The Faces of New Eco-Activism 26.4

The Faces of New Eco-Activism 26.4

Editorial: A Line Across the Board – Robert Gibson

Diversity Over Solidarity – Robert Gibson
What we have learned and where we have come in 30 years of eco-activism.

Corporate Vulnerability
Alternatives Journal interviews Naomi Klein.

Editorial: A Line Across the Board – Robert Gibson

Diversity Over Solidarity – Robert Gibson
What we have learned and where we have come in 30 years of eco-activism.

Corporate Vulnerability
Alternatives Journal interviews Naomi Klein.

Ten Commandments for Changing the World– Angela Bischoff and Tooker Gomberg
Two seasoned activists offer tips on where to start, how to maintain the momentum and have fun, while trying to make a difference.
Inset: Sofa So Good, Time to Bury the Car, Pennies from Heaven

The Velorution – Jeff Ferrell
Bicycle activists and street militants are taking anarchist tactics on the road.

Young, Poor, Active – Matt Silburn
The People’s Community Union organizes local social democracy groups to fight for the rights of Kingston’s marginalized residents.

The Housewife Who Went to Washington – Gord Perks
The new edition of Lois Gibbs’ Love Canal reveals the evolution of an activist and her media image.

Finding Our Way Home – Finding Our Way Home
Community mapping helps residents define their worries and realize their dreams.
Inset: Green Mapping, Montreal Style by Douglas Jack

Testing the Waters – T. Sharpe, B. Savan and N. Amott
After the Ontario government abandoned much of its environmental monitoring, citizens’ groups established their own means of keeping watch.
Inset: Water Watchdog Takes City to Court by Lynda Lukasik

e-Activism – Mark Meisner
Environmental activists are using the Internet to organize, spoof and subvert.
Inset: The Web Links, the Web Fragments by Anicka Quin

Shooting the Movement – Helen Spitzer
Grassroots video activists present stories that the mass media neglect or distort.

Persistence vs Persistents – Craig Boljkovak and Paul Muldoon
Nearly 40 years after Silent Spring, environmental advocates are still pushing for elimination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Inset: The 12 Treaty POPs and Their Status in Canada

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Notes

Grass Off Drugs – Helen Baulch
Quebec town goes to court to defend lawn-pesticide ban while the federal government considers a general phase out.

Fighting for Life – Tamara Herman
Indigenous people and farmers battle corporate biopirates.

Money Pit on Wheels – Katie Alvord
Auto romance would fade quickly if we knew how much cash the four-wheeled sweetheart is actually sucking out of our pockets.
Survey: See How Your Car Can Roll Away With Your Cash

Canadian Undergraduate Environmental Studies Programmes
Alternatives presents its second annual annotated undergrad directory.

Reviews

Early Modern Concepts for a Late Modern World: Althusius on Community and Federalism by Thomas O. Hueglin, Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier Press, 1999.
Planet Dialectics: Explorations in Environment and Development by Wolfgang Sachs, London: Zed Books, 1999.

Harms’ Way: A Great Gaseous Cloud – Dave Harms