Environmental Justice

Illegal logging during Sochi Olympics road construction.

Sochi Olympics Going For Gold, But Not Green

Feb 17 2014 | IN Regulation | BY Janet Kimantas

Russia has not lived up to the environmental promises made for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and is cracking down on environmentalists for pointing this out.

Chief Arlen Dumas, Mathias Colomb Cree Nation at a Hudbay Minerals protest.

Hudbay Minerals: Confronting a Corporate Criminal

Feb 14 2014 | IN Responsible Business | BY Rachel Small & Joanne Jefferson

Communities in Guatemala and Manitoba are getting their day in court against the Canadian mining giant.

Editorial: Identity Crises

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY Eric Rumble

Editorial

The Resource Wars issue: Will Canada’s uncertain future be fuelled by more and more bitumen or greater ingenuity?

$Crimes against ecology A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

More Reasons to Arrest Harper: Feds Shutter World-Class Libraries

Jan 30 2014 | IN Politicians | BY Janet Kimantas

The latest casualties of the government’s attacks on science, irreplaceable collections have been either destroyed or given away like the spoils of war.

$APTN photo of Elsipogtog fracking standoff in New Brunswick.$

9 Ways to Fight Fracking

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY Jean Louis Deveau

Resistance strategies from the frontline standoff in New Brunswick.

$Water and Agriculture in Canada book review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Water and Agriculture in Canada: Towards Sustainable Management of Water Resources

Jan 28 2014 | IN Planning | REVIEWED BY David B. Brooks

Panelists from the Council of Canadian Academies suggest various research proposals that will guide Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada (AAFC) toward sustainable management of water.

Tulips growing in the Fraser Valley in BC, Canada.

Love Hurts: In Search of Eco-Friendly Flowers

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY Green Living Online

Roses are red, but not so green.

$Grassy Narrows Walkers by Kenn Chaplin in A\J AlternativesJournal.ca$

Speaking Out With Their Feet

Nov 2013 | IN Heroes 39.6 | BY Emily Slofstra

Web Exclusive

5 important walks led by Indigenous elders, women and youth to bring attention to environmental and social concerns.

$Stephen Harper on trial, in Alternatives Journal A\J. By Ted Heeley.$

Crimes Against Ecology

Nov 2013 | IN Heroes 39.6 | BY Laura McDonald

Is the Harper government guilty? You be the judge.

The power of words. Photo by Antonio Litterio. Alternatives Journal

Editorial: Inking Out Power

Nov 2013 | IN Heroes 39.6 | BY Eric Rumble

Editorial

Why we must unsheathe our pens and ink out the villains + how to submit an environmental petition.

Kitchener , Ontario

Apr

Vernal Pool at the Gladstone Grow Op 2014 Exhibit

Toronto, Ontario

Apr

Sustainable Waterloo Region's 5th Annual Evening of Recognition

Kitchener, Ontario

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The open sharing of #government data has the potential to reboot public participation in politics #cdnpoli http://t.co/Zx0kUvtWZM — 12 hours 54 min ago
The #OpenData movement also highlights what gov'ts DON'T track. Data has to exist before it can be shared. http://t.co/kUJLjQiTAT #cdnpoli — 13 hours 4 min ago