It’s not that we don’t know how to determine if a project is sustainable. More often it’s that we fail to apply the tests that exist. This issue of Alternatives describes the many ways that we can test the sustainability of a project, a product or a service. It features […]

Editorial: Our Place in the World This issue of Alternatives explores how the built environment – the physical structures making up our cities, towns and villages – influences our relationships with nature and our fellow human beings. The basic insight expressed in the various theme articles is that if we […]

Editorial: The Nature of Sex – Ray Tomalty Eros Unbound – Kimberly-Anne Ford and William HipwellErotic experience can deepen our connection to nature and liberate our life energies from the cycle of production and consumption. Falling for Niagara – Karen DubinskyWriters have long found the great falls an erotic source of inspiration.

Editorial: Upside Down Logic – Robert Gibson The Day the NGOs Walked Out – Debora L. VannijnattenThe ARET project shows how voluntary pollution prevention may fail unless government ensures effective public involvement.Inset: Accuracy is Optional in ReportingInset: Voluntary Successes by Gary Gallon

Editorial: Unity in Diversity – Robert Gibson Demanding Good Wood – Martin von MirbachSome current approaches to forest certification are of dubious merit, and even the best have significant limitations.Inset: Forest Stewardship Council: Principles of Forest ManagementInset: Canadian Council of Forest Ministers: Criteria and Critical ElementsInset: Pacific Certification Council: Principles

Editorial: Diverse by Nature – Stephen Bocking Behind the Green Curtain – Michael M’GonigleDespite the rhetoric, BC’s recent forestry reforms will not protect biodiversity, and herein lies a cautionary tale for advocates of incremental change.

Editorial: Punching Dummies in the North – Bob Gibson The Nasty Game – Susan Wismer In the rush to mine Canada’s North for diamonds and minerals, native voices are being ignored and the environmental assessment process is failing.Inset: A Chronology of the BHP Diamond Mining Environmental Assessment by Susan Wismer […]

Editorial: Citizen Activism and the quest for sustainability – Don Alexander Local Stewardship: Training Ground for an Environmental Vanguard – Sally LernerInset: Top-down meets bottom-up down under by Anna Carr Heeding Rachel Carson’s Call: Reflections of a Home-Making Eco-Crusader – Helen MacDonald Expanding Worldviews: Social Movement Backgrounds Bring a Deeper […]

Note: This issue is available as a PDF only. Instead of receiving a copy in the mail, you will be emailed a link to download it. Editorial: The end of the world as we know it – Robert Gibson Visions of Nature and Society: A History of the Ecosystem Concept […]

Editorial: What’s the score after 20 years? – Robert Gibson Eco-History: Two Waves in the Evolution of Environmentalism – Robert PaehlkeInset: Regrets as hope Differences in Opinion: Round Tables, Policy Networks and the Failure of Canadian Environmental Strategy – Michael HowlettInset: Round tables taken with a grain of salt by […]