FORREX Conservation Biology eNewsletter – August 2011
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Category: Around the Web
Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
In his book Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted, author Justin Martin sets out to give Olmsted due recognition as a pioneering environmentalist. In lush detail, Martin walks the reader through the chapters of Olmsted’s life: sailor, farmer, journalist, abolitionist, park superintendent, Civil War medical commissionaire and gold mine manager.
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AJ Update: Greening our Buildings and Festivals
Picking up where we left off with our last issue on Green Buildings, Alternatives is looking to explore how far we’ve come and to predict where we’re headed when it comes to environmentally friendly design. We want to know about new laws and regulations governing the design and construction of buildings, and hope to have space to profile a few of the best examples of green buildings from Canada and beyond. We’re also interested in who is leading the charge to greener buildings. Continue reading AJ Update: Greening our Buildings and Festivals
ecoENERGY is back! – GCNews # 737
ecoENERGY retrofit grants are back: homeowners must finish their retrofits and have their follow-up energy audit completed before 31 March 2012 to qualify for up to $5,000 in federal grant money. New participants and past participants must first obtain a registration number. GCC Home Energy Solutions Director Bhim Subba is back on the job. Continue reading ecoENERGY is back! – GCNews # 737
The Amazing World of Ottawa’s Streams
Come out and explore Ottawa’s Sawmill Creek, and find out how urbanization affects the stream and the species that live in and around it. Continue reading The Amazing World of Ottawa’s Streams
Wreath Making Workshop – Kick off the Holiday Season, November 19 &20, 2011
The Wye Marsh Wreath Making Workshop is back this year by popular demand! Participate in an enjoyable after-noon at the Wye Marsh making your own personalized wreath for the holidays. Continue reading Wreath Making Workshop – Kick off the Holiday Season, November 19 &20, 2011
Celebrate Parks Canada’s 100th Anniversary with CPAWS
Win a trip for two to Nahanni National Park! The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and Parks Canada are asking Canadians to help build the first national parks bucket list. Continue reading Celebrate Parks Canada’s 100th Anniversary with CPAWS
Sustainable municipalities snapshot – GCNews #731
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
The Ptarmigan’s Dilemma
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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Living Through the End of Nature
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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News Review (May 24-30) from NLEN
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
Development Without Destruction
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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