2002-2003: The Human Ecological Footprint

Ward Chesworth, Michael R. Moss, Vernon G. Thomas, Editors

The ecological footprint is one of the most heuristic concepts to arise from the so-called environmental movement, immediately providing a visual metaphor of transcendent humanity crushing mother nature across a once pristine globe. At the same time, in a more pragmatic vein, the ecological footprint provides a basis to describe, quantify and mitigate, if we so desire, how the world is modified by a massive, pervasive humanity. In this, the third series of the Kenneth Hammond Lectures on Environment, Energy and Resources, an impressive sequence of presentations has been assembled to provide a unique overview of the ecological footprint.

ISBN 0-88955-547-8

Table of Contents

The future of the Hammond Lectures...iii
Josef D. Ackerman

Introduction to Hammond III...v
Ronald J. Brooks

Part 1 - The Lectures

Waking the Sleepwalkers - Globalization and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence...1
William Rees

Alberta's Boreal Forest - A Landscape in Transition: Implications for Sustainable Landscape and Landuse...35
Brad Stelfox

Footprints of Sacred and Profane Human Acts in the Waters of the Toronto Region...51
Henry Regier

Agriculture: The Primary Environmental Challenge of the Century...85
Wes Jackson

Ecological Footprints and Economic Scars: Lessons from Electricity...101
Tom Adams

Part 2 - Commentaries and Perspectives

The Life Code versus the Money Code of Value: Understanding the Planetary Ecological Crisis...115
John McMurtry

The Human Ecological Footprint: A Case for Ingenuity...135
Bev. D. Kay

Environmentalism, Economics and Social Cooperation: Commentary on the 2002 Hammond Lectures...141
Glenn Fox

The Human Ecological Footprint: A commentary...169
David M. Lavigne

The Real State of the World: A Postscript to the First Three Years...191
Ward Chesworth