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Feminist Ecological Economics and Sustainability
(Journal of Bioeconomics, 2007)New developments in feminist ecological economics and ecofeminist economics are contributing to the search for theories and policy approaches to move economies toward sustainability. This paper summa- rizes work by ... -
Feminist Understanding of Productivity
(Inanna Publications and Education, 2002)The concept of productivity, meaning output per unit of input, is at once general and specific. Economists have used productivity as a very specific measure, denominated in dollars, which shows the output of a produced ... -
Gender and Climate Justice in Canada: Stories from the Grassroots
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2017-07)Climate change has gendered effects across Canada. Extreme weather events, warming cities, melting sea ice and permafrost, ice storms, floods, droughts, and fires related to climate change are directly and indirectly causing ... -
Gender Justice and Climate Justice: Building women's economic and political agency in times of climate change
(Women and Environments International, 2015)This article analyzes some initiatives and models for community-based climate change activism, through examples in three different types of communities. It outlines the methods and results of two international projects- ... -
Gender Justice and Climate Justice: Building women’s economic and political agency in times of climate change
(Routledge, 2014-06)Socio-economically vulnerable people, and women in particular, are generally those most impacted by global climate change (because of their gendered/racialized socio-economic roles and often their geographic location). The ... -
Gender Justice and Climate Justice: Community-based strategies to increase women’s political agency in watershed management in times of climate change
(2011-06)Socially vulnerable people, and women in particular, are disproportionately affected by global climate change because of their gendered socioeconomic roles and often their geographic location; yet they are least equipped ... -
How will disenfranchised Peoples adapt to Climate Change? Strengthening the Ecojustice Movement
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International Synergies to Address Climate Change: Participatory Community Organizing in Toronto and the Baixada Fluminense, Brazil
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Introduction: Exploring feminist ecological economics
(Feminist Economics, 2005-11)These Explorations argue that more links between the fields of feminist ecology and feminist economics are both needed and promising, and presents new, boundary-crossing research in this area. It brings together contributions ... -
Introduction: Women, ecology, and economics: new models and theories
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Local Economies, Trade, and Global Sustainability
(Woodhead Publishing, 1999)Bioregional and "ecological economics" theory describes the growth of local economic linkages as vital to move post-industrial economies in the direction of sustainability. This involves expanding local stewardship over ... -
Multiple acts of birding: the Education, ethics and ontology of bird watching in Ontario
(2010-12-08)While bird watching has captured the attention of those interested in fostering an experiential connection to the more-than-human, research conducted to date often assumes birding to be a heterogeneous act. As an example ... -
NAFTA and the Future of Environmental Regulation
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Ontario's Road Map to Prosperity: Developing Renewable Energy to its Full Potential
(2009)Ontario needs a practical solution that provides strong local economic development and new employment sources to replace the 230,000 manufacturing jobs that have disappeared from the province in the last five years. As ... -
An overview of international institutional mechanisms for environmental management with reference to Arctic pollution
(Elsevier, 1995)Evidence is mounting of the environmental impact in the Far North of economic and industrial activity elsewhere in the world. While the sources of pollutants found in the Arctic are many and widespread, it is up to just a ... -
An overview of international institutional mechanisms for environmental management with refererence to Arctic pollution
(The Science of the Total Environment, 1995)Evidence is mounting of the environmental impact in the Far North of economic and industrial activity elsewhere in the world. While the sources of pollutants found in the Arctic are many and widespread, it is up to just a ... -
Participation and Watershed Management: Experiences from Brazil
(University Press, 2007)Public participation is emphasized in many new institutional approaches to resource management, especially watershed governance. The implementation of participatory management frameworks, and capacity-building for civil ... -
Pedagogies of resistance: community-based education for women’s participation in watershed management in São Paulo, Brazil
(2009)Informal and community-based education and organizing are fundamental to creating the conditions for equitable democratic participation by women and marginalized people. This paper overviews recent Brazilian initiatives ...