Film: Beyond Climate
Beyond Climate (www.beyondclimate.ca) takes audiences on an exhilarating journey beyond the headlines, straight into the core of the most pressing … Continue reading Film: Beyond Climate
Category: Books and Resources
Upcoming book: Finding Our Niche by Philip A. Loring
In Finding Our Niche, Philip A. Loring does just that. He explores the tragedies of Western society and offers examples and analyses that can guide us in reconciling our damaging settler-colonial histories and tremendous environmental missteps in favor of a more sustainable and just vision for the future. Continue reading Upcoming book: Finding Our Niche by Philip A. Loring
The Story of Building Ontario’s Bruce Trail
Toronto – The famous Bruce Trail, Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath, snakes its way all the way from Niagara’s wine … Continue reading The Story of Building Ontario’s Bruce Trail
Conservationists urge new wilderness protections through World Heritage Sites
Conservation leaders from the IUCN, Y2Y and other groups make the case for improving World Heritage sites. Continue reading Conservationists urge new wilderness protections through World Heritage Sites
Nobel Laureate Alice Munro also a champion of ancient forests
Canopy praises Canadian author Alice Munro for printing two of her recent books on cutting edge environmental papers. Continue reading Nobel Laureate Alice Munro also a champion of ancient forests
Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it. Continue reading Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
Resource and Environmental Management in Canada
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
Alice Munro and Yann Martel work with Canopy to give life to forests
Signed special editions of Life of Pi and Dear Life, printed on paper made from straw have been launched in support of Canopy’s campaigns to protect forests. Continue reading Alice Munro and Yann Martel work with Canopy to give life to forests
NFB webdoc BEAR 71 named 2012 FWA Site of the Year
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) interactive documentary Bear 71 has received one of the Web’s highest honours: the Favourite Website Awards (FWA) Site of the Year. Continue reading NFB webdoc BEAR 71 named 2012 FWA Site of the Year
Plato’s Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology
If Herman Daly is the economist for sustainable development, Amory Lovins the physicist and Al Gore the politician, William Ophuls must be the philosopher. Ophuls’ first book on the subject, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity (1997), placed him among the few scholars of the time (Rifkin and Daly in the United States; Leiss and Paehlke in Canada) who had managed to bridge the gulf between science and politics to insist that modern values and the democratic politics associated with them were on a collision course with ecology. Continue reading Plato’s Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology
Book: The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse
In this book, Rirdan submits a plan that truly goes the distance: a highly detailed, planetary-wide blueprint that lays out a new course for our technological and industrial engines. It calls for sweeping adjustments in the way every person thinks and lives. Continue reading Book: The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse
Rob Bignell talks about Hikes with Tykes
In this Q&A, first published in EcoParent, Robin Fraser asks Hikes with Tykes author Rob Bignell about the pleasures and the benefits of nature-walking. Continue reading Rob Bignell talks about Hikes with Tykes