Canada's Environmental Voice
PHONOGRAPHS AND GRAMOPHONES brought with them remarkable changes. As fidelity increased, music recorded on discs changed from a single performance that was overheard and “captured,” becoming a document that could be edited, redrafted and refined many times before its release. But, in addition to changes in the production of most music, […]
Kelly Richardson All good art makes us see the world around us in a new light. Over the last few years, I’ve been increasingly interested in the function of science fiction, which allows us to experience what life might be like in the future. Scientists and futurologists can speculate, but […]
Taking art off of the white walls of a gallery offers the viewer a sense of discovery, a sense of participation and the opportunity to detach your imagination from the confines of the terrestrial world. – Jason deCaires Taylor
AS THE PUSH FOR TAR SANDS PIPELINES ESCALATES and the legal channels for fighting them become exhausted, some environmentalists are reconsidering the value of civil disobedience, which Sierra Club Canada (SCC) executive director John Bennett describes as “breaking an unjust law or breaking a law to draw attention to an […]
NEIL YOUNG cut a record called On The Beach nearly 40 years ago. For half of that time period, my own appetite for music has been scrambled and insatiable. But lately I’ve been coming back to that record’s title track, drawn by a simple (but gigantic) lyric: The world is […]
Hello, I am a resident of Kelowna, BC. I am not a member of any environmental organization, i.e., Greenpeace, David Suzuki Foundation, Sierra Club, etc. I’m not even an official member of the Green Party, although I did vote for them in the last Federal election. I’m just an average […]
A\J’s 2nd annual Art & Media issue explores how creativity, content and the pursuit of sustainability intersect, and includes: 12 web tools for sustainable living; 11&n
Do you think Canada’s old-growth forests are pristine and protected? Think again. Photo by Richard Boyce
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