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Painchaud , Lucie
ACNU section Quebec
913 Avenue Painchaud
Quebec, Quebec, J1S 4L7 Canada
Home Phone: 418-681-8832
Work Phone: 418-681-2991
Fax: 418-861-9235
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Education: MA in Psychology;
education certificate in animation; artificial intelligence.
Education/Experience: Computer asisted education translation; communications
coordination of groups; leadership humanist psychology international.
Memberships: Member, Canadian Association for Distance Education
Languages; other skills: French; English
Your publications related to SD
Painchaud, L. (1994) "UN
Beijing Conference and Forum - Demystifying the Participatory Process."
Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives
Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994.
Palacios, Alejandro
Ministry of Women's Equality Policy, Planning and Evaluation Division
756 Fort Street
Victoria, British Columbia, V8V 1X4 Canada
Fax: 604-953 4529
Vocation Bureaucrat
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Your publications related to SD
Palacios, A. (1994) "Walking
on Water: Feminism, Education and Sustainable Development." Workshop at
the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference,
U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Palmer, Julie
York University Environmental Studies
36 Howland Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3B3 Canada
Home Phone: 416-533-9159
Work Phone: 416-392-0127
Fax: 416-392 0071
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Ecofeminism.
Education: Certificate of Teaching ES, environmental education; undergrad
instruction in environmental philosophy and environmental literature; feminist
research. Master's of Environmental Studies - York University Bachelor's of
Environmental studies, Waterloo University (Geography) Experience/
Employment: Experience with popular education on environmental studies;
especially waste management and recycling issues.
Languages; other
skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Palmer, J. Environmental
education in adult ESL classes. Palmer, J. Contributer to the Anthology of
Women and the Canadian Environment.
Panter, Audrey
4364 Quebec Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5V 3L5
Work Phone: 604-879-9956
SD Interest Areas
Sustainable development - Community development, planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
Biographical information
Interest Areas: environmental health and
community economic development.
Education: She has a BSW (Bachelor
of Social Work). Languages: English
Patch, Rosie
R.R. #3 Gairloch Road
Belle River, Prince Edward Island, C0A 1B0
Canada
Home Phone: 902-368 8658
Work Phone: 902-659 2288
Vocation Youth (student)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Interested in biology,
political science, languages and our story. Interested in becoming responsibly
pro-active and involving youth in social action.
Education: High
School Student
Your publications related to SD
Rosie, P. "Mentoring for
Living Well, the Earth and Her People: How People With Knowledge and Skills Can
Help Youth Learn to Sustain Ourselves and Our Communities." Workshop at
the Women and Sutainable Development: Canadian Perpectives Conference.
U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994. Patch, R. (1994) "Indigenous Women's
Perspectives on the Environment and Development". Workshop at the Women
and Sutainable Development: Canadian Perpectives Conference. U.B.C.,
Vancouver, May, 1994.
Changes needed
'To sustain ourselves and our communities we
must develop individuals socially rather than masses industrially.'
Payne, Sarah
39-2137 West 1st Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 1E7
Canada
Work Phone: 604-734 7075
Vocation Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Education: Present:
completing Master's degree in Midwifery Practice from Thames Valley University,
London, England, in affiliation with UBC and SFU.
Employment/Expereince: Practicing midwife
Languages; other skills:
English
Your publications related to SD
Payne, S. (1994) "Birth in
the Social Context: Who is in Control?" Workshop at the Women and
Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference, U.B.C., Vancouver,
May, 1994.
Pearce, Jacquie
403 East 16th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T 2T8
Canada
Home Phone: 604-875 8874
Vocation Artist; Educator
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: Environmental
education using literature and art. I am particularly interested in the
interconnections between art, storytelling, and how we as individuals and as a
society understand ourselves in relationship to the rest of nature.
Education: 1990: M.E.S., Environmental Education, York University. 1985:
B.A., English Literature, University of Victoria. Experience/
Employment: 1994: Freelance Consultant 1990-1993: Environmental Program
Coordinator, VanCity Credit Union. A variety of experience in education and
communications. (I am currently developing a series of educational theme units
on indigenous B.C. animals for elementary school level.)
Languages;
other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Pearce, J.(1993). "Greenscapes:
An Annotated Bibliography of Canadian Children's Books with Environmental
Themes". Pearce, J. (1991) " Ecological Sensibility in Recent
Canadian Children's Novels," Canadain Issues, Vol. X111, 115-123.
Pearce, J. (1990) " Three Visions of an Ecological Self, ",
Undercurrents, Vol. 1, 28-34. Pearce, J. (1989) " Feminist Utopian
Vision and Social Change," Alternatives. Vol. 16 no. 3, 50-54.
Pearce, J. (1989) "Approaches in Environmentalism and Feminism",
Undercurrents, Vol. 1, 3-8.
Pennells, Linda
Position P.R. consultant/ freelance writer
2535 Wentwich Road
, British Columbia, V9B 3N5 Canada
Home Phone: 604-478-2152
Work Phone: 604-478-2152
Fax: 604-478-2152
Vocation Business
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
Employment/Experience: Member,
planning team - UNSAID funded research into conditions of women working in
Indonesian factories, l992: Member, project team researching the factors
marginalizing Indonesian women in conjuction with Kalyanamitra, an Indonesian
womens' rights group. 1990-1991: project funded by CUSO + Canada Fund
Communication and policy officer - women's division department of Home Affairs
and Youth, Papua New Guinea. Worked on final stages of PNG's National Women's
Policy and trained a group of Paupa New Guineans to publish 'Nius Blong Meri' -
a national magazine with focus on women's issues and achievements. Training
program was funded by UNIFEM; 20 years of communication and publication work
including being: 1) communication directors for three provincial ministries
(Alberta Education, Alberta Parks and Recreation, Saskatchewan Culture and
Recreation, 2) speechwriter and assistant to three politicians, 3)
communication officer for two agricultural NGO's 4) varied wide-spread
volunteer work.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Pennells, L. --Trained a group of
Paupa New Guineans to publish 'Nius Blong Meri' - a national magazine with
focus on women's issues and achievement."
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: people - the plenary presentation by the women of the South in
response to the allegation that over population was the root cause of global
distress.
Concerns and encouragement
Concerns, gender imbalance -
lack of women's role in decision making, need for education/awareness of
environmental realities and the power of community grass-root activism
Changes needed
List of changes needed in order to integrate
sustainability into society: decrease over consumption in the North/efficient
use of resources; increase community and individual responsibility for the
environment; increase participation of women in all levels of decision making;
increase accountability personal/corporate/governmental; increase research,
funding ; use of eco-friendly products.
Perkins, Patricia E.
Position Assistant Professor
York University
Faculty of Environmental Studies
355 Lumbers Building
North York Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada
Home Phone: 416-461-9861
Work Phone: 416-736-5252
Fax: 416-736-5679
Email: esperk@orion.yorku.ca
Vocation: Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Business, industry and
labour issues
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: trade and environment; international metals market and
trade; arctic pollution; ecological economics; international environmental
agreements; sustainable trade.
Education:
1989: Ph.D. Economics, University of Toronto
1983: M.A.
Economics, University of Toronto
1978: B.A. Public and International
Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton.
Employment:
1993-present: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental
Studies, York University.
1991-1993: Environmental Policy Coordinator,
Ontario Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, Toronto.
1992: Part-Time
Instructor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University.
1992:
Policy Coordinator, Policy Development and Intergovernmental Relations Division.
Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto.
1990-1991: Visiting
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane,
Maputo, Mosambique.
1988-1989: Course Director, Glendon College, York
University.
1987-1988: Economics Instructor, Ryerson Polytechnical
Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
1986-1987: Economics Instructor, St. Mary's
College of Maryland, St. Mary's City Maryland.
1982-1986: Economics
Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto.
1983-1984: Financial
Management Training Consultant, U.S. Department of agriculture, Washington, D.C.
1980-1982: Business Manager and Assistant Editor, Multinational Monitor
magazine, Washington, D.C.
1980: Researcher/Writer, Council on
Hemispheric Affairs, Washington, D.C
Memberships:
International Society for Ecological Economics, Canadian
Chapter.
Community and Government Service:
1987-present: Community representative,
Environmental Liaison Committee, South Riverdale Community Health Center,
smelter site, Toronto.
1986-1989: Community representative, City Steering
Committee, directing decommissioning of TRS lead smelter site,
Toronto.
1984-1989: Member of Lead Committee of Niagra Neighbourhood Association,
Toronto.
1984-1986: Chair, Lead Committee of Niagra Neighborhood
Association, Toronto.
Reviewing Activities:
1994-present: Reviewer, Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council.
1991- present: Reviewer, Journal of
Ecological Economics.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD:
Perkins, P. Thesis: " The impact of the U.S. strategic stockpile on
international metals markets, PhD., dissertation, University of Toronto.
Books:
Perkins, P.E. (Forthcoming) The United States Strategic Stockpile:
History, Policy, Metal Market Effects. New York: Praeger Publishers.
Chapters in Books:
Perkins, P.E. (1995) " NAFTA and the Environment"
IN: R. Paehike (ed), Encyclopedia of Conservation and Environmentalism. New
York; Garland Publishers.
Perkins, P.E. (1995) "Exploring Sustainable Trade: definitions and
indicators." IN D.V. Bell et al. (eds), Global Political Ecology.
Montreal: McGill/Queen's Publishers.
Perkins, P.E. (1990) 'Environmental effects of the IMF economic program in
Mozambique, 1987- 1990." Abstracted in R. Costanza et al. (eds.), The
Ecological Economics of Sustainability: Making Local and Short-Term Goals
Consistent with Global and Long-Term Goals. The World Bank, Environment
Department, Environment Working Paper No. 32, June.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
Perkins, P.E. (Forthcoming) " An
overview of international institutional mechanisms for environmental management
with reference to arctic pollution." Science of the Total Environment.
Perkins, P.E. (1986) "Ecology, beauty, profits: trade in the lichenbased
dyestuffs through western history," Jounal of the Society of Dyers and
Colorists. Vol. 102, July/August.
Scholarly and Professional Publications and Reports:
Perkins, P.E.
(Forthcoming) "NAFTA and the future of environmental regulation."
Comment in Constitutional Quarterly. Center for Constitutional Studies,
University of Alberta.
Perkins, P.E. (1992) " Trade and Environment." Report prepared for the
Ontario Ministry of Environment, May
Perkins, P.E. (1992) "Ontario Environmental Review of NAFTA. Prepared for
the Ontario Ministry of Environment, October.
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Perkins, P.E. (1994) ' Trade and
Sustainability: Approaches to Definitions and Indicators." IN: Models of
Sustainable Development Exclusive or complementary Approaches of Sustainability.
Conference Proceedings of an International Symposiums, March 16-18. Paris:
University Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Papers Presented at Conferences:
Perkins, P.E. (1994) " NAFTA and
the future of environmental regulation; a view from Ontario." Presented at
the International Conference on Economic Integration and Public Policy: NAFTA,
The European Union, and Beyond, Vari Hall, York University, May 27-29.
Perkins, P.E. (1994) " Women and Sustainable Trade: An Examination of
Definitions, Indicators and Safeguards" Presented at "Women and
Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference," University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, May 27-31.
Perkins. P.E. (1994) " Trade and Sustainability: approaches to definitions
and indicators. "Presented at an International Symposium, " Models of
Sustainable Development. Exclusive or Complimentary Approaches of
Sustainability, Paris, March 16-18.
Perkins, P.E. (1994) " Exploring sustainable trade: definitions and
indicators." Presented at the Global Political Ecology Conference, Faculty
of Environmental Studies, York University, March 3-6.
Perkins, P.E. (1993) " An overview of international institutional
mechanisms for environmental management with reference to arctic pollution."
Presented at the International Symposium on the Ecological Effects of Arctic
Airborne Contaminants, Rekjavik, Iceland, October 4-8.
Perkins, P.E. (1993) " International institutional mechanisms for
addressing arctic pollution: can the problems be turned into solutions?"
Presented at the Workshop on Ecological Economics, University of Ottawa,
October, 1-3.
Perkins, P.E. (1992) "Trade and Environment; issues for Ontario."
Presented at the ECO-ED Conference on Environmental Education, Toronto, Ontario,
October 20.
Perkins, P.E. (1991) " Environmental effects of structural adjustment: the
case of Mozambique. " Presented at the International Conference on Human
Ecology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, June 9-14.
Perkins, P.E. (1990) " Environmental effects of the IMF economic program in
Mozambique, 1987-1990." Ecological Economics of Sustainability, World
Bank, Washington D.C, May 21-23.
Perkins, P.E. (1987) " A model for assessing the effect of the U.S.
strategic stockpile on international metals markets." Presented at the 15th
Conference on the Use of Quantitative Methods in Canadian Economic History,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, March 20-21.
Perkins, P.E. (1985) " The U.S. strategic stockpile and price determination
in the world cobalt market, 1947-1984." Presented to the Economic History
Workshop, University of Toronto, December, 12.
Book Reviews:
Perkins, P.E. (1994) Review of: Richard M. Auty, "Sustaining
Development in Mineral Economies: The Resource Curse Thesis in Critical
Sociology, Autumn.
Perkins, P.E. (1985) Review of: Barbara Weinstein, "The Amazon Rubber
Boom, 1850-1920, in Technology and Culture, August.
Addresses, Panels and Talks:
Perkins, E, E. Altvater, D.V.J. Bell and T.
Jahn (1994). roundtable discussion, "Industrialism at the Crossroads:
Canadian and German Perspectives on the Global Ecological Challenge, "
Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University and the Goethe-Institut
Toronto, March, 2.
Perkins, E. (1994) " Environmental Impact," guest speaker at the
International Trade Symposium: NAFTA: Winners and Losers, International Law
Society, University of Toronto Law School, January 13.
Perkins, E. (1993) "Trade liberalization, the natural environment and
cities," panel presentation on Free Trade on the North American City
Stream, Faculty of Environmental Studies Seminar Series on "Global Cities,
Local Places: Issues in Urban Sustainability," York University, November,
9.
Perkins, E. (1993) Participant, "Interim Workshop on Eco-labeling and
Trade, " International Development Research Center, Ottawa., September, 14.
Work in Progress:
Perkins, E. " Trade liberalization, the natural
environment and cities." In Global Cities, Local Places: Issues in Urban
Sustainability. North York University.
Ongoing research on metals use, trade and resource depletion; sustainable trade;
and international environmental policy.
Sustainable Development Viewpoints
Inspirations
Working and teaching in Africa and in Urban Canada.
Concerns
I find it hard to address these huge questions meaningfully in
this short space with limited time--Sorry.
Peruniak, Jane
Community Alternatives Society
#7 - 1937 W. 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6J 1J2
Canada
Home Phone: 604-732-9747
Fax: 604-733 3744
Vocation
Activist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Languages: other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Peruniak, J. (1994) "Creating
a Sustainable Urban/Rural Community" Workshop at the Women and
Sutainable Development: Canadian Perpectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver,
May, 1994.
Petrela, Jennifer
La Bouffe Pas Les Bombes
4567, au de l'Esplanade
Montreal, Quebec, H2T 2Y6 Canada
Work Phone: 514-844 4961
Fax: 514-844 4961
Email
petraj@ere.umontreal.ca
Sustainable development - Peace and security
SD Interest Areas SD Interest Areas Sustainable development -
Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)
Your publications related to SD
Petrala, J. (1994) "Women
and Peace". Workshop at the Women and Sutainable Development: Canadian
Perpectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Phelan, Margaret
Position Communication Officer
Environment Canada
700-1200 West 73rd Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6P 6H9
Home Phone: 604-255-5721
Work Phone: 604-664-9162
Fax: 604-664-9006
Vocation Media
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Communications.
Experience/
Employment: 4 years experience with Environment Canada.
10 years experience with radio broadcasting/writing and production.
Memberships: -PMRS, Westcoast Womens Information Network
Languages;
other skills: English
Phillips, Chantal
3779 Beatrice Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 4H4
Canada
Work Phone: 604-873 1450
Fax: 604-873 1450
Vocation
Activist
Phillips, Lynne
University of Windsor Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4 Canada
Home Phone: 519-252-3309
Work Phone: 519-253-4232
ext. 3497
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Health
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: Rural development; food
security relating to the Americas; health; life stories.
Education:
Ph.D. in Anthropology
Employment/Experience: Research in Ecuador,
Argentina and Chile on women's concerns.
Languages; other skills:
English
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
.
Pike, Lori
University of Victoria
3245 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6K 2R8
Home Phone: 604-738-2690
SD Interest Areas
Sustainable development - Law and policy
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: human rights, national
security, US-Latin American relations.
Education: 1994: completed
master's in Political Science. B.A., Political Science
Employment/Experience: research assistant on Asian Issues, Taught a course
on International Relations at Coquitlam College, Rapporteur at conference on
security and the environment, rapporteur at conference on Non-Conventional
security and the North Pacific. Presented a paper on Security and the
Environment in Guatemala and Peru at the conference on Security and the
Environment.
Language; other skills: English
Pineda-Ofreneo, Rosalinda
Position Asst. Professor
University of the Philippines Graduate Program in Women and Development
38 Maginhawa, U.P. Village
Diliman, Quezon City, ,
Philippines
Work Phone: 632-921-6469
Vocation Academic
Sustainable development - Strengthening groups (youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas SD Interest Areas Sustainable development -
Law and policy
Biographical information
Interest Areas: I write about poverty.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Pineda-Ofreneo, R. (1994) "Women,
Debt and Environment: A View from the South." Workshop at the Women and
Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver,
May, 1994.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: Gandhi quote: 'Live simply so that others can simply live' ;
feminism.
Concerns and encouragement
I am greatly concerned about violence
against women as related to violence against nature and an inequitable
North-South relationship.
Changes needed
List of changes needed in order to integrate
sustainable development into society : debt-cancellation; remove control of
trade by Northern corporations and dominating institutions; aid-restructuring
and reorientation of aid mechanisms to benefit and empower people; reduce
overconsumption via mass education toward change in lifestyles; we need to
reduce militarism and increase disarmament.
Pinn, Judy
McDonald Campus, McGill University Department of Natural Resource Sciences
5 Maple
Ste Anne de Belleville, Quebec, H9X 2E3 Canada
Work Phone: 514-457-9546
Fax: 514-398-7990
Email
cx4l@musica.mcgill.ca
Vocation Academic
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
Interest Areas: Social and political
activism; meditation.
Employment/Experience: Facilitator for
organizational change. Lecturer for social ecology. Development of
multi-disciplinary university degree (social ecology). Working consciously
towards a learning organization as an approach to sustainability.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Pinn, J. (1994) " Hearing
Voices." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian
Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., May, 1994. Pinn, J.
(1994) "Women from the Edge." Workshop at the Women and Sustainable
Development: Canadian Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994.
Pinto, Marcia
#137 6201 Cecil Green Park Road
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
Home Phone: 604-224-0146
Pionetti , Jean-Michel
#406 - 1150 Quayside Drive
New Westminster, British Columbia, V3K 6E1
Work Phone: 604-522-7512
Pionetti, Florence
5961 Inverness Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5W 3P8
Work Phone: 604-325-5370
Pippard, Leone
Canadian Ecology Advocates / Leone Pippard & Associates
20 Rue de l'Eglise
Saint Jean, Quebec, G0A 3W0 Canada
Home Phone: 418-829-1145
Work Phone: 418-828-9086
Fax: 418-829-1276
Vocation Activist / Consultant
SD Interest Areas Sustainable Development - Education, Public
Awareness, Communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable Development - Research
Biographical information
Recognized as a key proponent in
seeing the conservation of the St. Lawrence beluga whales and the creation of
the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park. Currently architect of a national
communications program in support of sustainable development in association with
the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and ParticipACTION.
Selected as "Woman of the Year" by Ms. Magazine, 1987
Recipient
of the Canadian Environmental Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement,
Certificate of Honour, 1992
Education: Ontario College of Art
Employment: Self-employed consultant to government, non-profit organizations
Memberships: Member, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
1989-1994
Language: English, French
Publications related to SD:
"SustainABILITY - A National
Communications Program in Support of Sustainable Development". Presented
to the Government of Canada, December 1994. By: ParticipACTION and the
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Books: Democracy and Deliberation; Coming to Public Judgment; Ecology of
Commerce
Concerns and Encouragements
Lots of lipservice seen by our
leaders on sustainable development but serious actions to achieving it are still
missing. Encouraging sign: Movement to transform how we view and practise
development has begun to change.
Changes needed
Public consciousness raising of options
available, coupled with greater opportunities for the public to work through the
consequences of their choices so as to come to informed decisions on the course
of action that should be adopted. How done: A national communications campaign
speaking to the issues and options coupled with the execution of public issue
forums.
Pittman, Judy
YWCA
#3, 2748 Brentwood Blvd
Calgary, Alberta, T2L 1J4 Canada
Work Phone: 403-282-4089
SD Interest Areas
Sustainable development - Community development, planning
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: Women and development;
racism; community development.
Education: B.A. Anthropology;
B.A. Development Studies
Memberships: YWCA; Arusha; Women Looking
Forward; Sustainable Housing Society.
Languages; other skills:
English
Plant, Judith
New Catalyst/ New Society Publishers
Box 189
Gabriola Island, British Columbia, V0R 1X0 Canada
Home Phone: 604-247-9812
Work Phone: 604-247 9737
Fax: 604-247 7471
Vocation Activist; Writer; Editor;
Speaker
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Education: B.A., Communications,
Simon Fraser, University.
Employment: Editor, New Society Publishers
Lectured extensively in North America and the U.K. on Bioregionalism and
ecofeminism. 15 years experience in alternative community development 10
years working with the New Catalyst Bioregional Series.
Memberships:
B.C. Environmental Network Canadain Environment Network Save Georgia
Strait Alliance Local Peace Association Association of B.C. Book Publishers
Association of Canadian Publishers.
Language;other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Plant, J. (1994) "Lifestyels
on the Lines; Loving the Earth as if Life Really Mattered," A
presentation given at the Institute for deep Ecology Education, California,
August, 1994. Plant, J. co-ed. (1991) "Putting Power in its Place:
Create Community Control" New Society Publishers. Plant, J. co-ed.
(1991) "Green Business: Hope or Hoax?" New Society Publishers.
Plant, J. co-ed. (1990) "Home! A Bioregional Reader", New Society
Publishers. Plant, J. co-ed. (1990) "Turtle Talk: Voices for a
Sustainable Future", New Society Publishers. Plant, J. co-ed. (1990) "Healing
the Wounds; The Promise of Ecofeminism", New Society Publishers.
Sustainable development viewpoints
Inspirations
Inspirations: I do not have a commitment to "sustainable development".
I am committed however, to community building based on ecological
principles. My inspiration comes from the many and diverse strategies and
concrete examples from communities around the world who are working toward
self-reliance without cancelling out other species or destroying ecosystems
both home and elsewhere.
Concerns and encouragement
I am critical of the concept of "sustainable
development" as promoted by the Brundtland Commission, and the
subsequent Earth Summit because it continues to promote a way of life that is
not only not sustainable, but depends on the continued exploitation of
people and places far removed from those who benefit most. The notion of "sustainable
development" is based on a mythological idea that everyone on the planet
should be able to have access to the standard of living presently available
to some North Americans and Europeans. Research shows that to support this
idea, we would immediately need to come up with two more planets. To me, "sustainable
development" is a smoke screen for business as usual and, as such, cannot
possibly provide the framework for business as usual and as such.
Changes needed
I believe that the kinds of changes required
cannot be addressed at the global level alone and that it is perhaps arrogant
to think we can "change the world." Instead, we need to work at the
level of our competence, in our own lives, in our communities, and regions.
This is especially true in the so-called first-world where people consume
natural resources at a rate many more times that of people in less privileged
countries. At home, we can begin to change that way we relate to each other
and the world around us, in the light of global crisis facing humankind.
Community organization by watershed needs to take political precedence, where
local people can take direct responsibility for the well-being of their home
places. Governments and businesses which cannot act in the best interests of
all of life as a priority over profits should cease to exist.
Miscellaneous comments
We have very little time left. The
experts tell us that in 10 - 15 years ecosystems around the world will begin
to collapse. This means there will be even fewer resources to go around for a
population that is exponentially increasing. The time to act is now.
Poley, Renee
BC Government and Service Employees Union
20820 - 51 Ave.,
Langley, British Columbia, V3A 5C1 Canada
Home Phone: 604-534-8146
Work Phone: 604-291-9611
Fax: 604-291-1537
Vocation Union
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Strengthening groups
(youth, women, First Nations)
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
S.D. Interests: woman and labour;
safety, leadership; woman as social change agents. Experience/
Employment: Educator officer-BCGEU; Background in Social Services, Community
Development; Recreation Administration; Labour Relations.
Languages;
other skills: English
Pope, Shealeagh
565 Athlone Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 5N1 Canada
Fax: 613-788 4497
Vocation Academic
Porteous, Brenda
Road to Rediscovery,
c/o Karen Carlyle; Grant MacEwan Community College; Mill Woods Campus, 7319
- 29 19 Ave.
Edmonton,, Alberta, T6K 2P1
Home Phone: 403-435-2049
Work Phone: 403-497-4036
Fax: 403-497-4045
Vocation First Nations
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Community development,
planning
Biographical information
Employment/Experience: A member of
a low income, single parent aboriginal women's group in N.E. Edmonton (Road to
Rediscovery). This group is struggling to sustain its families and is looking
for ways to improve the economic situation in their community.
Preibisch, Kerry L
#2 - 1916 E 5th
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 1M2
Work Phone: 604-251-8939
Fax: 604-291-5950
Price, Catherine
Position Manager, IBA Vancouver Office
International Briefing Associates (IBA)
1122-470 Granville Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1V5
Canada
Work Phone: 604-669 0015
Fax: 604-685-0698
Vocation
Other
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
Proudfoot, Diane
Animation Indigo
2-334 Besserer Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6B5 Canada
Work Phone: 613-565-0241
Fax: 613-241 2292
Vocation
Artist
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Education, public
awareness, communication
SD Interest Areas Sustainable development - Ecology, environment,
resources
Biographical information
List of S.D. Interests: Animation
Indigo, youth global education-environment and development education;
intercultural orientation animation with young people and adults; writing.
Education: B.A. in English literature and Biology. Experience/
Employment: Canada World Youth- cultural exchange in Mali-Quebec; UN
Volunteer/Canada World Youth-Community Animator in Benin; Has produced
environmental education kit on James Bay B.C. Cultural Survival- 'Voices From
the Bay'.
Languages; other skills: English
Your publications related to SD
Proudfoot, D. (1994) "Global
Education," Workshop in the Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian
Perspectives Conference. U.B.C., Vancouver, May, 1994. Proudfoot, D.--
Has produced environmental education kit on James Bay BC Cultural Survival-
'Voices From the Bay'.
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