Canada's Environmental Voice
Working in the environmental field is an uphill battle. Oftentimes it can feel like we will forever be the underdogs and always fighting against a stronger, wealthier, or more powerful force. These feelings have led many of us to resort to drastic measures to ensure our voices will be heard. […]
Maha Kumbh Mela The largest gathering of people on Earth happened on one day in 2013. There will not be another mass congregation on the Ganges River or anywhere else until 2157. Darrol Bryant reflects. What event could draw 30 million people? To the same place, on the same day? […]
NEW YORK CITY is building a floating park. With green space at a premium in many urban centers, cities like New York are looking for ways to solve multiple problems at once through green infrastructure. The Pier 55 project will result in 2.7 acres of public space balanced on concrete […]
“Tell me what democracy looks like.”
New York Amanda Hunter Being on the ground at the New York City People’s Climate March was an experience of a lifetime.
The climate is changing, and more quickly than expected. What was once only in computer models is now before us: rising temperatures, melting Arctic ice, migrating species, Hurricane Sandy and other storms. Disruption is the new normal.
Indigenous perspectives and academic methods are brought together in conversation in The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment. This collection of essays, edited by Karl S. Hele, explores the British, American and French empires’ unsuccessful attempts to exert control over nature […]
In People of a Feather, filmmaker and ecologist Joel Health takes viewers on an Arctic adventure with time-lapse video footage, underwater photography, and raw scenes of Inuit life to show how environmental changes are impacting the people and wildlife of the Belcher Islands in Canada’s Hudson Bay. The film was […]
When breaking new ground, it’s quite common to find oneself in muddy water. Aboriginal Power is all about how Indigenous Peoples in Canada have broken new ground by entering the renewable energy foray, sometimes in a big way.
Editorial: Now that we are significant – Robert Gibson Sustainability as Symbiosis: Why We Can’t Be the Forehead Mites of Gaia – Kent A. Peacock More Jobs, Less Damage: A Framework for Sustainability, Growth and Employment – William E. Rees
