Canada's Environmental Voice
AS WE CROSSOVER the Claiborne Avenue bridge from the Upper Ninth Ward on Gray Line International’s “Hurricane Katrina – America’s Greatest Catastrophe” tour, local artist Brad Dupuy informs us in his rich voice that we “are about to enter what is known famously as the Lower Ninth Ward.” What makes […]
WINDOWS IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS are often a source of tension between the historic preservation movement and people who want to increase the energy efficiency of older buildings by replacing wooden windows with vinyl ones. To support its case, the preservation movement argues, “The greenest building is the one that is […]
ENERMODAL ENGINEERING is Canada’s largest consulting firm exclusively dedicated to creating green buildings and communities. The company recently celebrated its 100th LEED-certified building, and its president and founder Stephen Carpenter was named a LEED fellow. He spoke with Alternatives’ podcaster Mark Brooks. Mark Brooks: What exactly is LEED certification?
Editorial: Environmentalism and Time Horizon – Robert C. Paehlke Oil Sands Development and Acid Rain in Alberta – Gregory Taylor Ecological Sanity and Social Justice: Public Health in the Age of Osiris – Trevor Hancock Carving up the Wilderness: Strategic Land Use Planning in Northern Ontario – John Marsh On […]
Editorial: A Question of Poisoning – Ted Schrecker Mercury and Kepone: Two Killers on Two Continents – Reiko Watanuki Notes from the Territories: Arsenic Poisoning – Lloyd Tataryn Notes from Thunder Bay: Asbestos in the Water – James Harding The Wild Creatures, the Native People, and Us: Canadian Literary-Ecological Relationships […]
Editorial: Stop, You’re Killing Me! – Ted Schrecker Concorde, Environment and Canadian Foreign Policy – Douglass Ross Breathing Can Be Injurious to your Health – Anne Forrest Air Quality and Income in Hamilton, Ontario – Femida Handy Labour, Environment and Community: 12 Ways to Start Working Together – Robert Paehlke
Politics, Equality, and the End of Progress – Charles S. Green Planning in Vermont – Mark B. Lapping The Relevance of Classical Political Theory for Economy, Technology, and Ecology – Mulford Q. Sibley The Dragon’s Breath – Carol Bangay Reviews Survival – Margaret Atwood Surfacing – Margaret Atwood
Legal Weapons for Environmental Quality – David Estrin People or Planes? – Sandra C. Budden Scientists, Engineers and Urban Problem Solving: The New Systems Mass Transit Experience – David Lawrence Oil Rush: Oil, Ice and Haste Don’t Mix – Michael Sinclair Of Commoner and the Commons – Tee L. Guidotti […]
Professors Clapp and Dauvergne are among the few academics that recognize that the best approach to both analysis of and advocacy for environmental issues lies with political economy, or public policy designed by the application of economic concepts. Their book is a demonstration of that thesis, which they undertake by […]
Fashion is one of the most profitable industries in the world, but we rarely hear about the ugly practices used to keep beauty in business. For instance, the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan has diminished by 90 per cent, partially due to the irrigation of cotton crops for the textile industry […]
