Canada's Environmental Voice
ENERMODAL ENGINEERING is Canada’s largest consulting firm exclusively dedicated to creating green buildings and communities. The company recently celebrated its 100th LEED-certified building, and its president and founder Stephen Carpenter was named a LEED fellow. He spoke with Alternatives’ podcaster Mark Brooks. Mark Brooks: What exactly is LEED certification?
MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T buy a car without knowing its fuel economy, or sign up for a cellphone plan without comparing service-provider rates. Yet when it comes to one of life’s biggest investments – purchasing a home – few people question how much it will cost to operate that house over […]
Editorial: Dispelling the image of the “blue-eyed sheiks” – Phil Elder, Bill Ross and Dixon Thompson Solar Activities in Alberta – Tang Lee Eulogy for STOP: A Decade of Environmental Activism – Linda Duncan Hazardous Waste Management: The Report and Recommendations of the Environmental Council of Alberta – John Lilley
Editorial – Beatrice Olivastri and Joan E. Farrell Economic Growth, Equity and the Conserver Society – Ted Schrecker Working with Ideas: A Report on a Local Initiative – John S. Lawless The Impact of Energy Prices on Low Income Households – Michael Miloff Energy Savings at Home ? A Reasonable […]
Editorial: A Question of Poisoning – Ted Schrecker Mercury and Kepone: Two Killers on Two Continents – Reiko Watanuki Notes from the Territories: Arsenic Poisoning – Lloyd Tataryn Notes from Thunder Bay: Asbestos in the Water – James Harding The Wild Creatures, the Native People, and Us: Canadian Literary-Ecological Relationships […]
Editorial: Environment and Economic Policy – Ted Schrecker Under the Gun: Militarism and the Environment – Ernie Regehr Energy and Labor: Job Implications of Energy Development or Shortage – Barry Commoner Solar Energy: One Union’s Viewpoint – John Kurchak The Marine Mode: Oil, Gas and Arctic Shipping – Edgar J. […]
Editorial – Robert Paehlke The Politics of Transformation – William Ophuls The Strongest Force in the Universe – Robert Herendeen Energy Policy Planning: Towards a Critical Perspective – Murray Randall Clearcutting Canada’s Forests – Ted Jackson Ethical Perspectives on Urban Transportation – Donald W. Huffman
Editorial: Stop, You’re Killing Me! – Ted Schrecker Concorde, Environment and Canadian Foreign Policy – Douglass Ross Breathing Can Be Injurious to your Health – Anne Forrest Air Quality and Income in Hamilton, Ontario – Femida Handy Labour, Environment and Community: 12 Ways to Start Working Together – Robert Paehlke
Editorial – Robert C. Paehlke Water and Man – D.B. Russell Tourism and Development: The East African Case – John S. Marsh Lifeboat Ethics: A Reply to Hardin – Janet Besecker and Phil Elder Minamata: Canada Reviews Minamata – W. Eugene Smith and Aileen M. Smith Energy and Equity – […]
Editorial: Environmentalism and Optimism – Robert C. Paehlke The Rise and Fall of Industrial Agriculture – Larry M. Geno The Future of Canadian Population Policy – Chris Taylor For an Eschatological Ecology – John M. Raftery Nuclear Power for Ontario? – Amory Lovins Nuclear Power: A New Dimension in Politics […]
