Dragon boat racers, soccer teams and choirs have it. The People’s Food Commission and its report, The Land of Milk and Money, had it too. Team members often display a go-for-it passion that is rooted in a powerful tradition: to believe in tomorrow, we must appreciate yesterday. To become a […]

Editorial: Climate for Change National Inspire – R. Peters, N. Shariff and J. Whitmore The Canadian Environmental Network’s latest green energy paper tells Canadians how to step up efforts to curb climate change. Time for an Oil Change – Nicola Ross Alberta should tap its much-lauded entrepreneurial spirit to lead the way […]

Water Privateers – Tony ClarkeInternational trade agreements and loan conditions are pushing the privatization of public water systems around the world.Inset: Water Privatization Glossary – David A. McDonaldInset: GATS Threat – Karl Flecker Public Water – Ron CrawleyThe Canadian Union of Public Employees has been leading the fight against the privatization of […]

Editorial: What’s the Buzz? Living It Up – Deborah Curran & Ray TomaltyThe wide range of support for smart growth in Canada promises morelivable towns and cities. Smart Growth Principles – Linda Pim & Joel Ornoy Three Ways We Subsidize Sprawl – Enid Slack Don’t Touch My Property – Deborah Curran

Editorial: No Fish, Two Tories – Robert Gibson From Jigging to Farming – Dean BavingtonThe destructive management principles that led to the collapse of the northern cod stocks are now being applied to the new aquaculture industry.Inset: The Belated Discovery of Cod DiversityInset: Principles of Ecological Aquaculture

Editorial: Just Another Reason – Robert Gibson Proof or Consequences – Lydia DottoSkeptics say we should wait for proof before taking action on climate change. If they turn out to be right, we’ll have saved a lot of bother. But if they’re wrong…Inset: Industry Fossils Deny Problem

Editorial: Brundtland and Beyond – Ray Tomalty The Power Elite – Stephen BockingThe Bakun Dam will flood 69,000 hectares of tropical forest, and displace thousands of people, to generate at great cost, electricity for which there is no immediate market..

Editorial: Global Problems, government limits – Robert Gibson Beyond Rio?: The Evolution of International Environmental Law – Jutta Brunnee Protecting a Land Without a Country: The Antarctic Environmental Protocol – David S. Russell Forging a Link: Two Approaches to Integrating Trade and Environment – Laurie Henderson Canadian, World, Technology Notes