Canada's Environmental Voice
PRETEND THAT YOU are about to build a modest home somewhere in Canada. You’ve made the appropriate arrangements with designers, building officials, contractors and suppliers. The only thing left to do before you start construction is order the 75,000-litre railway tanker full of gasoline that you’ll burn to provide the […]
ENERMODAL ENGINEERING is Canada’s largest consulting firm exclusively dedicated to creating green buildings and communities. The company recently celebrated its 100th LEED-certified building, and its president and founder Stephen Carpenter was named a LEED fellow. He spoke with Alternatives’ podcaster Mark Brooks. Mark Brooks: What exactly is LEED certification?
MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T buy a car without knowing its fuel economy, or sign up for a cellphone plan without comparing service-provider rates. Yet when it comes to one of life’s biggest investments – purchasing a home – few people question how much it will cost to operate that house over […]
Editorial: Environmentalism and Time Horizon – Robert C. Paehlke Oil Sands Development and Acid Rain in Alberta – Gregory Taylor Ecological Sanity and Social Justice: Public Health in the Age of Osiris – Trevor Hancock Carving up the Wilderness: Strategic Land Use Planning in Northern Ontario – John Marsh On […]
Editorial: A Question of Poisoning – Ted Schrecker Mercury and Kepone: Two Killers on Two Continents – Reiko Watanuki Notes from the Territories: Arsenic Poisoning – Lloyd Tataryn Notes from Thunder Bay: Asbestos in the Water – James Harding The Wild Creatures, the Native People, and Us: Canadian Literary-Ecological Relationships […]
Editorial – Robert Paehlke The Politics of Transformation – William Ophuls The Strongest Force in the Universe – Robert Herendeen Energy Policy Planning: Towards a Critical Perspective – Murray Randall Clearcutting Canada’s Forests – Ted Jackson Ethical Perspectives on Urban Transportation – Donald W. Huffman
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? – […]
It’s Not About Tupperware I have purchased Alternatives from time to time from my local health food store. I signed up for a subscription when I was at the Guelph Organic Conference in late January. I just received my first magazine, and happy to see all about building green.
Art is powerful. Unlike science, which devotes itself to the refinement of analytical understanding, art has the capacity to go beyond hypothesis and fact to reveal something closer to emotional truth. Art can both explain the world around us, and inspire people to care about it.
Editorial: Labour and the Environment – Robert C. Paehlke A Question of Choice – David Brooks and Alma Norman Goin’ Down the River to James Bay – Bruce Hodgins, Carol Hodgins and Marcus Bruce Save Maple Mountain! – Jamie Benidickson Federal Air Pollution Policy: Some Thoughts on Effects and Feedbacks […]
