Overview

Studies of the radical environmental politics of the 1960s have tended to downplay the extent to which much of that countercultural intellectual and social ferment continued into the 1970s and 1980s. Canadian Countercultures and the Environment adds to our knowledge of this understudied period. This collection contributes a sustained analysis of the beginning of major environmental debates in this era and examines a range of issues related to broad environmental concerns, topics which emerged as key concerns in the context of Cold War military investments and experiments, the oil crisis of the 1970s, debates over gendered roles, and the increasing attention to urban pollution and pesticide use.No other publication dealing with this period covers the wide range of environmental topics (among others, activism, midwifery, organic farming, recycling, urban cycling, and communal living) or geographic locales, from Yukon to Atlantic Canada. Together, they demonstrate how this period influenced and informed environmental action and issues in ways that have had a long-term impact on Canadian society.

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Author:   Colin M. Coates ,  Sharon Weaver ,  Colin M. Coates ,  Matt Cavers
Publisher:   University of Calgary Press
Imprint:   University of Calgary Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9781552388143

ISBN 10:   155238814
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 February 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Contributors Canadian Countercultures and Their Environments 1930s-1980s Colin M. Coates Section 1: Environmental Activism Back-to-the-Land Environmentalism and Small Island Ecology: Denman Island, BC 1974&ndash1979 Sharon Weaver ""Good Ecology Is Good Economics"" The Slocan Valley Community Forest Management Project, 1973-1979 Nancy Janovicek American Immigration, the Canadian Counterculture, and the Prefigurative Environmental Politics of the West Kootenay Region, 1969-1989 Kathleen Rodgers Countercultural Recycling in Toronto: The ""Is Five Foundation"" and the Origins of the Blue Box Ryan O'Connor ""Vive la VÉlorution!"": Le Monde Á Bicyclette and the Origins of Cycling Advocacy in Montreal Daniel Ross Section 2: People, Nature, Activities An Ark for the Future: Secience, Techonlogy and the Canadian Back-to-the-Land Movement of the 1970s Henry Trim Dolars for ""Deadbeats"": Opportunities for Youth Grants and the Back-to-the-Land Movement British Columbia's Sunshine Coast Matt Cavers Building Futures Together: Western and Aboriginal Countercultures and the Environment of the Yukon Territory David Neufeld Nature, Spirit, Home: Back-to-the-Land Childbirt in BC's Kootenay Region Megan J. Davies Children of the Hummus: Growing Up Back-to-the-Land on Prince Edward Island Alan MacEachern with Ryan O'Connor Index"

Reviews

...interesting and important collection of essays demonstrates that in bringing the values of consumption-oriented mainstream society into question, the youthful countercultural movement including those who attempted to create their own utopias ------------ made- an important and lasting contribution to the environmental movement in Canada and further afield. Reviewed by J.I. Little, Professor Emeritus, History Department, Simon Fraser University

Author Information

Colin M. Coates est professeur d'Ãtudes canadiennes au Collège universitaire Glendon, Université York. David Neufeld a Parks Canada historian, has worked on Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site for over ten years. Based in Whitehorse, he does research on the Kluane National Park Reserve, the Yukon River, Dawson City and the Klondike goldfields, and the Yukon north slope.

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