ecosystems

Leopold's Challenge

18 June, 2009 | Stephen Bocking

Stephen Bocking hearkens back to Aldo Leopold for a new ecological vision. How can we keep all of the parts and why should we? Bocking weaves politics and science together to reveal prospects of a resilient future with ecologically creative designs for parks and neighbourhoods.

Vote for De-suburbanization

28 May, 2009 | Deborah Curran

It all started when the American dream of single-family home ownership leaked into Canada. Yet who would have predicted that the desire to provide inexpensive housing and stimulate the economy after the Second World War would result in the expensive-to-maintain, agricultural-land-gobbling, ecosystem-fragmenting community form we find today outside most major centres in North America? ...

Thinking Like an Ecosystem

26 May, 2009 | Chris McLaughlin

Do you suppose that Humpty Dumpty saw it coming? Did he have any advance warning of his impending fate? Even the slightest wobble to tip him off? I mean, as it’s told, he went straight from sitting to falling without a single intermediary step. And with no means of reversal, the results point to a change in his circumstances that was as dramatic as it was sudden.

Testing for Tomorrow

26 May, 2009 | Robert Gibson

A serious test is one you can fail. A useful test is one you can hope to pass – eventually, if you put some effort into it – and passing makes life.

Sustainability is both of these. ...

New and Notable: Book Reviews

29 April, 2009

Where Our Food Comes From, Gary Paul Nabhan; The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov, Peter Pringle, reviewed by Heather MacAndrew

Food, Sex and Salmonella, David Waltner-Toews, reviewed by Greg Michalenko

Design Charrettes for Sustainable Communities, Patrick M. Condon; Integral City, Marilyn Hamilton, reviewed by Chris Lowry

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