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Eye of the Storm: Time for a New Deal

17 February, 2010 | Jeff Beyer

With almost 20 years of negotiations behind us and greenhouse gas emissions rising faster than the federal deficit, perhaps the time has come to look for alternative approaches to tackling climate change. As University of Victoria professor Michael M’Gonigle suggested in The Tyee in December, could it be that Copenhagen’s failure was a good thing?

Published in: Building Resilience 36.2

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Don’t Bogart that Tree

17 February, 2010 | Bruce Lourie

Illustration by Clive Dobson

Published in: Building Resilience 36.2
Tags: sustainable forestry, Ontario, Nanticoke, mountain pine beetle, Kyoto Protocol, Hearst

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Resilience 101

17 February, 2010 | Chris McLaughlin

Published in: Building Resilience 36.2
Tags: resilience thinking, resilience, pine beetle, panarchy, David Salt, cod fishery, Buzz Holling, Brian Walker

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Calling Buzz Holling

17 February, 2010 | Nicola Ross

Listen to the full 45-minute interview with Buzz Holling on our Podcast page.

Nicola Ross: You’ve written that “Novelty emerges from the interaction between opportunity and crisis.” Can you explain what you mean by novelty?

Published in: Building Resilience 36.2

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Kulturträger: Travelogues with Conviction

17 February, 2010 | Mark Meisner

I have never gone south in the winter. The closest I came was a three-day, mid-February family getaway in Niagara Falls at a hotel with an indoor waterslide park. The chlorine infusion did wonders for my skin! I actually prefer going to Ottawa to skate on the canal or ski in Gatineau Park. We might as well enjoy winter while we still can, eh? My partner usually goes along with this, but this year she was pressing for some sun, sand and tropical nature.

Scoping out the possibilities in Mexico and the Caribbean, we were quickly dismayed by the typically hermetic resort offerings. They seem designed to insulate travelers from the real world, while offering up an ersatz version of the local culture and cuisine. I’m told this is the norm.