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Turismo Alternativo
A NIGHT HIKE in the Amazon forest is incredibly deceptive. Your vision is limited to the narrow light of your headlamp, with stark blackness beyond. Cecropia leaves the size of serving trays reflect light back into your eyes, adding to the mystery of what lies around, above and even below you.
In Defence of Science Panel
THE ALTERNATIVES TEAM travelled from Kitchener, Ontario, to Ottawa on Tuesday, September 25 to join the on-going discussion about the role of science in protecting Canada’s environment – and the well-being of all Canadians. We hosted a panel discussion, “In Defence of Science”, at the University of Ottawa, with the support of […]
Julie Bélanger
Julie is an urban planning graduate student at the University of Waterloo, focusing on sustainable transportation.
Trashed
Disposable products take on a life of momentous proportion in Trashed. The documentary’s first scenes feature narrator Jeremy Irons wandering through a heaping, open garbage dump in Beirut that produces 80 tonnes of waste per day, making it clear that this story is yet another harsh reality check. The world is […]
Alternatives to Ottawa
The Alternatives team travelled from Kitchener, Ontario, to Ottawa on Tuesday, September 25 to join the on-going discussion about the role of science in protecting Canada’s environment – and the health of all Canadians – and to promote our current issue, which investigates some of 2012’s most controversial environmental debates.
Blown out of Proportion
THE GREAT ECOLOGIST Garrett Hardin once noted that in any endeavor, “We can never do merely one thing.” The great wind power boom ably proves his point.
Attitudes vs. Action: Where do we stand?
By Nicole DufraineOriginally posted at The Green Student
Northern Ontario angry over cuts to local provincial parks
On September 27, the Ontario government announced they were moving forward with plans to “transform” the Ministry of Natural Resources in an effort to increase efficiency and reduce duplication in services offered to the public.
Steven M. Alexander
Steven M. Alexander (stevenmalexander.com) is a PhD student in the department of Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo and a member of the Environmental Change and Governance Group. His current research is focused on the governance of coastal-marine systems in the Caribbean.
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