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May/June 2006

FEATURES

SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Futureville
Vancouver has the fastest-growing downtown core in North America and is becoming a showcase for sustainability
By Charles Montgomery

Sidebar: The Melbourne Principles

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
CG In-depth: Exploring sustainable cities
Check out the newest ideas for integrating urban and natural environments to promote sustainability, see how pedestrianism may win over gridlock, and find out how to save a dying community

Seasons of the city
A photographer’s 30-year take on the liveability of Canada’s largest urban centre
By Vincenzo Pietropaolo with text by Patricia D’Souza

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR
Climate contrarian
How David Keith is challenging the wisdom of the oil patch and the idealism of the environmental movement
By Brian Bergman

WILDLIFE
Last call for the spotted owl
The northern spotted owl is disappearing along with its forest home. A recent lawsuit may be its only hope.
By Brian Payton

GARBAGE
Waste generation
A new wave of plastic products and techno trash is clogging the waste stream. Can we divert the deluge?
By Chris Turner

Sidebar: How to safely dispose of household waste


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DEPARTMENTS

The inside story
Ring around the turtle, Explore B.C. in a brand new way, Help track wacky weather, Canada by the numbers

Editor’s notebook
Environmental Scientist of the Year

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Trainload of trouble, Munster museum, Defending Dad

Discovery
Marsh revival, Homeland security, Out go the lights, Methane monitors, The perfect shot, Arctic composter, It’s a jungle in here, Blowing down the house, Kanga ruin, Rest in green peace

Explorer
Montréal transforms a big-city landfill into a big-top capital of North America
By Craille Maguire Gillies
Discover more at Explorer Online!

 

À la carte
The City of Ottawa embraces a new formula for growing into 2020
By Steven Fick and Elizabeth Shilts

Reviews
Survival strategies of a city dweller, An ecological evangelist’s last words, Stories from the Sixth Great Extinction

On the horizon
What’s the buzz in British Columbia?

Mosaic
Taking back Toronto’s busy streets
Photography by Jo-Anne McArthur

In Habitat
Supermom versus the polar bear
By Lydia Angyiou, as told to Patricia D’Souza







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