Reports and Publications

December 2010

  1. Protecting aquatic species from climate change impacts, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions©, Briefing Note 2010-10, June 29, 2010
  2. BC perspectives on fresh water, World Wildlife Fund, Vancouver Foundation, and McAllister Opinion Research©, November 22, 2010
  3. The state of British Columbia's forests, 3rd edition, Forest Practices and Investment Branch, Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands©, Victoria, BC, December 2010
  4. Climate change, impacts, and adaptation scenarios: Climate change and forest and range management in British Columbia, David L. Spittlehouse, ©BC Ministry of Forests and Range, Research Branch, Victoria, BC. Tech. Rep. 045
  5. Environmental and health impacts of Canada's oil sands industry, Executive Summary, The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel©, December 2010
  6. Environmental and health impacts of Canada's oil sands industry, Full Report, The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel©, December 2010
  7. Axed: A decade of cuts to BC's Forest Service: Key findings, Ben Parfitt©, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Sierra Club BC, December 2010
  8. Duty calls: Federal responsibility in Canada's oil sands, ©2010 Environmental Defence, The Pembina Institute and Equiterre©, October 2010

November 2010

Energy

  1. Fossil fuels – at what cost?  Government support for upstream oil activities in three Canadian provinces:  Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador.  Dave Sawyer and Seton Stiebert©, EnviroEconomics Inc.  Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva, Switzerland
  2. Energy poverty:  How to make modern energy access universal? International Energy Agency©.  Special early excerpt of the World Energy Outlook 2010 for the UN General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals.  2010.

Community

  1. Good conversations:  Successful communities, better services.  Institute for Public Policy Research North© (Newcastle) and Social Regeneration Consultants (Northumberland), Britain.  October 2010.
  2. Capable communities:  Towards citizen-powered public services.  Institute for Public Policy Research and PricewaterhouseCoopers.  © 2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers.
  3. Five foundations of real localism.  E. Cox.  Institute for Public Policy Research. ©ippr. November 2010.

Economics/Finance/Business

  1. Rebalancing local economies:  Widening economic opportunities for people in deprived communities.  Institute for Public Policy Research North© (Newcastle). Joseph Roundtree Foundation, and the Northern Way, Britain.  October 2010.

Food

  1. Food for thought.  Towards a Canadian food strategy, Alex Atamanenko©, New Democratic Party of Canada, Special Report. 2010.
  2. How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture.  Leo Horrigan, Robert S. Lawrence and Polly Walker©, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins, 2002.
  3. Towards food security policy for Canada’s social housing sector, Abigail Friendly©, Canadian Policy Research Networks Research Report, September 2008.
  4. Not just what, but how:  Creating agricultural sustainability and food security by changing Canada’s agricultural policy making process, Rod MacRae and the Toronto Food Policy Council©, Agriculture and Human Values 16:  187-201, 1999

October 2010

  1. Crompton, T.  2010.  Common Cause:  The Case for Working with our Cultural Values. WWF-UK’s Strategies for Change Project. Climate and Outreach Information Network, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Earth, OXFAM, and the World Wildlife Fund.

September 2010

  1. P. Gallaugher and L. Wood (eds.).  2010.  Speaking for the Salmon: Proceedings Summit on Fraser River Sockeye Salmon: Understanding Stock Declines and Prospects for the Future.  March 30–31, 2010. Continuing Studies in Science and Centre for Coastal Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
  2. Y. Baran and G. Fox.  2010.  Fixing Parliament, from committees to QP: A conversation about Parliamentary reform.  Policy Options, Institute for Research on Public Policy, Montreal, PQ.
  3. E. Cox and K. Schmuecker. 2010.  Growing the Big Society:  Encouraging success in social and community enterprise in deprived communities. Institute for Public Policy Research, Montreal, PQ.
  4. Liberal Party of Canada.  2010.  The hidden dimension:  Water and the oil sands.  Report from the study of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on the impact of oil sands development on Canada’s freshwater.  Ottawa, Ont.
  5. D. Orton.  2010.  Some dimensions of a new forest land ethic.  Green Web, Saltsprings, NS.
  6. C. Oppenhein, E. Cox and R. Platt.  2010.  Regeneration through co-operation:  Creating a framework for communities to act together.  Think Piece 4.  Co-operatives UK, Manchester, UK.
  7. G. Dauncey.  2010.  Seven ideas to tackle climate change.  Earth Future, Solutions for the Planet.

Pre-September 2010

  1. Global energy crunch:  How different parts of the world would react to a peak oil scenario, by Jorg Friedrichs, University of Oxford, Department of International Development – Energy Policy (2010) , doi: 1016/j.enpol.2010.04.011
  2. Citizen Renaissance, Jules Peck & Robert Phillips – Wiki e-book ( 2008)
  3. Managing BC's Forests for a Cooler Planet: Carbon Storage, Sustainable Jobs and Conservation
  4. Peddling GHGs: What is the Carbon Footprint of BC's Fossil Fuel Exports?
  5. Pay-As-You-Drive Pricing in British Columbia
  6. Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment that Respects Rights, Livelihoods and Resources
  7. How to Avoid Genetically Engineered Food: A Greenpeace Shoppers Guide
  8. TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Report for Business - Executive Summary 2010
  9. GM crops – the health effects
  10. Recommendations for responsible clean electricity development in British Columbia