A conversation with the Rt. Honourable Paul Martin about the Internet and the revitalization of democracy
A conversation with the Rt. Honourable Paul Martin and Thomas Homer-Dixon about the Internet and the revitalization of democracy
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Deforestation and Desiccation in China
ACADEMIC project on environmental scarcities, state capacity, & civil violence Deforestation and Desiccation in China: A Preliminary Study by Wang Hongchang1 I. INTRODUCTION The goal of this paper is to discover the impact of deforestation on the desiccation of China's north and northwest. The study starts [...]
Bringing Ingenuity to Energy
Energy is our life-blood. Without an adequate supply at the right times and places, our economy and society would grind to a halt. Canadians are profligate users of energy: in fact, we have one of the highest per capita rates of consumption in the world. But if we were smarter about things, we would consume much less energy to support our current standard of living, and we would produce this energy with much less damage to our natural environment.
Notes (Indonesia)
ACADEMIC project on environmental scarcities, state capacity, & civil violence The Case Study of Indonesia - Notes by Charles Victor Barber World Resources Institute Cambridge: American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the University of Toronto, 1997 Notes Thomas Homer-Dixon, "Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases," International [...]
The Matrix of Our Troubles
with Sarah Wolfe | One could draw a parallel between the sight of thousands walking north on Yonge Street and the mass exodus of people on foot from lower Manhattan two years ago. But yesterday’s electrical failure did not claim thousands of lives, nor will it trigger a cascade of events leading to war. Nevertheless, what we saw in Toronto was poignant for what it represented: a people too interlocked with their technical choices, too resolute on efficiency gains, and too dependent on progress. Last Thursday’s blackout should be a powerful catalyst for change.
Section 1 and 2 (Indonesia)
ACADEMIC project on environmental scarcities, state capacity, & civil violence The Case Study of Indonesia - Section 1 and 2 by Charles Victor Barber World Resources Institute Cambridge: American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the University of Toronto 1997 I. INTRODUCTION Recent studies across a number of [...]
September 11 and the Crisis of Expertise
The attacks of last September 11 tore a ragged hole in the fabric of our reality. Through that hole we glimpsed something hideous. As is in our worst nightmares, it was indistinct and incomprehensible. We couldn’t see its beginning, its end, or its true form. But we knew immediately that this thing – whatever it was – was both profoundly dangerous and utterly terrifying.
Land Degredation
ACADEMIC project on environmental scarcities, state capacity, & civil violence An Assessment of the Economic Losses Resulting from Land Degradation in China by Ning Datong Agricultural Land in ChinaCurrent Availability and Utilization of Farmland1) China's estimated current population is 1.2 billion, 22 percent of [...]
Synchronous Failure: The Real Danger of the 21st Century
The Robert J. Pelosky, Jr. Distinguished Speaker Series, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
The Tar Sands Disaster
If President Obama blocks the Keystone XL pipeline once and for all, he’ll do Canada a favor.
