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Framing Nature Alternatives Journal 23.1

Framing Nature 23.1

Editorial: Imagine No Resources – Mark Meisner Jock Talk, Goldfish, Horse Logging and Star Wars – Joan Sherman and Michael GismondiAn Alberta pulp company uses a variety of slick communications tools to establish a green image.

Power and Development Alternatives Journal 23.2

Power and Development 23.2

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..

Alternatives Journal 23.3

Ethical Wood 23.3

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

Alternatives Journal 23.4

Biodiversity 23.4

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.

Community Economic Development Alternatives Journal 22.1

Community Economic Development and Trade 22.1

Editorial: Rethinking the Powers of Trade – Susan Wismer Building Communities to Limit Trade: Following the Example of Women’s Initiatives – Ellie Perkins Building strong communities depends heavily on economic roles often filled by women and on approaches that women have been foremost in expounding and exemplifying.Inset: Investing in Women […]

Diamonds Aren't Forever Alternatives Journal 22.4

Diamonds Aren’t Forever 22.4

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 […]

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 […]

Reflections on Ecofeminism Alternatives Journal 21.2

Reflections on Ecofeminism 21.2

Editorials: Building Bridges, Tearing Down Walls – Sue Hendler and Tzeporah Berman Walking the Line: Facing the Complexities of the Woman-Nature Link – Sarah HutchesonInset: Initiatives in feminism, environmentalism and action by Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg Making the Links: Why Bioregionalism Needs Ecofeminism – Michelle Summer Fike and Sarah Kerr Ecofeminist […]

Finding A New Voice: Environmental Advocacy and the Arts 17.4

Finding A New Voice: Environmental Advocacy and the Arts 17.4

Editorial: Snow and goose feathers – Anne Champagne Literature and Environmental Thought: Re-establishing Connections With the World – Rebecca Raglon Inset: A Dream of Gaia – Bonnie Steinman Wordsworth as Environmentalist – Jenny Carter Community theatre builds the spirit of Eramosa – Susanna Reid