By Dr. David Nostbakken I had the privilege to be a student and teaching assistant with the great Marshall McLuhan while completing my PhD at the University of Toronto. McLuhan, you may know, was the internationally celebrated thinker on communications in the 1960s and 70s. He coined the expression “the medium is the message” and [...]

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By Dr. David Nostbakken Believe it or not, one of the challenges students face is too many choices In the midst of my regular work at Ecology Global Network and related enterprises, I am happily able to teach a course at Carleton University in Canada’s Capital. My class within the School of Journalism and Communication [...]

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John C. Ayers is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University. As a geochemist he specializes in sustainability and also the chemistry of natural waters. The following is the introductory chapter for a book Professor Ayers is writing titled “Sustainability: Reducing Risk and Living Well in a World of Shrinking Resources”.   [...]

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By Winthrop Professor Kadambot Siddique, FTSE Chair in Agriculture and Director The University of Western Australia, Institute of Agriculture Maintaining adequate global food supply at a time of rapidly rising population, significant economic growth, increasing food and stockfeed demand, changing climate, declining natural resources, trade liberalisation and regional disturbances is a critical issue for mankind. [...]

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By Chris Palmer and Peter Kimball The pelican, weighed down and mired in dark, heavy oil has become a symbol for the destruction and devastation of the BP oil spill. More than any statistic, it will be the photographs and footage that define how we think about and remember this disaster. Film allows every viewer [...]

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