A\J: How do you describe yourself as an artist?
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The Creators: Alanna Mitchell
A\J: What compelled you to move Seasick from a non-fiction work into a play?
The Creators: Kiera-Dawn Kolson
A\J: How do you describe yourself as an artist?
Debunking Dams
TFor decades dams have been celebrated by some as an inherently clean form of energy. In British Columbia the Christy Clark government recently dubbed a highly controversial $9-billion mega dam on the Peace River as “the site C Clean Energy Project.”
Happy Activism
How do we make environmental organizations attractive to large numbers of people? And how do we keep these folks engaged for the years, even decades that it will take to create a sustainable society?
Gotta Have Faith
In recent years, there’s been a re-emergence of the need for joy, connection and spiritual energy that has permeated environmental movements. While the data of climate change, species loss and ecological destruction are sometimes numbing, the role of faith and faith communities in engendering activism and hope have become key […]
The Ecology of Religion
St Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church in Toronto is the first sacred building in Canada to be LEED Gold (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified. People from outside its community often come to marvel at its environmentally sustainable architecture, living wall, sophisticated ventilation system, and indigenous plants. In tours with inquisitive […]
A Sense of Community
This series, starting with this introductory survey by former A\J editorial intern and recent University of Waterloo Environment grad Semini Pathberiya, is focused on starting to answer the two metaphysical questions raised off the top in anticipation of determining just how big of a boat we’ll need to fit all […]
Higher Powered: Joshna Maharaj
What role does faith, broadly understood, play in your ecological-culinary trajectory?
Higher Powered: David Miller
A\J: What gives you hope in your environmental and social justice work? David Miller: What gives me hope is having had the privilege of seeing environmental initiatives that work, and consider social justice and economic issues at the same time. Those are the lasting solutions. But it also means that […]
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