Green Communities 22.2

Editorial: Greening Our Communities

This issue of Alternatives demonstrates that a vision of green communities is beginning to emerge and that creative, transferable solutions to seemingly intractable social and environmental challenges are being initiated by citizen organizations and municipal officials in communities around the world. ...

Editorial: Greening Our Communities
Mark Roseland

Greening the City: The Ecological and Human Dimensions of the City Can Be Part of Town Planning
Peter Newman
Making our cities more liveable entails making them both greener and more convivial, an opportunity to revitalize a rich tradition from the pre-modern era.
Inset: Intensification of the People or by the People? by Edmund P. Fowler

Healthy, Sustainable Communities: Concept, Fledgling Practice and Implications for Governance
Trevor Hancock
The well-being of the planet in the coming century will be decided to a significant degree by cities and their citizens.
Inset: Three Canadian Efforts to Link "Healthy" and "Sustainable" by Trevor Hancock
Inset: Two Proposals for Canadian Sustainable Communities by Robert Gibson

Ecology and Community Design: Lessons from Northern European Ecological Communities
Todd Saunders
Ten recommendations for community designers and others wishing to translate ecological community theory into practice.

Building a Better World, One Neighbourhood at a Time
Russell Mawby

Street Theatre and Certificate Programmes: Foundation Takes Innovative Approach to Urban Issues
Judy Oberlander

Successful Green Initiatives at Risk in Ontario
Stephen Bocking

Bike Choir Recycles Music for Transport Revolution
Michael Torreiter

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Reviews

Katrina Shields, In the Tiger's Mouth: An Empowerment Guide for Social Action
Daryl Novak, ed., Working Group Guide
Louise Ward-Whate and Joanne Mills, Discovering Your Community: A Cooperative Process for Planning Sustainability
Joseph Bruchac and Michael Caduto, Keepers of Life
Ontario Round Table on Environment and Economy, Sustainable Communities Resource Package

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