Recently added articles from Alternatives Journal:
A wicked relief.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2009; ... "SUSTAINABLE communities" is one of those terms that stumps an editor. As I waded through the rich collection of articles that make up the theme section for this issue of Alternatives, I was forever struggling with it. Authors would write that communities wanted to "become sustainable," as ...
Snail's progress.(In Brief)(Ontario's Endangered Species Act )(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... In Ontario's Endangered Species Act Report Card, Canadian conservation groups claim that "unless significant changes are made to the implementation of Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA), it will have a legacy of protecting little more than the diminutive Banff Springs Snail." Released in ...
Pembina's top 40 man.(In Brief)(Marlo Raynolds)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Marlo Raynolds, executive director of the Pembina Institute, is one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40." Raynolds balances his Pembina efforts with his role as adjunct assistant professor of sustainable development at the University of Calgary. The award recognizes 40 young Canadians who ...
Less carbon for Copenhagen.(In Brief)(European Union- Canada Summit Declaration)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... In May, government leaders from Canada and the European Union met in Prague to "strengthen and deepen" economic and environmental ties. The EU-Canada Summit Declaration that resulted reinforced joint plans to collaborate on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preferably through an ...
Donderdag veggiedag.(In Brief)(abstain from eating meat in Ghent, Belgium)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Every donderdag is veggiedag! Translation: officials in historic Ghent, Belgium, have declared that residents should abstain from eating meat on Thursdays. Restaurants in this small Flanders city (population 237,000) are required to serve at least one vegetarian option every Thursday, ...