UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies (E-Journal - York University)
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Is This What an Environmentalist Looks Like?
Get PDFSomewhere on the streets of Seattle, on a brightwinters day in 1999, someone called me an environmentalist. I still haven’t quite recovered from the shock
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No full textOne thing that we all agree on, is that it was dark when we left El Salvador. Some think it was night, evening, or just before day break. But all those that have a memory of that day in May remember that it was dark
Widening the Cracks in Consent: Reflections on the 2002 World Social Forum
Get PDFIn the winter of 2002, a group of Master's students from York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) travelled to the second annual World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This international meeting of social movements convened under the theme 'Another World is Possible' and brought together an estimated 70,000 delegates from 131 countries. From January 31 to February 5, nearly 5,000 organizations lent their voices to the proceedings, and shared one overarching goal: to combat the negative effects of corporate globalization and offer an alternative to the worldview put forth by the financial and political elites at the World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place simultaneously in New York City
The Politics of the Biosphere: Lessons from the Niagara Escarpment and Maya Reserve
Get PDFBiosphere reserves are generally conceived of as an important part of the current global conservation strategy. Yet how does a particular region receive such a designation and such protection? How does scientific knowledge and the interests and desires of specific groups affect these designations? In what ways do the main actors involved in these processes exercise power in order to shape the policies and protocols that govern biosphere reserves
