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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results28 Connexions Library10 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 7 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAcademics Urge Government Climate Action: Sources News Release Article 2009 More than 500 university faculty members from universities across Canada signed a letter to the Canadian Government calling for immediate drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The letter poi... Another world is possible if...  George, Susan Book 2004 Susan George suggests that we can create a new and better world -- if we act together to bring about changes. She discusses the ifs and hows. Bikes vs Cars Gertten, Fredrik (director) Film/Video 2015 Bikes vs Cars is a documentary about the bike and what an amazing tool for change it can be. It highlights a conflict in city planning between bikes, cars and a growing reliance on fossil fuels. Building the Green Movement Bahro, Rudolf Book Rudolf Bahro has emerged from the West German Green Party as a political and social thinker with substantial international influence. In Building the Green Movement, he sets forth his views on North-S... Canada Is Now To Climate What Japan Is To Whaling Monbiot, George Article 2009 Here I am, watching the astonishing spectacle of a beautiful, cultured nation turning itself into a corrupt petro-state. Canada is slipping down the development ladder, retreating from a complex, dive... Charting Environmental Conflict - The Atlas of Environmental Justice Meynen, Nick Article 2016 Another tool supporting the growing movement and better global awareness is the Atlas of Environmental Justice. The EJAtlas is packed with qualitative information about almost 1800 environmental confl... Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Library: Environment Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use. COP21, Paris: 'Another world is possible, necessary and urgent' Tokar, Brian Article 2015 The greatest danger of the Paris conference is that the global South will be bullied into to accepting a terrible deal rather than leave with none at all. That gives civil society an essential role - ... Corporate money preventing all-out campaign to stop global warming fillmore, Nick Article 2013 Highly-regarded former Toronto Mayor David Miller says he is "very excited" about becoming the new President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund-Canada in September. But there are questions about wheth... EnvironmentSources.com Website 2017 Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations Ponting, Clive Book 1991 Ponting tracks the "green" history of the world showing how throughout history civilizations have collapsed when they exhausted the earth's natural resources. How to Save the World: Strategy for World Conservation Allen, Robert Book 1980 "How To Save The World" discusses, "Why the world needs saving now and how it can be done". Allen breaks his work down into seven chapters, devoting each to an important aspect of the global predicame... Just the Beginning of Canada's Filthy Tar Sands: A Qualitative Jump Down a Black Hole Stainsby, Macdonald Article 2013 The technology used in Canada's tar sands will be used to open up other potential oil deposits that could more than double all know oil reserves. The disaster threatens to keep expanding. Saving the Tropical Forests Gradwhol, Judith; Greenberg, Russel Book 1989 The book provides a vision of hope for the tropical rainforests of the world. In Latin America, Africa, India and South East Asia, growing numbers of people are developing techniques and projects spec... Slamming the World Bank and IMF Wiseman, Robert Article Activists and NGOs converge on Washington. to protest the World Bank and IMF. Socialist Register 1997: Volume 33: Ruthless Criticism of All that Exists Panitch, Leo (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1997 Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent Nikiforuk, Andrew Book 2010 To extract the energy from the Alberta tar sands, the world's ugliest, most expensive hydrocrabon, we are polluting our air, poisoning our water, destroying vast areas of boreal forest, and underminin... 'They stole the beach' - the major mafia that almost nobody wants to talk about: The building boom in China and worldwide demand for consumer goods containing ilmenite has enriched criminals who specialise in stealing san Meynen, Nick Article 2018 Increasing demand for sand has led to targeting of sandy beaches by organised crime. Community members who speak out or protest the destruction of beaches are often victims of intimidation, harrassmen... This Changes Everything Lewis, Avi (director); Klein, Naomi (narrator) Film/Video 2015 Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything, the film presents portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar S... The Vanishing Forest The Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues (ICIHI) Book While loggers, ranchers, road and dam builders destroy forests for short-term gains, the world is losing what could be its long-term economic base. Deforestation threatens irreversible climatic change... Waterlogged Wealth Maltby, Edward Book The traditional response to swamps, marshes and bogs has been to drain them. But wetlands are not wastelands. Coastal marshes are among the world's most productive ecosystems. Maltby examines the valu... What a Way to Treat Your Mother: Women and the State of the Planet Langer, Julia Article 1991 Our planet is in crisis. What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know about Capitalism: A Citizen's Guide to Capitalism and the Environment Magdoff, Fred; Foster, John Bellamy Book 2011 A manifesto for those environmentalists who reject schemes of “green capitalism” or piecemeal reform. Magdoff and Foster argue that efforts to reform capitalism along environmental lines or rely solel... The World Trade Organization: A Citizen's Guide Shrybman, Steven Book 1999 Shrybman argues that the WTO not only aggravates envrionmental and social problems, but takes away the tools that governments need to address them. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesCampaign for Nuclear Phaseout CNP is a non-profit initiative directed by a steering committee of activists across Canada. CNP encourages the phaseout of nuclear power in favour of safer, cleaner and more economic energy alternativ... Climate Action Network Canada CANCanada - To support & empower Canada's governments private sector, labour & civil society by designing, developing implementing effective strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at internati... Earthrights International ERI is a nonprofit group of activists, organizers, and lawyers with expertise in human rights, the environment, and corporate and government accountability. ERI has offices in the U.S. and Southeast A... Friends of the Earth International We are the world's largest grassroots environmental network, uniting 76 national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent. With over 2 million members and supporters aroun... Great Lakes United An international coalition of 170 environmental, hunter-angler, labour union and grassroots community organizations from Chicoutimi, Qu‚bec, to Duluth, Minnesota, dedicated to the protection and resto... Peace Magazine Bimonthly publication focusing on peace and justice from a multi-partisan perspective. Rainforest Action Network RAN seeks to protect the Earth's rainforests through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action. They do so using campaigns to expose the wrongdoings of governments and corporatio... Science for Peace Science for Peace is a Canadian organization which brings together those interested in the natural and social sciences in order to address the global crises facing humankind. The members of Science fo... WaterCan WaterCan is a leading Canadian charity dedicated to fighting global poverty by helping the world's poorest people gain access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene education. World Federalists of Canada We view the world as one society embracing all of humanity in its diversity. We affirm that the ideals and principles of community life which are basic to civilized existence can and must be applied t... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryCanadian government 'knew of plans to dump iron into the Pacific' Chief executive of company responsible for controversial geoengineering test implicates several departments Lukacs, Martin 2012 As controversy mounts over the revelations that an American businessman conducted a massive ocean fertilisation test, dumping around 100 tonnes of iron sulphate off Canada's coast, it has emerged the ... From the Connexions ArchivesInternational Forum on Globalization Website An alliance of activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. |
