Myths of Diversity – Andil GosineCanadian environmentalists don’t want to talk about racism — but too often that means the uncritical acceptance of popular diversity myths.Inset: Les Verts Reinvent Égalité Ghosts of Africville – Denise Izzard AllenFormer residents of Africville are still fighting municipal planning decisions in Nova Scotia.

Water Privateers – Tony ClarkeInternational trade agreements and loan conditions are pushing the privatization of public water systems around the world.Inset: Water Privatization Glossary – David A. McDonaldInset: GATS Threat – Karl Flecker Public Water – Ron CrawleyThe Canadian Union of Public Employees has been leading the fight against the privatization of […]

Editorial: What’s the Buzz? Living It Up – Deborah Curran & Ray TomaltyThe wide range of support for smart growth in Canada promises morelivable towns and cities. Smart Growth Principles – Linda Pim & Joel Ornoy Three Ways We Subsidize Sprawl – Enid Slack Don’t Touch My Property – Deborah Curran

Editorial The Whole Enchilada Pretending to Help the Poor – Anuradha MittalA Third World activist challenges the hypocrisy of the biotech giants. When Organics Go Mainstream – Vijay CuddefordThe rising mass-market appeal of organic foods has changed the world for the small, local producers who started it all.

Editorial: A Sacred Task Experimenting on Children – Kathleen CooperDespite the lessons from experience with lead in gasoline, Canadian regulators are only slowly adopting more precautionary approaches to environmental health threats involving children. Starting Off – Loren Vanderlindenmilk is still nature’s best infant food, but it is vulnerable to persistent contaminants.

Editorial: No Silver Bullet Here No Money, No Service – David A. MacDonaldSouth Africa’s attempts to recover service costs for water and power are harming its poorest citizens.Inset: IDRC’s Municipal Services Project Looking Beyond Johannesburg – George FrancisReal solutions to global problems will have to move from talk to action.

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: Environmental Baggage Gorilla Tourism – Greg RingerUganda uses tourism to recover from decades of violent conflict.Inset: Recipe for Ape Conservation – Kelly Loverock Left In Its Wake – Ross A. KleinThe cruise industry favours a voluntary approach to environmental responsibility, but has performed badly where tough regulatory controls are not in […]

Editorial: Culture Jammers and Basic Civility – Robert Gibson Free Radio – JEFF FERRELLCaught between community service and criminalized activity, pirate microbroadcasters are challenging authority.Inset: Meet Godzilla: Media Monster Poised to Gobble the World by RICHARD EDMONDSON

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.