Canada's Environmental Voice
(ORIGINAL POSTED APRIL 21, 2021) CAUTION: Serendipitous roads may cause new perspectives It was early March, just before Covid-19 exploded into our collective consciousness. We – my partner and I – decided on a quick weekend getaway to celebrate an anniversary. We live in Kitchener and had wanted to visit […]
Higher Stakes Corporate sustainability increases your odds to make positive top-down change and to create large-scale, lasting environmental progress. Written by Siobhan Mullally HP volunteers heading out for a shoreline cleanup. Frances Edmonds has done groundbreaking work in corporate sustainability throughout her career. She is currently the Head of Sustainable […]
Building Rainbow BridgesQueering the Canadian Construction Sector Written by Kait Tyschenko The Queer experience in 2021 sits at various crossroads. LGBTQ2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two spirit, plus) Pride festivals occur in rainbow-plastered brilliance across the world, corporations funnel sponsorships into Queer focused events and branding, and yet if […]
Playing Chicken Make your own rules and choose your own adventures. Written by Natasha Arsenijevich Our world is an illusion. Like the Matrix, there are some realities that are carefully guised, designed to manage and soothe the masses while being manipulated by the men behind the proverbial curtain. By the […]
Rocking Forward for Progress Hello – and welcome to the first (planned) issue of 2021, our 50th anniversary year! Written by David McConnachie Way back in 1971, when we were founded by Dr. Robert Paehlke at Trent University as an academic transfer journal, we were at the leading edge of […]
Creators of The Playbook for Progress Natasha Arsenijevich (B.E.S, M.E.S) is a sustainability leader and business strategist with expertise in sustainable built environments, business and strategy development, agriculture and food studies, women’s studies, and professional writing. She has developed an award-winning sustainability program and has worked on a number of […]
Dear Reader, Our team at Alternatives Journal is proud to announce the release of our first issue of 2021 (46.1), The Playbook for Progress: A How-to Manual for Making Your World a Better Place. By looking into different silos of green work (government, academia, corporate, eNGO, etc), Playbook for Progress explores just […]
Letter from the Editor Written by Natasha Arsenijevich A How-to Manual for Making Your World A Better Place shares the stories of changemakers, altruistic influencers, big picture thinkers; but mostly, it shares the stories of compassionate people who are just trying to make the world a better place. This issue […]
Do you have faith in renewable energy powering our future? I am definitely an advocate for clean energy and a fossil-fuel-free future (pardon the excessive alliteration), but I do still have my doubts, especially concerning an equitable transformation and distribution of renewable energy. This podcast episode titled “Faith, Hope, and […]
The relationship between Canada and First Nations plays out like a marriage on the rocks. Once upon a time, separate Nations came together: some brought a love of land, and others had more of a lust for it. They made a solemn covenant, sealed the deal in ceremony, and then: […]
