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Wayne Roberts, a hero to many in Canada's food-security movements and the broader environmental community, passed away on January 20, 2021 after a hard-fought battle with an aggressive form of leukemia....
VR Tours Front Postcard

On Wednesday, February 19th, 2020, Alternatives Media and Western University’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability will be hosting a FREE Virtual Reality exposition on key areas under the banner of...
45 years of A\J

We were founded by a young professor Bob Paehlke in 1971 at Trent University.2 Huge argument arises in 1989 among deep and social ecologists in Letters to Editor.3 In November 2015, we...
Music for a Greenbelt

The Harvest Picnic, in its fifth year, celebrates music, the Ontario Greenbelt and local farmers. Every year musicians, community members, farmers and activists gather at Christie Lake Conservation area to...
Jenn-Beach

Jennifer Lynes is associate professor and director of the Environment and Business program at the University of Waterloo. Jennifer Lynes is associate professor and director of the Environment and Business...
esacarpment

What greenbelts do Ontario’s Greenbelt What greenbelts do Ontario’s GreenbeltTHE GREENBELT PLAN is a key component of the province’s growth management strategy for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, defining where development is off-limits....
GreenbeltPrescription

Most people don’t exercise enough. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, only seven per cent of Canadian kids get 60-plus minutes of moderate to vigorous activity every day, and...
FriendsofGreenbelt

Since its creation in 2005, Ontario’s Greenbelt has become a renowned example of how to protect natural and rural environments in a rapidly urbanizing world. To foster the vitality of more than 725,000 hectares of green space...
Gideon Forman

Gideon FormanGideon Forman holds an MA in Philosophy from McGill and a certificate in Renewable Energy from the University of Toronto. Gideon FormanGideon Forman holds an MA in Philosophy from...
Protest-o-Scope | nik harron

WELCOME TO THE NEW FACE of Canadian medicine! These five health professionals assist patients not just through annual check-ups and drug prescriptions, but also by protecting our planetary home. Their...

Authors Blog

We’re in the final stretch of the Paris climate change summit and COP21 negotiators are in a race with time as they try and finalize an agreement. The deadline for a...
The first week of climate negotiations has come and passed and the world is looking to Paris for a climate consensus. Although things are moving along, a lot will need...
Ahead of this week's start of United Nations climate change negotiations, people around the world marched demanding governments to reach a science-based agreement that will keep global warming under 2...
Climate change and its impending effects on our world can no longer be ignored or denied. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising and species are going extinct. As the...
Federal Election
The 11 weeks of election campaigns ends today. By tomorrow, Canada may have a brand new leader.Voting polls are open for 12 hours today and hours vary depending on where...
J Elections
The Canadian federal election is this upcoming Monday, October 19th. In part of our 30-day election coverage, we’ve compiled the top environment and election related content that made headlines this...
Federal Election
Today marks 23 days until the Canadian federal election. In part of our 30-day election coverage, we’ve compiled the top environment and election related content that made headlines this week.To sum...
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Are you up for a challenge? LiveLocalKW, a weeklong event, challenges you and others living in the Region of Waterloo to eat, shop and play local from September 13-19. Kitchener-Waterloo...
Second Revolution Communications
For nearly 45 years, A\J has helped take complex environmental issues and turn them into something understandable to the layperson. While it began life as an academic transfer journal in...