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IT WAS LIKE AN ALTAR CALL. I had just finished a conference presentation on organic agriculture when a tall, hale fellow in his late 30s bounded down to the front of the auditorium. He wanted to tell his story about how organic food had saved his life. He recounted how […]
Education, like the Earth, is power. So in this issue of Alternatives, we combine our annual Education issue with a critical, alternative look at energy. University of Toronto professor and Toronto Star columnist Stephen Bede Scharper explores how our spiritual connection with energy can save us. Stephen Bocking provides a […]
Despite the Internet and the iPad, it’s hard to imagine that books will give way altogether. And as for environmental books, there are more than ever before on bookstore shelves. As Stephen Bocking points out in this issue of Alternatives, information is important, but stories are essential. That is exactly […]
20 books in review, 11 teasers, 2 excerpts, 3 essays, 13 staff favourites and 20 bestsellers. Featuring a whopping total of 77 new releases and timeless classics, our 2nd annual issue on environmental books is the ultimate guide to green reading.
Get out of the way Al Gore. Move over George Monbiot. Take a time out Tim Flannery. The new crop of environmental books on bookstore shelves is enough to keep you entertained all summer long and more. So this issue of Alternatives is dedicated to helping you decide what to […]
Myths of Diversity – Andil GosineCanadian environmentalists don’t want to talk about racism — but too often that means the uncritical acceptance of popular diversity myths.Inset: Les Verts Reinvent Égalité Ghosts of Africville – Denise Izzard AllenFormer residents of Africville are still fighting municipal planning decisions in Nova Scotia.
Editorials: Building Bridges, Tearing Down Walls – Sue Hendler and Tzeporah Berman Walking the Line: Facing the Complexities of the Woman-Nature Link – Sarah HutchesonInset: Initiatives in feminism, environmentalism and action by Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg Making the Links: Why Bioregionalism Needs Ecofeminism – Michelle Summer Fike and Sarah Kerr Ecofeminist […]
A real-life A\J staff picnic in Victoria Park, a 2-minute walk away.
BEHOLD THE SIMPLE CHICKADEE. With its black toupee, matching beard and silver jacket of wings, it is a bundle of quick intent. According to famed Canadian artist Robert Bateman, it also has a face to forget. “A chickadee’s face is like the end of a sock,” he remarks frankly from his […]
