Toronto – The Ontario Land Trust Alliance (OLTA), a community based network of land trusts that protects natural landscapes across Ontario, is hosting its 9th Annual Gathering this month. The conference, called Expanding Horizons, runs October 28-30 at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough, Ontario. Visit the OLTA website for more information and registration details. Continue reading OLTA’s Expanding Horizons Conference
The Canadian Nurses for Health and the Environment (CNHE), which represents registered nurses dedicated to the improvement of environmental health … Continue reading Conference for Canadian nurses links health and environment
“Eco-Logical” The Power of Green Cities to Shape the Future Continue reading Gaining Ground 2010 Conference – October 4-7, 2010
I can’t wrap my head around this idea. In a time where protecting the environment is everywhere you look, why are there more and more disposable items available? Have we become a disposable society that places more value on “convenience” and “saving time” then the environment? What is going to be the long-term impact of this shift? More waste, landfills filling up faster and more imported crap from other countries that no one really needs (I mean I love the Dollar Store and all but seriously do we need half the stuff in there?)
September 20, 2010 – ECO Canada’s 2010 Profile of Canadian Environmental Employment is now available for download. The study provides … Continue reading ECO Canada keeps its finger on the pulse of the environmental sector
Image via Wikipedia Toronto – The government is failing to follow through on all of its environmental promises, says Environmental … Continue reading Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner reports on government inaction
Montreal – The Council of Canadians is condemning the Harper government for its sponsorship of an international conference of water … Continue reading Water Privatization and Human Rights
The big screen has enough caped crusaders saving the world from evil. Now, it’s your turn to don an eco-conscious cape and save the environment!
Produced and directed by CineFocus Canada co-founders John Bessai and Joan Prowse, GreenHeroes is a timely Web/TV crossover about smart, sexy and dynamic crusaders for the environment. You can watch some of the featured webisodes here. Continue reading GreenHoroes – TV Contest
From our friends at Alternatives Journal. – BEST IN EcoBOOKS 2011 – Query submissions due September 30, 2010 Are you … Continue reading Call for Book Reviewers – from Alternatives Journal
Did you artfully revive furniture headed to the dump?Bake a delicious cake with organic ingredients?Start your own environmental club from … Continue reading Earth Day’s “2010 EcoAction Challenge”
There’s been a lot of hype for Electric Vehicles in the media lately (see: “Electric cars take off, quietly” from … Continue reading Bring on the Electric Vehicles
Transitions to Sustainable Development: New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change
John Grin, Jan Rotmans, and Johan Schot in collaboration with Frank Geels and Derk Loorbach
Routledge, 2010, 381 pages.
Many citizens and decision makers are able to define goals for sustainability. Achieving these goals in practice, however, is far more difficult.
Individuals are simply one part of a larger societal system composed of knowledge, institutions, norms and behaviours, as well as physical infrastructure. Once established, these larger systems entrench various patterns of unsustainable consumption, such as food choices, mobility patterns and energy consuming lifestyles. These path dependencies constrain communities and individuals from achieving their sustainable development goals.
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