Canada's Environmental Voice
Editorial: Saving the Great Lakes – Thomas Whillans The Great Lakes as a Touchstone for Canada-United States Relationships – Michael J. Donahue Use and Abuse, Conflict and Harmony: The Great Lakes Fishery in Transition – Thomas H. Whillans and Fikret Berkes Opposing Phosphorus and Nitrogen Trends in the Great Lake […]
Editorial – Robert Paehlke and Sally Lerner Behaviour in the “Crunch” – Sally Lerner Relative Deprivation: when does it lead to Anger, Achievement or Disengagement – M. Mark and T. Cook The Canadian Case – Wilson Head Newspapers and the Coastal Oil Spill Hazard – Roger Needham Distributive Justice and […]
When I was asked to compare nature literature in Canada and the United States, particularly in the West, I quickly went for my bookshelves – only to discover that the lion’s share of my library was still far away, sequestered, like a lost collection of ancient Middle Eastern scrolls in […]
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF saying, “There’s nothing in the newspaper these days,” you are undoubtedly correct. Large white and coloured voids are in, as are expansive photos with blank areas, such as a distraught goalie kneeling in a huge goal mouth adorned only with a missed soccer ball. In its […]
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 […]
Concerns for our unsustainable, fossil-fuelled lifestyle underlie Rachel Kaplan and K. Ruby Blume’s book, Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living. The book provides a colourful overview of what each of us can do to build a more self-sufficient future. It explains the principles of homesteading and permaculture, and provides a […]
In June 2009, Thomas Berry, the historian, priest, author and self-described “geologian,” passed away at his home in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was 94. Uniting recent scientific discoveries concerning the provenance and progression of the universe with religious insights into the nature of creation, Berry’s writing blended empirical and spiritual elements […]
