Alternatives Journal 25.2

Restoration and Community 25.2

Editorial: Restoring What Was, Attacking What Is – Bob Gibson

Beyond Repair – Donna Havinga
Ecological restoration is as much about transforming values and practices as about repairing damaged ecosystems.
Inset: The Transformation of Sudbury by Nigel Richardson
Inset: Restoration as Healing by Solomon Boyé

Editorial: Restoring What Was, Attacking What Is – Bob Gibson

Beyond Repair – Donna Havinga
Ecological restoration is as much about transforming values and practices as about repairing damaged ecosystems.
Inset: The Transformation of Sudbury by Nigel Richardson
Inset: Restoration as Healing by Solomon Boyé

Eight Questions for Ecological Restorationists – Stephen Murphy
Even the tidy little technical jobs in restoration ecology involve difficult questions of art, science and ethics.

Trail-blazing in False Creek – Don Alexander and Hilda Mckenzie
Building a heritage pathway is one way to link community, history and ecology.
Inset: Possible Route for a False Creek
Inset: Heritage Trail
Inset: Design Aspects
Inset: Current Status

Working Art -Regenerating urban ecosystems with public art.

The Bear in the Kitchen – Eric Higgs
Ecological restoration in Jasper Park raises questions about wilderness in the Disney age.

Voters Still Green – Sue Bailey
But the environment is not on governments’ agendas.

Once and Future Creeks – Zita Botelho
Plans for stream daylighting promise resurrection of Vancouver waterways.

What is Organic? – Brenda Inouye
Agribusiness wants Canadian and US agencies to weaken organic standards.

Blood and Oil – Tamara Herman
Shooting deaths of young Nigerian activists are linked to Chevron Corporation.

Ironing Out Warming Wrinkles – Helen Baulch
Fertilizing the oceans with iron could help block climate change ­ or it could make things worse.

Reclaimation Art – Thomas Heyd
Robert Morris’ Untitled Johnson Pit #30 reclaimed an industrially blasted landscape without forgiving it..

Leeks, Racing Pigeons and Valley of the Bears – Briony Penn
Museums can be tools for community education on restoration.

Environmental Change and Challenge: A Canadian Perspective – Philip Dearnden and Bruce Mitchell

About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory – Barry Lopez

The Water Crisis: Constructing Solutions to Freshwater Pollution – Julie Stauffer