Canada's Environmental Voice
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: 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: In search of the missing links – Robert Gibson The Green Product Endorsement Controversy: Lessons from the Pollution Probe/Loblaws Experience – Gary Gallon Inset: Beware of bogus green products Inset: Other types of product support Inset: Fundraising – the nightmare of the “politically correct” by Susanna Reid
Editorial: View from the precipice – Susan Wismer Thinking Globally and Acting Locally – Julia Gardner and Mark Roseland Part I – Thinking Globally: The Role of Social Equity in Sustainable Development Part II – Acting Locally: Community Strategies for Equitable Sustainable Development Feminist Utopian Vision and Social Change – […]
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?
Editorial: Windmills: a revolutionary symbol – Robert Gibson Megaproject Mania: Round Two – Ted Schrecker A Soft Energy Path for Canada: Can it be Made to Work? – John Robinson ed. Water Conservation: the Untapped Solution – B.A. Benninger Guerilla Forestry: George Marek vs. the MNR – Trevor Wickham
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 […]
