Framing Nature Alternatives Journal 23.1

Framing Nature 23.1

Editorial: Imagine No Resources – Mark Meisner

Jock Talk, Goldfish, Horse Logging and Star Wars – Joan Sherman and Michael Gismondi
An Alberta pulp company uses a variety of slick communications tools to establish a green image.

Editorial: Imagine No Resources – Mark Meisner

Jock Talk, Goldfish, Horse Logging and Star Wars – Joan Sherman and Michael Gismondi
An Alberta pulp company uses a variety of slick communications tools to establish a green image.

News and Conflict – Michael Karlberg
The news media often portray environmental issues as struggles between opposing groups. This can obscure opportunities for constructive public action.

Telling Stories About Places – Sylvia Bowerbank
Ordinary people’s stories about their own places are a rich and untapped resource for understanding connections between human behaviour and environmental conditions.

Anniversary Essay

Three Decades on the Green Beat – Michael Keating
Canada’s most prominent environment reporter reflects on the media’s record and the future of environmental journalism.
Inset: Looking Backward (and Forward) by Gary Gallon

Watchdog Just Watches – Suzanne Galloway
Environmental commission remains silent as NAFTA members deregulate.

Hybrid Turkeys Love Green Office – Scott Meyer
New design pleases tenants with energy savings and health benefits.

That Sinking Feeling – Marnie Eggen
Do “artificial reefs” in BC waters increase biodiversity or waste?

Green on the Screen Mark Meisner
Computer disks and the World Wide Web are making environmental information much easier to come by for activists and researchers.

Reviews
Mary Richardson, Joan Sherman and Michael Gismondi, Winning Back the Words 
Robert Paehlke, ed., Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia 
Monte Hummel, ed., Protecting Canada’s Endangered Spaces

Harms’ Way: Finishing Second: A Tribute to Almost-Great Moments in Canadian Environmental History – Dave Harms