Building Resilience 36.2

11 February, 2010

A Boeing 777 has approximately 150,000 subsystems, although under ideal conditions only a few hundred are needed. If it crashed, its 400 passengers and flight crew might perish.

When Canada’s cod fishery collapsed, it put 40,000 people out of work, devastated a $500-million-per-year industry and killed countless fish.

The US deficit hit $1.6-trillion in February.

Imagine if we built similar failsafe conditions into our ecological and economic systems as we did into our airplanes. In Building Resilience, we explore the need to factor resilience into how we manage our social-ecological systems so that they can rebound from a good wallop.

Listen to the Building Resilience podcast, Part One and Part Two.

Editorial: Resilience for Dummies - Editorial

Nicola Ross

In Brief: 36.2 - Abstract Only

Biodiversity 2010, climate change and children, a farmer's ecovillage

Letters to the Editor: 36.2 - Abstract Only

Footprint in Mouth - Abstract Only

Gareth Lind

Kulturträger: Travelogues with Conviction - Article in Full

Mark Meisner

There is more than one way to reach paradise.

Calling Buzz Holling - Article in Full

Nicola Ross

In this engaging interview with executive editor Nicola Ross, Buzz Holling applies his ecological theories to climate change, the economy and the fall of the Mayan empire.

The Hardcore Guide to Resilience - Abstract Only

George Francis

With many social and ecological systems on the brink of collapse, resilience theory seeks to understand and cope with future disasters.
10 Carden
After the Fire

Bank with a Conscience - Abstract Only

Taarini Chopra

After 30 years, the Grameen Bank has empowered over seven million borrowers.

Resilience 101 - Article in Full

Chris McLaughlin

If we factor resilience into how we manage our social-ecological systems, they should rebound from a good wallop.
The Collapse of Atlantic Cod
5 Key Concepts of Resilience
9 Ways to Manage for Resilience

The Rhetoric of Resilience - Abstract Only

Andrew McMurry

In a world that runs on persuasion, the green movement would be wise to re-examine its use of language.

The Pollinators - Abstract Only

Laura Judson

It took the threat of a court injunction to prevent the City of Ottawa from mowing down the Jones’ bee-friendly lawn.

Size Isn't Everything - Abstract Only

Emily McGiffin

With chronic shortages and climate change straining the global food system, plant breeders are heading back to the farm.

A Spoonful of Resilience - Abstract Only

Karen Morrison and David Waltner-Toews

Our stressed health care system demands immediate treatment.
In Praise of Redundancy

Reality & Politics in 2009 - Abstract Only

Our 2009 year in review.

Don’t Bogart that Tree - Article in Full

Bruce Lourie

A bizarre Kyoto rule could result in Canada’s forests being cut, chipped, shipped and then burned to make electricity.

Eye of the Storm: Time for a New Deal - Article in Full

Jeff Beyer

Perhaps it’s time to scrap the UN climate change process for something that actually works.

In Review: City Limits - Abstract Only

Gord Perks

"The Carbon Charter" by Godo Stoyke is reviewed by Gord Perks.

In Review: Food Incorporated - Abstract Only

Elbert van Donkersgoed

"Corporate Power In Global Agrifood Governance" by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs (eds.) is reviewed by Elbert van Donkersgoed.

What's the Big Idea?: Simplicity - Abstract Only

Robert Gibson

Sounds good, if you don’t mind a dollop of ignorance with your bliss.

Publication of this issue was made possible by funding from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (http://www.idrc.ca), and support from our many subscribers. We acknowledge the financial support of Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada; Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation; Ontario Media Development Corporation; Ontario Trillium Foundation; Ontario Work Study Plan; Suncor Energy; and the government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program and Canada Magazine Fund toward our mailing and editorial costs. The support of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Environmental Studies Endowment Foundation is appreciated.