Voluntary Initiatives 24.2

Editorial: Upside Down Logic
Robert Gibson

The Day the NGOs Walked Out
Debora L. Vannijnatten
The ARET project shows how voluntary pollution prevention may fail unless government ensures effective public involvement.
Inset: Accuracy is Optional in Reporting
Inset: Voluntary Successes by Gary Gallon

Voluntary Corporate Initiatives for Environmental improvement
An Alternatives pocket guide

Who Killed CIPSI?
Elfreda Chang, Doug Macdonald and Joanne Wolfson
Was it really six business associations using the blunt instrument of a three-paragraph letter?

Sour Gas, Bitter Relations
Ginger Gibson, Eric Higgs And Steve Hrudey
Poor communication between Unocal and the Lubicon Cree about sour gas risks fostered distrust rather than collaboration.

Dofasco Deal Cuts Pollution and Controls
Lynda Lukasik
The Hamilton steel company's voluntary agreement with environment authorities may reduce toxic discharges, but also set an undesirable precedent.

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Notes

The 32-hour Cure
John Willis
Shortening the work week would create more jobs and foster sustainability.

More Damnation in Quebec
Neal Burnham
Hydro-Québec plans to divert eight more rivers to generate additional electricity for the US.

Fishing for Control
Estelle Taylor
Former enemies join forces as BC coastal communities seek to manage their own fisheries.

Reviews

Ernst von Weizsacker, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use
Mark Roseland, ed., Eco-City Dimensions: Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet
Richard Welford and Richard Starkey, eds., The Earthscan Reader in Business and the Environment
Brian Tokar, Earth for Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash

Letters

Harms' Way: Endangered Eco-Freaks by Dave Harms