Alternatives Journal articles from September 1998

Alternatives Journal archives from September 1998

Whose lands for life?
September 22, 1998... Nearly half of Ontario's land base is on the auction block in what Wildlands League executive director Tim Gray calls "the great Ontario public land grab." The Lands for Life land-use planning exercise, devised by the Ministry of Natural...

U'wa threaten suicide in fight against oil exploration. (tribe from Colombia)
September 22, 1998... A tribe of 5000 U'wa from Colombia say they will commit mass suicide by walking off a 1400-foot cliff if oil exploration goes ahead in their native territory. Occidental of Colombia, a subsidiary of US-based Occidental Petroleum Company (OXY),...

Swamp creatures relieved. (Brazil's decision to abandon plans in a navigation project)
September 22, 1998... Brazil abandons huge project in Pantanal wetlands Brazilian officials say they have abandoned plans for their part in a massive navigation project that threatens one of the largest intact wetland areas on the planet. The Brazilian government...

Community logs. (Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc.)(includes related article on Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Ltd.)
September 22, 1998... Westwind Forest Stewardship takes a nonprofit approach to forest management in Muskoka Imagine, if you will, a crowd of seasoned loggers and skidder operators, wildlife biologists, landowners, university students, natural heritage...

Land at ease. (land stewardship law in New Brunswick)
September 22, 1998... New Brunswick becomes the most recent province to use conservation easements to protect the land New Brunswick has become the most recent Canadian province to provide landowners and conservation-oriented organizations with a legally binding...

In film, out of place.(Commentary)
September 22, 1998... El Nino brought an early spring to the Kootenays. By March the streets and yards of Nelson were all snow-free, with one exception, a gracious old heritage home in the historic Uphill neighbourhood, heavily coated with the brilliant white stuff....

Stopped cold. (Canadian climate change efforts)(includes related article on minimizing greenhouse gases)(Cover Story)
September 22, 1998... Action by Canada on climate change been blocked by opposition both inside and outside government Canadian climate change initiatives took a step backwards on April 24, 1998, when energy and environment ministers agreed to further study of the...

Allied forces. (ecological sustainability)
September 22, 1998... Unions and environmentalists can work together for jobs and ecological sustainability Tatsuro "Buck" Suzuki was a Fraser River fisher and an activist in the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union. Known as "Gumboot Suzuki", he worked to...

Lessons from a Latin partner. (effects of Chile's economic policies on its environment)(includes related article on Chile's Quebrada Blanca copper mine)
September 22, 1998... Two decades of free market policies have spurred Chile's economy, but at a steep price Chile was the first Latin American country to develop a model of broad market liberalization opening to the international economy. For neo-classic...

Sold American: The Story of Alaska Natives and Their Land, 1867-1959.
September 22, 1998... Donald Craig Mitchell, Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College, University Press of New England, 1997. Reviewed by Terry Fenge Aboriginal issues seem to bring out the best and the worst in authors. Sold American, a history of Alaskan...

Our Home or Native Land? What Governments' Aboriginal Policy Is Doing to Canada.
September 22, 1998... Melvin H. Smith, Victoria, BC: Crown Western, 1995. Reviewed by Terry Fenge Aboriginal issues seem to bring out the best and the worst in authors. Sold American, a history of Alaskan aboriginal peoples and their land by well-known Alaskan...

From Mondragon to America: Experiments in Community Economic Development.
September 22, 1998... Greg MacLeod, Sydney, Nova Scotia: University College of Cape Breton Press, 1997. Reviewed by Sally Lerner Here's one scenario for the future of work in Canada that worries many thoughtful people: there are even fewer secure, adequately...

The Transformation of Capitalist Society.
September 22, 1998... Zellig S. Harris, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997. Reviewed by Sally Lerner Here's one scenario for the future of work in Canada that worries many thoughtful people: there are even fewer secure, adequately waged jobs for...

Redeeming the Time: A Political Theology of the Environment.
September 22, 1998... Stephen Bede Scharper, New York: Continuum Publishing, 1997. Reviewed by David Seljak Stephen Scharper notes that there are two types of engaged Christians, those who concern themselves with social justice issues and those who are moved to...

Debugging the climate. (humor on climate change)
September 22, 1998... Like most Canadians, I'm intensely worried about climate change. Every day I hear about countries being pounded by El Nino, frozen by La Nina, scorched by drought and wildfires, and scoured by tornadoes. But what about Canada? Aside from the...