots.html […]
Born into a farming family in a small town where corn stalks reign supreme, I saw firsthand the physical effort and mental stamina it takes to be a farmer. I watched my father work 12+-hour days, oftentimes for weeks on end.
I’ve always been intrigued by the ocean. I see it as the perfect combination of beauty and destruction, with unique aquatic life and the potential to cause deadly tsunamis. My fascination lies in the fact that the ocean’s majesty and mystery is not as easily accessible to be explored as […]
