Bringing together contributions from over two dozen specialists in the field, this new fourth edition explains how the management process works; the variety of strategies used; the various technical and non-technical considerations that influence decisions; and the tradeoffs that must be made to accommodate a broad range of legitimate societal interests. Continue reading Resource and Environmental Management in Canada
Over the next few months, the SFU City Program will be hosting speakers from a state that shares more than a border with Canada. We’ve been big fans of some of the urban thinkers there — in particular Charles Marohn, co-founder and president of ‘Strong Towns.’ Charles is a professional engineer who is passionate about planning and small towns, but also brings a civil-engineering perspective that results in original ideas. Like ‘Stroads’ — a street/road hybrid that manages to be both expensive and unproductive. Continue reading Free lecture: The Minnesota Series – Original Thinking from American Midwest (w/ Charles Marohn, Oct 24)
People of a Feather is an award winning documentary film about a unique Inuit culture that relies on birds for food and clothing, and the challenges they share adapting to changing sea ice ecosystems. Continue reading Documentary: People of a Feather
The Sustainability Network hosts Tzeporah Berman for an intimate discussion on the pipeline and energy debate that’s heating up across Canada. Continue reading Tzeporah Berman: It’s Time for a Reality Check: Pipelines and Petrostate Politics in Canada
The CBFA Secretariat launched its On the Move campaign with the unveiling of a giant, traveling map of the boreal forest that will tour Canada to showcase the unprecedented Agreement between the forest industry and environmental organizations. Continue reading Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement launches new campaign featuring giant boreal map
Scientists are more certain now than in 2007 that humans are largely responsible for global warming, and that it’s getting worse and poses a serious threat to humanity. Continue reading David Suzuki: IPCC report shows action on climate change is critical
The Yinka Dene Alliance made the accusations in a 15-page submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Continue reading First Nations accuse BC government of violating international law by issuing Enbridge permits
The Manitoba government has quietly issued an environmental licence for Hudbay’s Reed Mine copper project in Grass River Provincial Park, the first new mine in a provincial park in more than two decades. Continue reading Conservation group decries Manitoba’s first new provincial park mine in 25 years
The Manitoba government has quietly issued an environmental licence for Hudbay’s Reed Mine copper project in Grass River Provincial Park, the first new mine in a provincial park in more than two decades. Continue reading Conservation group decries Manitoba’s first new provincial park mine in 25 years
Environmental groups want federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose to reconsider Health Canada’s decision to re-approve a pesticide — severely restricted in Europe and linked to massive bee die-offs in Canada — for use on fruits, potatoes and turf. Continue reading Environmental groups urge Health Minister to take action on bee-killing pesticide
Resolving the problem of climate change will cost, but it will be much more expensive to follow the defeatist advice of industry shills, whose greed and lack of care for humanity will condemn our children and grandchildren to an uncertain future. Continue reading Attacks on climate change science hinder solutions
Gord Miller today released Building Momentum: Provincial Policies for Municipal Energy and Carbon Reductions, the latest volume of his annual Energy Conservation Progress Report. Continue reading Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner: Time for action on transit funding
