Activists

the face of a pig on its way to the slaughterhouse A\J AlternativesJournal.ca

Mercy Me

JO-ANNE MCARTHUR’S PHOTO ESSAY in Lifecycles features a handful of heart-shattering windows into the way pigs are trafficked in their final moments, courtesy of McArthur’s unflinching eye. Buy the issue for the story behind these photos and more. Inside a small-scale slaughterhouse. …Although the graphic nature of this photo doesn’t […]

Waking the Green Tiger film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca

Waking the Green Tiger

In the Southwestern province of Yunnan, the headwaters of China’s three major rivers glide side by side, carving deep, beautiful gorges through the country’s most culturally and biologically diverse regions. The Salween, Mekong and Yangtze rivers are also the subjects of dozens of proposed dams. The largest is the Tiger […]

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Power Shift: A call for transformative change

Power Shift aims to build an environmental and climate justice movement that can transform our society, so that our future can be enjoyed by everyone, not only those who can afford it. Power Shift is organized by youth for youth and aims to mobilize passionate youth from affected communities and various sectors […]

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Power Shift: Climate justice is about more than the environment

Power Shift aims to build an environmental and climate justice movement that can transform our society, so that our future can be enjoyed by everyone, not only those who can afford it. Power Shift is organized by youth for youth and aims to mobilize passionate youth from affected communities and […]

We Are Not Ghosts film review A\J AlternativesJournal.ca

We Are Not Ghosts

The one-two punch of the auto industry’s collapse and the foreclosure crisis has driven thousands of people out of Detroit, Michigan, over the past decade, leaving boarded-up houses and overgrown lots behind. Some residents have stayed, however, and they want the world to know: theirs is no ghost town. 

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In Defence of Science Panel

THE ALTERNATIVES TEAM travelled from Kitchener, Ontario, to Ottawa on Tuesday, September 25 to join the on-going discussion about the role of science in protecting Canada’s environment – and the well-being of all Canadians. We hosted a panel discussion, “In Defence of Science”, at the University of Ottawa, with the support of […]

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Copy the Cure

THE LATEST FILM by Swiss-Canadian director Léa Pool argues that breast cancer is not just a disease but also a massive and extremely lucrative new industry. Drawing on interviews with social critics (including the brilliant Barbara Ehrenreich), survivors, doctors and funders, Pink Ribbons, Inc. finds searing answers about how much […]