Canada's Environmental Voice
Alternatives readers voted Small is Beautiful one of the four "must haves" for any environmentalist's bookshelf. But is the catch-phrase EF Schumacher coined back in 1973 still valid? Alternatives Executive Editor Nicola Ross takes time out from the Alternatives holiday bash to give us an Editorial Overview of the latest […]
Cimate change, climate forcing, global warming – all these terms frame a collective public debate about the future of the world as we know it. Since that “world” is dynamic and geographically diverse, it is not surprising that political responses range widely from hand-wringing to commitment and resignation, to disbelief […]
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, and in this podcast we feature some environmental ideas from around the world that our contributors think we'd do well to replicate here in Canada. Alternatives' Executive Editor Nicola Ross gives us a preview of the print version of the magazine. […]
The environmental bandwagon is a pretty crowded place these days. And consumers appear finally willing to choose and pay more for environmentally sound products. Not surprising then that if you pick up any glossy magazine, you'll notice a startling number of advertisements touting the green benefits of products and services. So what […]
Sustainability – what is it, why is it important, how are we doing achieving it?
This inaugural episode of the AJ Podcast explores in more depth several of the feature articles from the June 2008 "Saving the Land that Feeds Us" issue.
