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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 – […]
AS THE ALTERNATIVES TEAM was finishing up this Green Buildings issue, we were also settling in to a new building ourselves. The former Public Utilities Building in the heart of downtown Kitchener, Ontario, is a three-storey stone beauty from the early 1930s, complete with Art Deco flourishes and an original […]
THE QUESTION made a great conversation starter on its own: Can a grand dinner party bringing together the right people spark a conversation that could change the world? Last November, World Accord International Development Agency in Waterloo, Ontario, decided to find out.
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?
“I’M NOT THE KIND OF PERSON to say, ‘Look at this great space to share ideas in’,” admits André Roy, Dean of Environment at the University of Waterloo. “But this building is different.”
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 […]
Editorial – Beatrice Olivastri and Joan E. Farrell Economic Growth, Equity and the Conserver Society – Ted Schrecker Working with Ideas: A Report on a Local Initiative – John S. Lawless The Impact of Energy Prices on Low Income Households – Michael Miloff Energy Savings at Home ? A Reasonable […]
