Forbidden Forest
The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of Crown land to six multinational corporations. … Continue reading Forbidden Forest
Letter to the Prime Minister – Environment groups unite on bottom-lines for new federal green plan
Dear Prime Minister, The undersigned welcome your commitment to ?take actions that make a difference? on the environment. As we … Continue reading Letter to the Prime Minister – Environment groups unite on bottom-lines for new federal green plan
Impacts of Climate Change Felt Throughout the Country
(Ottawa) Canadians are speaking out about climate change and how it is impacting on their lives. Today?s Climate Action Tour stop in Waterloo Ontario marks the beginning of the second half of the cross Canada tour.
?We have been overwhelmed with the response from people coming out to the events and posting on our online forum,? said John Bennett, Executive Director, Climate Action Network/R?seau Action Climat Canada (CAN-RAC). ?Shorter winters, longer summers in Yellowknife, Pests are more abundant and bigger in Edmonton, over the last 20-30 years winters have less snow on Salt Spring Island, Lake Winnipeg – the water is warmer than before with changing water levels and more algae, 350% more precipitation in Kejimikujik Park, Nova Scotia than in regular years, fish have moved off shore due to temperature changes in Nova Scotia. These are only a few of the examples of what people are witnessing.?
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Buy-A-Bale Fundraising Campaign
The GRAND HOUSE STUDENT CO-OPERATIVE is an incorporated, non-profit, housing co-op, with the goal of demonstrating sensitive aesthetic and environmental … Continue reading Buy-A-Bale Fundraising Campaign
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been globally … Continue reading IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Local Harvest: real food, real farmers, real community
The best organic food is what’s grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and … Continue reading Local Harvest: real food, real farmers, real community
100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles Continue reading 100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change
Cortes Island residents get naked for nature
Cortes is my home, both in people and place. From the specific scent that pervades my awareness in late August … Continue reading Cortes Island residents get naked for nature
When City & Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe
Strips of urban and suburban “fabric” have extended into the countryside, creating a ragged settlement pattern that blurs the distinction between rural, urban, and suburban. As traditional rural industries like farming, forestry, and mining rapidly give way to residential and commercial development, the land at the edges of developed areas-the rural-urban fringe-is becoming the middle landscape between city and countryside that the suburbs once were.
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Ecological Economics: A Workbook for Problem-Based Learning
Ecological economics addresses a flaw found in much economic thought — the failure to consider biophysical and social systems in analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a pedagogically complete examination of this dynamic new field.
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Wetlands and Natural Resource Management
Together with its companion Volume 191 Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration, this volume gives a broad and well-integrated overview of recent major scientific results in wetland science and their applications in natural resource management issues.
Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors
Sustainable Landscape Construction re-evaluates the assumption that all built landscapes are environmentally sound, and offers practical, professional alternatives for more sustainable landscape construction, design, an d maintenance. Packed with clear concepts and never-before-compiled resources on “green” landscape work, the book is an inspiring overview of important practices and concerns.
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