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Insights From Environmental Defence
A collaborative editorial partnership between Environmental Defence (Canada) and Alternatives Journal (A\J) that aims to provide readers with unique insights, the latest research and the most impactful actionable steps to foster a more sustainable future. Reports and stories related to Water Conservation, Species Protection, Toxins Reductions/Removal, Land Conservation and much more.
Speak No Evil: What Trudeau can’t say
Prime Minister Trudeau spoke at a town hall meeting in Peterborough while touring southern Ontario in January. He said: “We can’t shut down the oilsands tomorrow. We need to phase them out. We need to manage the transition off of our dependence on fossil fuels.” Following an uproar, he back-pedaled […]
Book Review of “Heart Waters – Sources of the Bow River”
Shrinking snowpack, receding glaciers, clear cut logging, fossil fuel extraction and off road vehicle use are all exerting enormous pressures on our precious water resources. Van Tighems’ latest book, Heart Waters – Sources of the Bow River examines these pressures from both a historical and scientific perspective and explores the root […]
AJ’s Annual Education Guide (2017/2018)
Welcome to A\J‘s 2017/2018 Education Guide! Please click on the table headers to sort the column alphabetically for easy searching! Clicking on a university or college’s name will link you out to the institution’s website.
Mimi Shaftoe
Mimi is a recent grad of the Conflict Studies and Human Rights program at the University of Ottawa, and currently works in environmental communications. She is passionate about climate justice in all of its complex intersections, and loves spending time outside on a bike, on skis, or in a park with […]
Remembering Rob Stewart
As people and organizations around the world remember and reflect on the life of Rob Stewart, A\J would like to share a piece in appreciation of the incredible work Rob achieved in his too short life. Photo by Terra Mack
Carina Steficek
Carina Steficek is a student at Bennington College studying Environmental Science Communications. She is a publishing intern at A\J and aspires to run a CSA in tiny house community.
Green Power Partnerships
This past November, the Queen’s University Solar Design Team (QSDT) announced their partnership with Bullfrog Power, Canada’s leading clean energy provider. The QSDT has been building a completely off-grid home meant to test and discover new and advanced sustainable housing technologies. The Queen’s Solar Education Center, as it is called, […]
The Muralist
Pamela Rojas is an artist, a community organizer and civic mobilizer who uses murals as a way to build connections between people and places in her home community of Waterloo Region. Believing that ‘a mural is a piece of art for everyone,’ Rojas has been helping to physically transform urban spaces […]
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