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Escarpment Blues

The following is an abridged version of an interview with Sarah Harmer. To hear the full interview, listen to Rocking the Environment podcast! Nicola Ross: How was the Niagara Escarpment part of your childhood?

EcoMorphosis

WHEN THE FIRST ISSUE of Alternatives Journal rolled off the presses in 1971, the world was a very different place – politically and technologically. There was a self-conscious political left and the political right was far less ascendant. Computers filled whole rooms and munched on punch cards to obtain information. […]

Ideas Worth Stealing 34.5-6

Ideas Worth Stealing 34.5-6

Number 5 – Education for the Planet (Special pullout!) This year’s environmental education directory is bigger and better than ever — 50 universities, 150 programs and lots more inspiring student-driven initiatives and ideas worth stealing. Check out what universities fit your educational goals and what creative student initiatives are worth […]

Sustainability and the Market Alternatives Journal 21.1

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 […]

Correcting Environmental Neglect in the Constitutional Debate 18.4

Correcting Environmental Neglect in the Constitutional Debate 18.4

Editorial: A Constitution without the environment is like… – Robert Gibson The Environment in the Current Constitution – Judith Hanebury Inset: What is the Constitution of Canada? – Paul Muldoon Designing an Environmentally Responsible Constitution – Barbara Rutherford and Paul Muldoon Background Materials and Commentaries

Lessons Learned (Issue 34.5-6)

Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, and in this podcast we feature some environmental ideas from around the world that our contributors think we'd do well to replicate here in Canada. Alternatives' Executive Editor Nicola Ross gives us a preview of the print version of the magazine. […]