The Playlist for the Planet is another example of how the music community believes we need to do more to protect the environment. I hope the songs … inspire you to make changes that will bring about a healthier world. -David Suzuki
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Citizen Activism: Looking Inside the Environmental Movement 20.2
Editorial: Citizen Activism and the quest for sustainability – Don Alexander Local Stewardship: Training Ground for an Environmental Vanguard – Sally LernerInset: Top-down meets bottom-up down under by Anna Carr Heeding Rachel Carson’s Call: Reflections of a Home-Making Eco-Crusader – Helen MacDonald Expanding Worldviews: Social Movement Backgrounds Bring a Deeper […]
Correcting Environmental Neglect in the Constitutional Debate 18.4
Editorial: A Constitution without the environment is like… – Robert Gibson The Environment in the Current Constitution – Judith Hanebury Inset: What is the Constitution of Canada? – Paul Muldoon Designing an Environmentally Responsible Constitution – Barbara Rutherford and Paul Muldoon Background Materials and Commentaries
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The Agitator’s Library
With the worldwide explosion of the Occupy movement, and related Indignado protests in Europe, renewed attention has focused on the possibility of a new high water mark in the push for social change. Each of these four books approaches issues of social change from different perspectives, all drawing from a […]
The Transition Companion
Being an environmentalist isn’t for sissies – the statistics are depressing and they turn people off, and the problems often seem to have no end. Anyone feeling this way should read The Transition Companion, which mixes knowledge, action and inspiration to address a range of areas that are central to […]
Climate, Culture, Change: Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North
There is no denying the unique vantage point of Timothy Leduc’s new book, Climate, Culture, Change: Inuit and Western Dialogues with a Warming North. Your first clue is right there in the subtitle: that’s dialogues with, not about, Canada’s northern ecology.
The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds
Apart from a knowledgeable mentor, the field guide is a nature enthusiast’s most valuable tool. With the right guide, a seemingly featureless swath of unfamiliar habitat comes alive with ecological insight. In ornithology, guides are particularly valuable due to the immense variability that birds display. In The Crossley ID Guide: […]
The Secret Life of Stuff
The underlying message in Julie Hill’s book, The Secret Life of Stuff: A Manual for a New Material World, is one of conscious simplification. Not one to slap the wrists of consumers, she professes a love of shopping and the joy she gets from the perfect “find” for pennies. She does, […]
Out of this World (Issue 36.4)
Intro Editorial Overview (1m11 – 13m06 dur: 11m54) "Where in the World is Don Gamble?"How a missing environmental consultant found himself. (13m00 – 33m41 dur. 20m40) "Mr. Gorgolewski, Tear down that wall (and reuse it)" When 35% of our waste stream is demolition waste, it's time to rethink our building practices. […]
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