What is human nature? In the 21st century, the concept has calcified around a figure of the human being as a rational, advantage-seeking individual, a figure conveniently suited to a capitalist free market economy. Yet what many people try to assert as self-evident is starting to show cracks. Robert Shirkey, a Toronto-based lawyer and founder […]
Enviro委员会拒绝PR公司毒害达特茅斯湖泊的竞标
The committee was revisiting the vexing issue of the (potentially) killer weeds. At last month’s meeting, councillors decided to delay a decision on whether to follow staff’s recommendation to mechanically harvest the weeds, one of three options considered. The others were to use pesticides or dredge the lakes. The delay was due to new information...
Dartmouth’s (potentially) killer weeds
by Chris Benjamin The most significant item up for discussion at yesterday’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee was the ongoing pondweed (four different kinds, all native to Nova Scotia) infestations in Lakes Banook and Mic Mac. The committee received a report from chief planner Bob Bjerke on the weed situation. The report recommends mechanically harvesting...
腥：新报告不再要求暂停养鱼场
达尔豪西’s Board of Governors rejects divestment from greenhouse gas-intensive corporations
by Rachel Ward Dalhousie’s Board of Governors has rejected divestment, at the recommendation of its investment committee. The committee report said divesting would make no impact on climate change and in fact hurt relationships the university has with fossil fuel companies that fund research on campus. Two faculty board members criticized the committee during the...
达尔豪西撤资决定星期二将于
by Rachel Ward Dalhousie University’s board of governors votes tomorrow on possibly ending its investments in fossil fuel companies. The investment committee will present a recommendation on what to do with around $20-million invested in 35 companies related to coal or oil and gas industries. Students and community members of Divest Dal have been campaigning...
In Whose Backyard? A look at environmental racism in Nova Scotia
像发条一样，霍利斯街自行车道再次延迟
by Hilary Beaumont Delays to the Hollis Street bike lane are becoming almost as predictable as the Citadel noon gun. After guaranteeing in the spring the bike lane would be painted this summer, the city has again pushed the project back. For a grab bag of reasons the Hollis Street bike lane has been bumped down the city’s list of priorities every construction season since it was approved in 2010. This...