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  1. After the Crash
    The Emergence of the Rainbow Economy

    Resource Type: Book
  2. Appeasing the Mountain Bikers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2001
    Just because someone is able to purchase a machine that lets them ride off-road, that is no reason that the public should be required to provide them a place to use it.
  3. Community Workshops for the Environment
    An Organizer's Manual

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989
    A guide to organizing ecology workshops.
  4. Contamination: The Poisonous Legacy of Ontario's Environmental Cutbacks 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2000
    The story of Ontario's right-way Harris government, which gutted health and environmental protection polices, leading to the Walkerton water disaster.
  5. Drowning in Noise: Noise Costs of jet skis in America
    A Report for the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2000
    An analysis of the value of the lost enjoyment that jet ski noise introduces into beach environments.
  6. Ecodefence: Disrupting Illegal Activities
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1985
    What to do when you witness environmental crimes.
  7. Equal Access to Our Parks for Bulldozer Racing
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1999
    Tthere have been some problems, such as some people riding recklessly, going off the designated trails, and even secretly constructing illegal trails. But those are a small minority of bulldozer riders. You shouldn't allow a small minority to give the majority of us bulldozer racers, who ride responsibly, a bad name. Why should we be punished, just because of them, and be forced to walk, just like everybody else?
  8. Fair Taxation in a Changing World: Highlights
    Report of the Ontario Fair Tax Commission

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
  9. Halton Environment Network
    Organization profile published 2007

    Resource Type: Organization
    The Halton Environmental Network (HEN) aims to achieve a positive and lasting impact for Halton Region's natural environment by building relationships and providing networking opportunities. The idea is that many people and organizations working together towards common goals will bring much needed strength and focus to environmental efforts in Halton Region. It is hoped that this network will gain momentum over the years and be the hub of a selfsustaining process for community capacity-building, education and action.
  10. The Impacts of Mountain Biking on Wildlife and People
    A Review of the Literature

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2004
    It is clear that mountain biking is harmful to some wildlife and people. No one, even mountain bikers, tries to deny that. Bikes create V-shaped ruts in trails, throw dirt to the outside on turns, crush small plants and animals on and under the trail, facilitate increased levels of human access into wildlife habitat, and drive other trail users (many of whom are seeking the tranquility and primitiveness of natural surroundings) out of the parks.
  11. Jetskis Should Be Banned
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1998
    To launch a jet ski into the shallow waters that are so important to marine wildlife takes little money, little training, and little energy. Jet skis put our most vulnerable marine and avian wildlife directly into the hands of some of our most biologically ignorant and least responsible citizens.
  12. Life, Money & Illusion
    Living on Earth as if We Want to Stay

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
    The failure to reduce green house gas emissions, the success of efforts to curb ozone depletion, causes related to prosperity and social justice are just some the topics covered. By using the example of Kerela, India, Nickerson shows how a society by working together can become car-free, religious and bigotry free, have a high level of health care and literacy and be able to sustain itself on a fraction of the money on which we depend.
  13. Living with the Land
    Communities Restoring the Earth

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992
    A collection of stories from grassroots communities about the benefits of ecological living.
  14. Managing Wastes
    A Guide to Citizens' Involvement

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1985   Published: 1992
    Second editon of booklet first published in 1984, outling how citizens can involve themselves in decision-making about waste management.
  15. The Moronic Sport: ORVs on Public Lands
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2008
    I do not accept the premise that abuse of our lands is something that we must tolerate as inevitable. It is our land. It is our children's land, and their children's land. We have a responsibility to pass these lands on to the next generation in better condition than we found them.
    Talking about promoting 'responsible' ORV use is like suggesting we ought to promote "responsible wife abuse" or "responsible child abuse."
  16. Mountain Biking: Frequently Asked Questions
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2009
    Why do people mountain bike, and what harms does it do?
  17. Paradise Lost at Sea
    Rethinking Cruise Vacations

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2008
    Klein's book looks at the hidden realities of cruise ships. The cruise lines prefers to keep some of the ugly truths from media scrutiny: cruise ship safety, sexual assaults, onboard crime and injury and death from accidents at sea. He also questions their claims of environmental protection and its impact on local communities to protect their marine nature. Further exposed are the health risks and medical care and the dark side of life below deck. He concludes by summarizing the issues and challenges that must be faced by all who use curise ships.
  18. Places in Need - Mountain Bike Damage
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Trails are easily and seriously degraded by mountain bike use – especially when those bikes are ridden on wet or muddy trail.
  19. The Preservation Institute
    The Natural Environment : The Social Environment

    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Today, most people recognize that modernization and growth can harm the natural environment. The Preservation Institute believes that modernization also damages the social environment - that many of our social problems are side-effects of modernization and economic growth. To preserve the natural environment and the social environment, we must modernize selectively. Factory mass production is an efficient way of producing most goods that used to be made by hand. But we are in danger of using the same centralized, standardized methods for every aspect of life, from housing to retail shopping to child care.
  20. The Psychology of Mountain Biking
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2000
    The first thing one notices about mountain bikers is that they lie continually.
  21. A Request For More Effective Regulation of jet skis
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1999
    Jet skis produce noise pollution, water pollution, adversely impact wildlife and aquatic plants, and pose serious safety risks.
  22. The Rising Seas
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1990
  23. Toward Sustainable Communities
    Resources for Citizens and their Governments

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1992   Published: 1998
    The way our urban communities develop will largely determine our success or failure in overcoming environmental challenges and achieving sustainable development. Toward Sustainable Communities offer practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a wide range of municipal and community problems.
  24. Trail Damage Caused by Irresponsible Mountain Bikers
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    The damage caused by each mountain biker is much greater than that caused by a hiker, firstly because of the extra weight of the bike, and secondly because the soil is impacted continuously along the trail, while a hiker's feet hit the soil only at intervals.
  25. What Bhopal Started
    From Union Carbide to Exxon to BP

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2010
    Bhopal marked the horrific beginning of a new era. One that signalled the collapse of restraint on corporate power. The ongoing BP spill in the Mexican Gulf -- with estimates ranging from 30,000 to 80,000 barrels per day -- tops off a quarter of a century where corporations could (and have) done anything in the pursuit of profit, at any human cost.
  26. Why Off-Road Bicycling Should be Prohibited
    The Effects of Mountain Biking on Wildlife and People

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1997
    To most environmentalists, bicycles have always been the epitome of good. We are so used to comparing bikes to cars, that it never occurred to us that the bicycle would be ever used for anything bad. Indeed, replacing motor vehicles with bicycles deserves our adoration. But anything can be used for good or evil, and using bikes to expand human domination of wildlife habitat is clearly harmful.
  27. Wildlife Need Habitat Off-Limits To Humans!
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Environmentalism can most simply be defined as the extension of the Golden Rule to include other species. Wildlife must be given top priority, because they can't protect themselves from us.

Experts on Environmental Protection in the Sources Directory

  1. Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
  2. Canadian Marine Environment Protection Society
  3. European Union
  4. Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  5. International Civil Aviation Organization
  6. International Forum on Globalization
  7. International Hydrographic Organization
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  9. Nature Conservancy of Canada
  10. Organization of the Islamic Conference
  11. Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
  12. Shanghai Cooperation Organization



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