Environments articles from December 2000

Environments archives from December 2000

In/equity and Un/sustainability: exploring intersections.
December 1, 2000... Keywords Pedagogy, social equity, inequality, ecological sustainability, unsustainability Introduction The papers collected in this volume -- although written by individual authors -- were informed by a collective process, which...

Domination, alienation, integration: three models of human-environment relations applied to land use in Niagara.
December 1, 2000... Abstract This paper develops three models of the environment called Domination, Alienation, and Integration that become useful for interpreting the evolving relationship between humans and the rest of nature as presented in related...

Same difference: biocentric imperialism and the assault on indigenous culture and hunting.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Advocates of biocentrism maintain that social consciousness in Canada now favours redressing historical and current wrongs against Aboriginal peoples. However, restoration of Aboriginal pre-existing rights such as hunting are...

Walking on one earth: the Akwesasne science and math pilot project.
December 1, 2000... Abstract: The Akwesasne Science and Math Pilot Project, undertaken in Southeastern Ontario, is an attempt to increase the presence of Aboriginal students in these disciplines. The curriculum, which is described in this paper, emphasizes...

Colliding modes of transportation: issues of inequity and unsustainability.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Decisions about how we transport ourselves are considered a matter of personal choice and in North America, the majority "choose" the private automobile. Yet, transportation infrastructure is a matter of public policy and greatly...

Risky business: rethinking the social and ecological impact of biotechnology.
December 1, 2000... Abstract The social impact of the Human Genome Project and the ecological impact of genetically modified organisms are assessed based on an integrated model of the environment that recognizes the way that all life is interconnected and...

Conceptualizing linked social and ecological injustice.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Activists and academics are increasingly recognizing that struggles against social and ecological injustice are linked. In this paper I consider various conceptual models in order to understand how oppression as a whole -- and...

Hunting for sustainability in tropical forests.
December 1, 2000... Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests John G. Robinson and Elizabeth L. Bennett, editors. 2000. Columbia University Press: New York, Chichester, West Sussex. 582 pp. ISBN: 0-231-10977-6 (paper). US $29.50. For those interested...

End of nomadism? Society, state and the environment in Inner Asia.
December 1, 2000... The End of Nomadism? Society, State and the Environment in Inner Asia Caroline Humphrey and David Sneath. 1999. Duke University Press, Durham, NC. 355 pp. ISBN 0-8223-2107-6 (hc) US$64.95, ISBN 0-8223-2140-8 (paper). US$21.95. The...

Biodiversity in Canada: ecology, ideas, and action.
December 1, 2000... Biodiversity in Canada: Ecology, Ideas, and Action Stephen Bocking, editor. 2000. Broadview Press, Peterborough, ON. 400 pp. ISBN 1-55111-238-8 (paper). $29.95. Edited volumes present an opportunity to indulge; to open a book at random...

Planet dialectics: explorations in environment and development.
December 1, 2000... Wolfgang Sachs, 1999. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing. 224 pp. ISBN 1-55266-016-8 (paper). $24.95. Both the crisis of justice and the crisis of nature necessitate looking for forms of prosperity that would not require permanent...