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Alternatives Journal 24.4

Climate Change 24.4

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

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 23.4

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 […]

Green Communities Alternatives Journal 22.2

Green Communities 22.2

Editorial: Greening Our Communities – Mark Roseland Greening the City: The Ecological and Human Dimensions of the City Can Be Part of Town Planning – Peter Newman Making our cities more liveable entails making them both greener and more convivial, an opportunity to revitalize a rich tradition from the pre […]

Green Taxes Alternatives Journal 22.3

Green Taxes 22.3

Editorial: The Spirit of Critical Dialogue – Cate Sandilands Beer Cans, Gas Guzzlers and Green Taxes: How Using Tax Instead of Law May Affect Environmental Policy – Doug Macdonald Why was the Ontario government willing to impose a green tax on beer cans, but not on gasoline?Inset: A Primer on […]

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 […]

Competing Perceptions Alternatives Journal 21.3

Competing Perceptions 21.3

Editorial: Exploring Human Knowledge and Perception – Catriona Sandilands The Experts Disagree: A Simple Matter of Facts Versus Values? – Christina ChociolkoInset: Experts, counter – experts and alternative understandings in the Alpac caseInset: Experts disagree about transmissions line health risks Turning Rivals into Allies: Understanding the Wise Use Movement – […]