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Alternatives Journal 25.1

Reaping What We Sow 25.1

Editorial: The Planet is What We Eat – Ray Tomalty Saving Seeds – Bob WildfongFarmers and gardeners are the best hope for protecting what remains of food plant diversity.Inset: Genetic Capital Is Being Eroded in Genebanks by Brenda InouyeInset: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Jy ChiperzakInset: Heritage Seed Contacts […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

Regulatory Initiatives and the Environment Alternatives Journal 20.4

Regulatory Initiatives and the Environment 20.4

Editorial: At the limits of the regulated market – by Robert Gibson Keeping the Zero in Zero Discharge: Phasing Out Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes Basin – Paul Muldoon and John Jackson Subtle Effects: Requiring Economic Assessments in the Environmental Choice Programme – David S. Cohen

Green (TM) Alternatives Journal 18.3

Green(TM) 18.3

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

The Greening: Celebrating 20 Years of Citizen Participation Alternatives Journal

The Greening: Celebrating 20 Years of Citizen Participation 19.1

Editorial: What’s the score after 20 years? – Robert Gibson Eco-History: Two Waves in the Evolution of Environmentalism – Robert PaehlkeInset: Regrets as hope Differences in Opinion: Round Tables, Policy Networks and the Failure of Canadian Environmental Strategy – Michael HowlettInset: Round tables taken with a grain of salt by […]

Can Conservation Strategies Lead to Sustainable Development? A\J 16.4-17.1

Can Conservation Strategies Lead to Sustainable Development? 16.4-17.1

Editorial: Time for a new package of ideas, icons and “isms” – J.G. Nelson Conservation Strategies: Providing the Vision for Sustainable Development – E.W. Manning Sea Changes, Sustainability and Strategies – Michael Kelly and Kim Sanderson Provincial Conservation Strategies: The Experience of Prince Edward Island – John B. McClellan