Editorial: A Line Across the Board – Robert Gibson Diversity Over Solidarity – Robert GibsonWhat we have learned and where we have come in 30 years of eco-activism. Corporate Vulnerability Alternatives Journal interviews Naomi Klein.
Editorial: A Line Across the Board – Robert Gibson Diversity Over Solidarity – Robert GibsonWhat we have learned and where we have come in 30 years of eco-activism. Corporate Vulnerability Alternatives Journal interviews Naomi Klein.
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: Child of the Weekend Gets a Job – Stephen Bocking Stopped Cold – Heather A. SmithAction by Canada on climate change has been blocked by opposition both inside and outside government.Inset: Trading Scheme Offers One Way to Cut Greenhouse Gases by Trevor FleckInset: Key Events
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: The Spirit of Critical Dialogue – Cate Sandilands Beer Cans, Gas Guzzlers and Green Taxes: How Using Tax Instead of Law May Affect Environmental Policy – Doug Macdonald Why was the Ontario government willing to impose a green tax on beer cans, but not on gasoline?Inset: A Primer on […]
Editorial: Lighten up, eh – Eric Higgs and Robert Gibson Seven Ways to Bring Humour to Your Environmental Group – Charles Varon The Environmentalist as Dark Comedian – Peter Timmerman Debate Rages Over Shocking Half Human/Half Animal Babies – William M. Glenn Keeping up with the Joneses – Jeffrey Kohl […]
MODERN CONCERNS about energy started with two oil-price shocks in the 1970s, coming to the fore again in the 1980s with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Then, more recently, we experienced the Deepwater Horizon and Fukushima disasters. Who knows what the future holds?
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 […]