On reading about the growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media’s use of the term NIMBY, for "not in my… Continue reading A new kind of NIMBY: Nature in My Backyard – Science Matters
731: 7 June 2011 – Publised by Green Communites Canada ONTARIO WALKOLUTION FUNDING. Green Communities’ Canada Walks has been awarded … Continue reading Sustainable municipalities snapshot – GCNews #731
ECO Canada officially launched the new Professional Meteorologist (P. Met) certification at the 2011 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Congress in Victoria, British Columbia. Continue reading ECO Canada Announces Official Certification in Meteorology
If the world as you knew it was going to end in 21 days, what would you do? Find shelter, locate a water supply or possibly pull out your SKS assault rifle? Wendy Brown’s Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs takes readers through day-by-day preparations in order to live comfortably after an infrastructure collapse created by cheap oil.
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On Friday, June 10th, 2011, TEDxNovaScotia (Acadia University) & TEDxHalifax (NSCC Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth) are bringing you leading thinkers and doers from Nova Scotia and beyond to share in extraordinary insights, unexpected connections, and powerful inspiration. Continue reading Designing Your Life Within Your Community – TEDxNovaScotia – June 10th
On Friday, June 10th, 2011, TEDxNovaScotia (Acadia University) & TEDxHalifax (NSCC Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth) are bringing you leading thinkers and doers from Nova Scotia and beyond to share in extraordinary insights, unexpected connections, and powerful inspiration. Continue reading Designing Your Life Within Your Community – TEDxNovaScotia – June 10th
If I were asked by a visitor from outer space for the best information on the history and ecology of life on Earth, I’d offer this book. Deservedly short-listed for the 2010 Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize, The Ptarmigan’s Dilemma covers all the bases, bridging the authors’ decades of research into animal ecology and their many engaging encounters with animals. From Alternatives Journal 37.3: EcoBooks, published May 2011
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Musicians have always drawn inspiration from the world around them, but what happens when that world is in trouble? For an increasing number of environmentally minded artists, their efforts are moving off-stage. Instead of writing green lyrics, they are setting up foundations, leading conservation drives, greening their tours, and changing the faces of both environmentalism and music. Continue reading Rocking the Environment with Alternatives Journal (37.4)
What do you call four adults viciously attacking one another in front of a sold-out audience screaming for blood? No, this is not the next generation of ultimate fighting. This is debating, Munk style. The Munk Debates consists of transcripts of the first five debates hosted by the Aurea Foundation. According to its benefactor, businessman Peter Munk, the purpose of the debates is to “create a forum that attracts the best minds and debaters to address some of the most important international issues of our time.” From Alternatives Journal 37.3: EcoBooks, published May 2011
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You are probably aware that nature is dead. This may be why you are gloomy all the time. We tried so hard to ensure that biodiversity wasn’t lost and climate change didn’t spiral (further) out of control, but only an extreme idealist can maintain the illusion any longer. We have lost. Species disappear on a daily basis and we fail to enact even a semblance of the climate change policies required to stem the tide. Some of us have even surrendered to the dark side of fabricated landscapes and a geo-engineered Earth. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. From Alternatives Journal 37.3: EcoBooks, published May 2011
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Compiled by: Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network Provincial Government news releases: Ministerial Statement – 100 Years and Counting – Parks Canada Celebrates Centennial News releases from NL opposition parties: Dunderdale keeps industrial users in the dark about Muskrat Falls rates (NL Liberal Party) In the media: News, Commentary, Letters to the Editor & Podcast Atlantic […] Continue reading News Review (May 24-30) from NLEN
In his engaging and practical book Development Without Destruction: The UN and Global Resource Management, Nico Schrijver shows how the UN developed into a hub for natural resource management by default, not by design. As this comprehensive contribution to the UN Intellectual History Project series recounts, the Charter of the United Nations does not discuss natural resources and does not enshrine environmental conservation. The apparent ‘default’ status of UN resource management efforts has provided critics of the UN with plenty of ammunition over the years. In this makeshift context, co-ordination failures and public relations slip-ups have occasionally undermined the environmental efforts of an alphabet soup of UN specialized agencies and programs.
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