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The article discusses a variety of environmental programs and measures taken up in the European Union (EU) and states what other developed countries can learn from the EU experience. It is reported that countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark have often fought for stronger environmental standards. EU's relatively strong performance on environmental issues is because of its focus on areas where it could exercise international leadership commensurate with its economic power. Other nations, particularly Canada, is placed at the bottom of developed states on nearly every environmental issue. Hence, nations like Canada need to devote more resources to environmental measurement and monitoring.

The article discusses the longer-term evolution of the Canadian government's engagement with environmental issues. A brief history of environmental governance in industrialized countries has been provided as well as the interpretation of this history. It explores several implications for the debate about the climate policy of the province. Several suggestions, such as planning to stabilize and reduce its burgeoning emissions, to address the climate change issue in the region have also been discussed.

The article underlines the influence of EcoART in effecting change. The author mentioned that he participated in a congress on arts and sustainability in 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. This congress raised the fact that there is a growing international body of collaborative art-based works and projects that address environmental issues. The UNESCO-commissioned report entitled "Mapping the Terrain of Contemporary EcoART Practice," highlighted this concern. It is also noted that the roots of North American EcoART lie in the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.

The article focuses on the measurement of environmental progress and performance in Canada. The author assesses the success stories in environmental protection in the region. Significantly, several environmental problems are affecting various aspects such as the cases of acid rain, declining fish population, and oil drilling. Furthermore, the author points out that the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol was success wherein it is a sign that the global community is acknowledging that key greenhouse gas producers are not on signatories. Environmentalist Ralph Torrie is preparing for a comprehensive plan for the transformation of the energy-intensive economy wherein it would cut its greenhouse gas emissions as well as the elimination of the use of fossil fuels.

The article discusses determining how the factors, that structure media coverage of environmental issues, scientists and academics can work with them to play a greater role in public debates on environmental issues. It mentions several environmental communication dilemmas including the scale of environmental issues, difficulties portraying environmental problems and a tendency to individualize problems by the mass media.

The article presents facts on how the administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper fails to recognize the environmental rights in Canada. Among the evidence includes the abolition of the Office of the National Science Adviser in January 2008, implementation of restrictive protocols in 2007, and the country's withdrawal in the Kyoto Protocol in December 2011. Moreover, David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice fight to have a healthy environment under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The article highlights the author and a Wannabe-Trickster, her spirited coyote friend, as they struggle to make environmental teaching equitable and inclusive. The author notes that it takes a thoughtful dance to guarantee that environmental education is as just and inclusive as it needs to be. She discloses that in her classes, she uses storytelling, illustrations, poetry and other creative prose to question the very ideas in environmental education she thinks need to be taught. Significant perspectives of the author relative to the matter are provided.

The article focuses on the major stories related to the environment in 2008 in Canada. It announces the death of Liberal Member of Parliament Charles Caccia on May 3, and environmental activist Martha Kostuch on April 23. It features the launching of the Montreal Climate Exchange which is the first carbon-trading market in the country. It further mentions the move of the 73-year-old board game, Monopoly in replacing its conventional utilities and hydro company with agencies of renewable energy. It highlights the ruling made by U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Canadian mining giant Teck Cominco Ltd.

The article focuses on the significance of statistics in green politics as indicators of sustainable development. Sustainability measurements are considered to be relevant in assisting government authorities and helping citizens hold governments accountable. Democratic and green benefits is predicted to be limited if sustainability indicators are not well chosen. Statistics enjoys quantitative objectivity as well as the appearance of being beyond politics. However, uncritical faith in statistics decline for some time in public policy deliberations. It suggests that the problem lies to the fact that the world is complex.

The article presents Grade 10 students' views in environmental communications, media and journalism in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Stacey Smydo suggested that garbage should be minimized and that recycling should be encouraged to help the environment. She stressed that social, political and economic issues does not offer and relevant solutions to environmental concerns. Peter Guo would like to invent an ozone control machine in controlling the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Starry Peng would like to promote carbon emissions taxes. She believed that technology cannot offer simple, packaged solution since the root of the problem lies in passive mindset.

The article shares the interpretation of France's Green Party, Les Verts, on green politics. It is stated that green parties are usually saddled or gifted, which depends on how one views it with anticipation that they are solely concerned with the key on natural resource issues including pollution, waste and energy reduction, and conservation. Thus, its interpretation on green politics champions the political participation especially on decentralization of government to the grassroots as the necessary conditions for ecological sustainability. Moreover, it is stated that green party members believed that green politics is not just a matter of ending the development in natural areas, but requiring a radical shift in the terrain of power.

The article discusses the significance of environmental citizenship, a sense of obligation towards the environment. It is stated that common concepts of environmental citizenship focus on how the environment is included, in the rights and responsibility shared by citizens within the existing political communities. With regard to citizenship, it is considered necessary to identify between substantive and procedural rights. Moreover, it is cited that substantive rights uphold the minimum standards of environmental qualities, while procedural rights address the access of citizens to environment decision making. However, it is said that traditional concept of citizenship will not deal with intergenerational relationships involved in many contemporary ecological challenges.

The article presents the author's experience regarding her encounter with Canadian environmentalist Starhawk. Significantly, Starhawk played a big part in the promotion of gender studies, feminism, as well as addressing significant environmental issues. Furthermore, Starhawk's works focuses mainly to those who live in cities and have to work harder to maintain a meaningful relationship with the environment. Moreover, despite the environmental efforts of Starhawk, her simplest actions were seen as subversive and dangerous. Starhawk has contented that political change takes time to take effect.

The article focuses Green-Up program which aims putting the advocacy and education agendas typical of many groups into action in Peterborough, Ontario. Significantly, the organization goes beyond simply providing information, actually making services available to people and organizations in the area. The program focuses on the practical action to reduce different kinds of environmental impact. Other projects can be found in the area of urban ecology. Furthermore, such environmental services are developed as ways to meet the needs of citizens and of partner organizations. Finally, Green-Up and similar organizations can be seen as a niche in a complicated ecosystem, rather than as the solution to the environmental problems.

The article presents the author's view on the relationship of behavioral change with environmental issues in Canada. He is critical on the call of environmentalists, politicians, business leaders, educators and journalists for behavioral changes to avoid climate change. The author believes that technologies have changed, not human behavior which could minimize environmental degradation on the other hand, he suggests that behavioral change can be essential in changing and imposing laws.

The article presents an editorial about the importance of environmental education. She notes that environmental education contributes to the collective effort of environmentalists to pass on a healthy planet to future generations. She discloses that environmental programs across Canada will flood this autumn with students intent on saving the world. Meanwhile, an overview of the papers published within the issue is provided.

The article reviews two Web sites including www.ecorazzi.com from Ecorazzi and www.terrain.org.

The article discusses the suggestions of environmental lawyer and planner Jerry DeMarco to help environmental organizations in Canada to become more successful and effective. DeMarco has recommended for organizations to engage in an open dialogue to promote thinking and refine strategies, expand the definition of environment, reflect Canadian diversity by reaching out to underrepresented groups, develop a sector-level capacity-building and substantive capacity through the development of links with think-tanks and academia to build science and policy knowledge. In addition, organizations must identify emerging leader and should teach them.

The article focuses on the strategies in overcoming the language barriers between environmentalists and bureaucrats. The author looks into the benefits of motherhood in the advancement of environmental issues. Significantly, it is also important to determine what is right and what is effective to do to address environmental issues. There is a new type of outlook which reinforce the distance between the stereotypes of the so-called greens and suits. Finally, it is necessary not to make the same mistake when helping the environment.