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Green Collar Revolution
KIDS ARE SMART. They get it. Over the past year, I have spoken to hundreds of university students in Eastern Canada. First, I present scientific evidence that demands we put a price on carbon and move to a low-carbon economy. Next, I pose the question: Which sectors will be the […]
Point – CounterPoint: The Carbon Tax Tango
Jack Mintz and Mark Jaccard
Application Denied
NORTHGATE MINERAL COROPORATION’S proposed Kemess North Project will not be going ahead, at least not soon and not as proposed. The project â an open-pit, copper-gold expansion to an existing mine in a remote, mountainous area of northcentral British Columbia â was rejected by provincial and federal authorities.
What’s the Big Idea? Markets
EVERY SUMMER, we have a small produce market in our neighbourhood. Volunteers run it oncea week. In the morning, they go to the regional farmersâ produce auction. In the afternoon, they set out the fruits and vegetables on temporary tables in front of the community centre, with handmade signs indicating […]
Calling Buzz Holling
LISTEN TO the full 45-minute interview with Buzz Holling on our Podcast page. Nicola Ross:âYouâve written that âNovelty emerges from the interaction between opportunity and crisis.â Can you explain what you mean by novelty?
The Hottest Night of the Year
There is no denying that the world could use a helping hand these days. With a shrinking ozone layer, melting ice caps and overfishing, the outlook for the environment isnât so great. And knowing that all the penguins are moving to Hollywood only serves to remind us of how weâve […]
Sustainability and the Market 21.1
Equity and the Environment: Social Justice Today as a Prerequisite for Sustainability in the Future – James K. BoyceInset: LA Watchdog group challenges traditional solutions to environmental problems The Social Cost of Sustainability: Distribution and Equity in Environmental Policy – Brenda LeithInset: An entrenched system blocks new economic initiatives by […]
The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World
Society has always had a weakness for seers and prophets, those who claim the ability to travel mentally to that murky destination called the future and bring back lessons for today. But the next frontier is, of course, an unknowable place. Regardless of how attractive or compelling a vision of […]
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 […]
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