Canada's Environmental Voice
Editorial: Finding the path to a sustainable future – Robert Gibson International Trade and the Environment: An Environmental Assessment of Present GATT Negotiations – Steven Shrybman Local Economic Self-Reliance – Paul Ekins Defining a Sustainable Society: Values, Principles and Definitions – John Robinson, George Francis, Russel Legge and Sally Lerner
AS THE ALTERNATIVES TEAM was finishing up this Green Buildings issue, we were also settling in to a new building ourselves. The former Public Utilities Building in the heart of downtown Kitchener, Ontario, is a three-storey stone beauty from the early 1930s, complete with Art Deco flourishes and an original […]
THE QUESTION made a great conversation starter on its own: Can a grand dinner party bringing together the right people spark a conversation that could change the world? Last November, World Accord International Development Agency in Waterloo, Ontario, decided to find out.
Editorial: Salvation in insignificant increments – Robert Gibson The Three Legacies of Bhopal – Sehdev Kumar Feasting in Haida Gwaii – Alex Grzybowski and Diane Brown Wild Plants: Sustenance for the Hungry – Liz Pope The Grassroots Approach to Development in Latin America – Miguel A. Altieri Freedom and Necessity […]
Editorial: Environmental Challenges for the 80s – Beatrice Olivastri and R. Brian Woodrow A Decade of Environmental Concern: Retrospect and Prospect – Donald A. Chant Environment in the 80s: Global Challenges and Responsibilities – Noel J. Brown Much To Be Done: Exploring the Interface Between Occupational and Environmental Health – […]
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? – […]
During his 21 years as a staff reporter at the Toronto Sun, David Kendall covered everything from rape n’ pillage to Mrs. Brown’s cockroach infestation. His current novel, Death Wish, is set mainly in Nauru, a place he visited in 2007.
When I was asked to compare nature literature in Canada and the United States, particularly in the West, I quickly went for my bookshelves – only to discover that the lion’s share of my library was still far away, sequestered, like a lost collection of ancient Middle Eastern scrolls in […]
If the world as you knew it was going to end in 21 days, what would you do? Find shelter, locate a water supply or possibly pull out your SKS assault rifle? Wendy Brown’s Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs takes readers through day-by-day preparations in order to live comfortably after an […]
Intro (00:00-3:05) Editorial Overview with Nicola Ross (3:05-10:45) Sarah Harmer on Mount Nemo, aggregate extraction and her advocacy work with PERL, interview by Nicola Ross (10:45-22:16) Wisdom and rhythm of the elders pulse through Greg Brown's veins, interview by Marcia Ruby (22:17-32:48) "Your Town Now" song by Greg Brown […]
