Naomi Klein writes important books and has very good timing. But as we’re warned in her latest, the meticulously researched and predictably impressive This Changes Everything, time is something we’ve finally run out of.
Environment and sustainability
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Inside this issue:
Precarious temp agency work requires public policy attention by Andrew Longhurst
Don't believe the (LNG) hype by Marc Lee
The disconnect between economic growth and teachers' wages by Iglika Ivanova
What are the net benefits of the Northern Gateway? by Marvin Shaffer
New living wage reports force us to look at child poverty in the city by Iglika Ivanova
The good life, the green life
The tar sands exist because of a perfect storm of conditions. The right markets, the right incentives, the right policies, and governments willing to work to keep the balance tipped in favour of these high-carbon projects. The question is whether Canada is willing to bet our energy and economic strategies on the assumption that the future will look a lot like the past when it comes to the tar sands.
Last week, I was in Winnipeg and elsewhere in southern Manitoba for a roundtable and a series of field visits. Representing the Green Economy Network [GEN] --- a national alliance of civil society organizations committed to transforming our economy in response to environmental challenges, notably climate change --- I was blown away by what I saw and experienced. Here’s why.
In this thoughtful paper, UBC Professor Emeritus William Rees, the originator of “ecological footprint analysis”, explores the interconnections between the ecological and social crises we face, and then offers up an inventory of policy solutions to address them. While radical by today's context, his proposals seek to break through the layers of denial that mark dominant economic thinking.
(Vancouver) In a new paper entitled Avoiding Collapse: An agenda for sustainable degrowth and relocalizing the economy, UBC Professor Emeritus William E. Rees, the originator of “ecological footprint analysis”, explores the interconnections between the ecological and social crises we face, and then offers up an inventory of policy solutions to address them.
On the front page of one its issues last fall, Maclean’s displayed the visage of Canada’s pre-eminent environmentalist, David Suzuki. It bannered in large capital letters a quote attributed to Suzuki that “ENVIRONMENTALISM HAS FAILED,” with a subhead claiming, “David Suzuki loses faith in the cause of his lifetime.”
CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein submitted the attached to Mr. Jim Snetsinger, who is leading a consultation on area-based forest tenures on behalf of the BC government.