Out of the Box 36.4

1 June, 2010
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Just as parents aren’t supposed to favour any one of their children, it’s risky for editors to have a special attachment to a particular issue of their magazine. Nonetheless, this other-worldly issue is very dear to our editor-in-chief. From space travel to crop circles, rainmakers to junk building, swamis to seal hunting, we’ve reached – and attained, we hope, the outer limits of environmental ideas and action. Blast off!

Listen to the Out of the Box podcast: Out of this World, featuring a personal interview with Swami formerly known as Don Gamble.

Editorial: Out of This World - Article in Full
Nicola Ross
Terroir in My Cheese, Please - Abstract Only
Stephanie Diamant
Foraging 101 for City Slickers - Abstract Only
Meaghan King
Hooked on Burdock - Abstract Only
Clive Dobson
Letters to the Editor: 36.4 - Abstract Only
Documentary Exploits - Article in Full
Mark Meisner

This year’s Oscar winner, The Cove, is part of Flipper-trainer Ric O’Barry’s effort to expose the underbelly of animal stardom.

Meet Obedi Osore: Rainmaker - Abstract Only
Science of the Elders - Abstract Only
Gilbert Ouma, Laban Ogallo, Maria Onyango

Famous for their rainmaking skills, Kenya’s Nganyi are working with scientists to forecast the weather.

Being Swami Sivananda - Abstract Only
Swami Sivananda

After a tumultuous meeting with the World Bank in 1992, Don Gamble escaped from the world of highly charged international reviews.

We Have Been Visited - Abstract Only

New film investigates the mystery of crop circles.

Planet B - Article in Full
Rob Thacker

Allow yourself to wonder: Are we Earthlings really alone?
What Space Travel Taught Us in 1968
Our Window into Home: Apollo Program & the Environmental Movement Photo Essay

Hunting for the Right Words - Abstract Only
Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon

Inuit seal hunting in Cumberland Sound is a world away from Pamela Anderson’s tube top.
Commercial Hunt – Facts and FAQs
EU Ban Sparks Controversy

Urban Salvation - Article in Full
Mark Gorgolewski

As waste streams grow and natural resources dwindle, demand for salvaged materials will rise.
Salvaging Is Timeless Elisabeth Percy
Photos of Timeless Materials by BrianStDenis.com

Black Box of Federal Climate Policy - Abstract Only
Jeff Beyer

Ottawa’s inaction on climate change ramps up provincial tensions.

In Review: Storms of My Grandchildren - Book Review
Glen Blouin

Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe And Our Last Chance to Save Humanity is reviewed by Glen Blouin

In Review: Plump and Sumptuous - Book Review

Open Wide a Wilderness reviewed by Greg Michalenko

What's the Big Idea? Markets - Article in Full
Robert Gibson

The market system is powerful, necessary and stupid. You want to have it on your side, but you would be crazy to let it run things.

Publication of this issue was made possible by funding from Social Innovation Generation at University of Waterloo, and support­ from our many subscribers­.

We acknowledge the financial support of Canada’s International­ Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca); EJLB Foundation; Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada; Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation; Ivey Foundation; The McLean Foundation; Ontario Media Development Corporation; Ontario Trillium Foundation; Ontario Work Study Plan; Suncor Energy; YMCA Youth Eco Internship Program; 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.

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