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from January 1996
Last Number: November 2009

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Year 2003

Vol. 29 Nbr. 4, September 2003

Activists cheer Cancun failure.

Global News - Brief Article

Alberta fails its forests.

Canadian News - Brief Article

Alternatives directory: Canadian undergraduate environmental studies programs.

Directory

Belo Horizonte social club: where food is treated as a right, both farmers and urban residents benefit.

Blackouts can be prevented.

Research Findings - Brief Article

Calgary misses the bus.

Letter to the Editor

Chickens lack pluck.

Alter Notes - Behavior of free-range chickens - Brief Article

Coal gas needs review.

Research Findings - Brief Article

Dam aid damned.

Campaigns - Canadian financing of dams - Brief Article

Deadly double standard: pesticides severely restricted in the North continue to poison farmers in the South.

Digest this: recognizing the right to food could usher in a new era of social and environmental gains.

Commentary

Down in the old, old woods.

Science Desk - Biodiversity in forest communities

Draggers challenged.

Campaigns - Fish dragging - Brief Article

Druids save Austrian motorists.

Alter Notes - Brief Article

Eat this book.

Confronting Consumption - Book Review

Eat your vegetables: eating lower on the food chain is one of the best ways to reduce the environmental impact of your food choices. But coming up with good recipes and a balanced diet can be a challenge for beginners on the veggie path. Even veteran vegetarians--and ecologically conscious carnivores--will find these Web sites of interest.

Hot Green Web Sites - Directory

Feds push home retrofits.

Canadian News - Brief Article

Food for all: the story of FoodShare shows how community food security programs can make a difference, even if they can't end hunger.

Frankenfuss.

Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology - Book Review

From Paul Bunyan to Paula's bunions.

Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities - Book Review

Gram Vikas has won the World Habitat Award.

Brief Article

Green pursuit.

Bioviva ecological board game - Brief Article

Hydrogen fuel hitch.

Science Desk - Brief Article

Juan Valdez, meet Jane Walden: all our food should be 'fair trade'--in the North and in the South.

Commentary

Jump into the fire.

Stir It Up

Lawsuit targets atrazine.

Campaigns - Herbicide causes hormonal damage in wildlife - Brief Article

Life after oil: Cuba's fossil fuel shortage has inspired innovations that combine sustainable agriculture and renewable energy.

Looking for alternatives.

Letter to the Editor

Monsanto loses class action.

Global News - Brief Article

More mythology about Chief Seathl.

Letter to the Editor

Nature knows best.

Thinking Ecologically: Environmental Thought, Values and Policy - Book Review

NB to import US toxics.

Canadian News - New Brunswick - Brief Article

Now that the lights are back on: deregulation will not stabilize our energy supply--policies that foster innovation will.

Political Science

One belly, one vote: food democracy lives at the co-op.

Pesticide Pepsi and cancer Coke.

Alter Notes - Brief Article

Polluted water kills pop star.

Global News - Brief Article

Pollution cuts save infants.

Research Findings - Brief Article

Pot luck and polar plungers.

Letter from Perth - Environmental group EcoPerth - Brief Article

Pretending to help the poor: a Third World activist challenges the hypocrisy of the biotech giants.

Public interest squeezed: government cuts have forced non-profit and voluntary organizations to devote scarce resources to the money-chase.

Reality Cheque

So near, yet so far: local producers are blocked by the centralized systems of big grocery chains.

Industry Overview

Something smells: government regulation is not keeping up with the growth of factory hog farms.

Commentary

Sound forest.

Dedans/Dehors, sound installation - Brief Article

Sprawling over the belt.

Alter Notes - Brief Article

Take food action.

Brief Article

The whole enchilada.

Editorial

Triple X shopping.

Brain Mulch

United we fish: the fight against the privatization of the fisheries is creating new alliances between native and non-native fishing communities in southwest Nova Scotia.

University cuts Biosphere II.

Global News - Brief Article

Visible minorities poisoned.

Research Findings

When organics go mainstream: the rising mass-market appeal of organic foods has changed the world for the small, local producers who started it all.

Industry Overview

Where to start.

Directory

Who said that?

Alternatives Quiz

Whose label? Organic certification now serves big business better than farmers and consumers.

Commentary - Industry Overview