Canada's Environmental Voice
Publisher’s Note By David McConnachie A few years ago, I was having a humorous conversation with a friend who teased me that environmentalists (‘tree-huggers’ was the exact phrase) were so detached from their own humanity because they were obsessed with other things, like trees, whales and the like. I corrected […]
When MiningWatch Canada started up in 1999, we all hoped that our work would challenge the industry-dominated discourse about mining and smelting in Canada. We were determined to see academics, journalists, and popular publishers expose the enormous externalized costs of the metals extracted in this country to workers, indigenous peoples, […]
The Mark of Luna Written by: David McConnachie 2026 She wasn’t the biggest wolf pup born to the alpha female. She wasn’t the most aggressive in play or in the fight over food. She was quiet and observing, getting drawn into play by her more rambunctious siblings after half-hearted […]
2026 She wasn’t the biggest wolf pup born to the alpha female. She wasn’t the most aggressive in play or in the fight over food. She was quiet and observing, getting drawn into play by her more rambunctious siblings after half-hearted efforts to dismiss their entreaties to join in the […]
In 1925, at the Crystal Palace exhibition hall in London, esteemed judge AW Smith of the Lizard Canary Association, was introduced to the newest sensation in the canary world. Mrs. Rogerson of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire had been attempting to create a miniature crested canary and determinedly pursued her goal. At […]
It would be impossible to celebrate the lives of two such magnificent authors without taking a look back at their work. This piece takes a look back at Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy, one of her poems from Dearly, and Graeme Gibson’s The Bedside Book of Birds – An Avian Miscellany, […]
Have you ever felt like you care about environmental issues and climate change, but you feel like there is only so much an individual can do? How can one person make a difference when the institutions and systems we live and work in are holding us back? A common feeling […]
Thousands of Farmers Protest Environmental Regulations in New Zealand Source: NZ Herald Today farmers in New Zealand have taken to the streets in thousands to stage a protest against environmental regulations passed by the national government. It was named the Howl of Protest and included a span of over 51 […]
I got my start in publishing in the early 1990s, although I did have some tangential exposure to the back-end of the industry during my brief stint as a child model. When I was doing that modeling work, for the wide-eyed younger version of me, everything seemed so big, so […]
Our team at Alternatives Journal is proud to announce the release of our latest issue (46.1), The Playbook for Progress: A How-to Manual for Making Your World a Better Place! What’s it all about? By looking into different silos of green work (government, academia, corporate, eNGO, etc), Playbook for Progress […]
