Canada's Environmental Voice
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
Editorial: The Problem of Bureaucracy – Douglas Torgerson Between the Rocks and Hard Places: Bureaucrats, the Law and Pollution Control – Kernaghan Webb Understanding Policy-making: A Necessary First Step for Environmentalists – Terrance J. Downey Fiscal Crisis, Environmental Protection and the State: A New Zealand Case Study – Frank J. […]
Editorial: In praise of ambivalence – Robert Gibson Technology and How Society Solves Problems – William H. Vanderburg and Eric Higgs Sleazy Science – Beth Savan Science and Government – Isobel Heathcote Barriers to Women Scientists – Rose Sheinin Star Wars and the Scientific Community – David Parnas
Hard Nose on the Soft Path I write with congratulations on a thought-provoking and introspective 40th Anniversary issue of Alternatives. I am concerned, however, by a potential stumbling block faced by the environmental movement that may have greatly stymied our progress: We’re quite a weak lot, aren’t we? From “soft” […]
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?
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 – Robert Paehlke Time for Action: Taking first steps toward solving Canada’s toxic waste problem – Vic Niemela South Cayuga I: Lessons in the Need for Public Participation – Phil Weller and John Jackson South Cayuga II: The Role of the Ontario Waste Management Corporation – Michael Scott A […]
Editorial: The News from the Northlands – Jamie Benidickson and Bruce Hodgins Northern Ontario: Problems and Prospects, Past and Present – Jamie Benidickson Marmion Lake Generating Station: Another Northern Scandal? – Peter Kelley The Plight of Ontario’s Northern Forests – Kari Lie “The Water Equation” – Douglas H. Pimlott
Editorial – Robert Paehlke The Politics of Transformation – William Ophuls The Strongest Force in the Universe – Robert Herendeen Energy Policy Planning: Towards a Critical Perspective – Murray Randall Clearcutting Canada’s Forests – Ted Jackson Ethical Perspectives on Urban Transportation – Donald W. Huffman
