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A..."climate"...ising to Alberta in the dawn of the Anthropocene

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20009
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Skrajny, Joanna
Responsibility
Joanna Skrajny
Publisher
The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal
Physical Description
p. 22 - 25
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Environment
Climate
Climate change
Fires
Fire ecology
Floods
Water
Watersheds
Abstract
Pertains to climate change during Anthropocene including increased wildfires, ticks, and tick-borne diseases, floods, increase in insurance rates, and negative effects on health and mental health, wildlife extinction, decrease in fresh water.
Notes
In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.2, June 2019, p. 22 - 25
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Digital version of publication available online
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All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2020
Author
Stewart, Ryan
Odynski, Taylor
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Stewart, Ryan
Odynski, Taylor
Responsibility
Ryan Stewart (author)
Taylor Odynski (illustrator)
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2020
Physical Description
p.70 - 75
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Tourism
Ecology
Environment
Banff National Park
Wildlife
Town of Banff
Parks Canada
Alberta
Abstract
Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
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Anthropocene : Burtynsky, Baichwal, de Pencier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19825
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Hackett, Sophie (curator), Andrea Kunard (curator), Urs Stahel (curator)
Publisher
Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario ; Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
Call Number
06.4 H11a
  1 website  
Author
Hackett, Sophie (curator), Andrea Kunard (curator), Urs Stahel (curator)
Responsibility
Curated by Sophie Hackett, Andrea Kunard, Urs Stahel
Publisher
Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario ; Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Art
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogue
Environment
Subjects
Art - Exhibitions
Art and photography
Art and society
Artists
Color photography
Design, Industrial - Pictoral works
Education
Photographers
Photographs - Catalogues
Photography
Photography - Collections
Photography - Exhibitions
Photography - Landscapes
Photography, Documentary
Recycling (Waste), etc.
Video art - Exhibitions
Abstract
"A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Anthropocene, a collaboration by the artists and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier, including film, photography, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Anthropocene is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, in partnership with Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia (Fondazione MAST)."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Foreword / Stephan Jost, Marc Mayer, and Isabella Sera`gnaoli -- Far and near : new views of the anthropocene / Sophie Hackett -- The anthropocene and its "golden spike" / Colin Waters & Jan Zalasiewicz -- "How anthropo-scenic!" : concerns and debates about the age of the human / Karla McManus -- Works -- Life in the anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky -- Our embedded signal / Jennifer Baichwal -- Evidence / Nicholas de Pencier -- Adams, Adams, Baltz, Burtynsky : the role of landscape in North America photography / Urs Stahel -- The art museum and the anthropocene / Andrea Kunard.
ISBN
978-1-988788-04-3
Accession Number
2019.36
Call Number
06.4 H11a
Collection
Art Library
URL Notes
Website for the Anthropocene multidisciplinary work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier
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Be(e)autiful - putting a price on pollinators

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25151
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Uniat, Elize Holmwood, Tara
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Conservation Association
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Uniat, Elize Holmwood, Tara
Responsibility
Elize Uniat
Tara Holmwood
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Conservation Association
Physical Description
p. 14 - 17
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Biodiversity
Environment
Environmental conservation
Abstract
Pertains to the native bees in Alberta and their dependancy on the PPR (Prairie Pothole Region) biodiversity for survial due to pesticides, parasites, climate change, and habitat loss.
Notes
In Conservation, Spring / Summer 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Can be viewed online via Alberta Conservation Association website under "Conservation Magazine"
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Canadians and the natural environment to the twenty-first century

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25269
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2012
Author
Forkey, Neil S.
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Call Number
04 F74c
  1 website  
Author
Forkey, Neil S.
Responsibility
Neil S. Forkey
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
2012
Physical Description
157 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ecology
Politics
History
Canada
Environment
Environmental conservation
Abstract
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and the natural world into national, continental, and global contexts. Forkey's engaging survey addresses significant episodes from across the country over the past four hundred years: the classification of Canada's environments by its earliest inhabitants, the relationship between science and sentiment in the Victorian era, the shift towards conservation and preservation of resources in the early twentieth century, and the rise of environmentalism and issues involving First Nations at the end of the century. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an accessible synthesis of the most important recent work in the field, making it a truly state-of-the-art contribution to Canadian environmental history (from publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction -- The classification of Canada's environments (1600s to early 1900s) -- Natural resources, economic growth, and the need for conservation (1800s and 1900s) -- Romanticism and the preservation of nature (1800s and 1900s) -- Environmentalism (1950s to 2000s) -- Aboriginal Canadians and natural resources : an overview -- Conclusion.
ISBN
9780802090225
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
04 F74c
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Climate change and landscape in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25284
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
  1 website  
Author
Rutter, Nat
Coppold, Murray
Rokosh, Dean
Responsibility
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Nat Rutter
Murray Coppold
Dean Rokosh
Edition
Revised Second Edition
Publisher
Field, B.C. : Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Glaciers
Climatology
Climate change
Environment
Environmental conservation
Geography
Geology
Abstract
Climate change is at the forefront of public consciousness today. Political initiatives to combat the social and economic effects of changing climate will affect the lives of everyone. Media reports often portray climate scenarios and the range of uncertainty accompanying predictions. How does a reader approach the science behind the headlines? The goal of this book is to explain climate change science by examining the recent Ice Age history so spectacularly exposed in the Canadian Rocky Mountains landscape. Local and global sources of paleoclimate information are combined with dating techniques to unravel the glacial history of the Rockies over the last 30,000 years. The illustrated road log guide can be used by the armchair reader or the traveller to visit the landscape features essential to the interpretation. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the geosciences. Its teaching themes demonstrate the use of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics in solving science questions and problems. The diverse program includes public lectures, teacher workshops, school programs and guided hikes. The Foundation conducts educational hikes to the Burgess Shale soft-bodied fossil deposit and the Mt. Stephen trilobite beds, both UNESCO World Heritage sites in Yoho National Park. (From Good Reads)
Contents
Introduction -- Archives of Climate Change -- Dating the Archives -- Extracting Climate Information -- Interpreting the Last Ice Age -- Finding Climate Change in the Rockies -- Glaciation in the Banff-Jasper Area -- Road Log Guide to Landscape Features -- Short Term Climate Change -- Future Climate Change -- Rood Log Stop Coordinates.
Notes
Sponsored by the CSPG Foundation
ISBN
9780978013219
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.2 R93c
03.2 R93c Reference copy
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Further research
Websites
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Fish stocking in Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25152
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Bailey, Ken
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Conservation Association
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Bailey, Ken
Responsibility
Ken Bailey
Publisher
Edmonton : Alberta Conservation Association
Physical Description
p. 30 - 35
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Biodiversity
Environment
Environmental conservation
Fish
Fish hatchery, Banff
Fishing
Fishing - Banff National Park
History
Abstract
Pertains to the history of fish stocking in Alberta with a focus on fish hatcheries, facility upgrades, stocking programs, and stocking vs. restoration, diseases, economic benefit, and environmental issues - specifically various types of trout
Notes
In Conservation, Spring / Summer 2020
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Can be viewed online via Alberta Conservation Association website under "Conservation Magazine"
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The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25271
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Wohlleeben, Peter
Billinghurst, Jane
Publisher
Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd
Call Number
04.1 W81t
  1 website  
Author
Wohlleeben, Peter
Billinghurst, Jane
Responsibility
Peter Wohlleeben (author)
Jane Billinghurst (translator)
Publisher
Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
xv, 272 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Environmental conservation
Trees
Conservation
Conservation areas
Abstract
Are trees social beings? In The Hidden Life of Trees forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. After learning about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same again. Includes a Note From a Forest Scientist, by Dr.Suzanne Simard (from publisher's website)
Contents
Foreword / by Tim Flannery -- Introduction to the English edition -- Introduction -- Friendships -- The language of trees -- Social security -- Love -- The tree lottery -- Slowly does it -- Forest etiquette -- Tree school -- United we stand, divided we fall -- The mysteries of moving water -- Trees aging gracefully -- Mighty oak or mighty wimp? -- Specialists -- Tree or not tree? -- In the realm of darkness -- Carbon dioxide vacuums -- Woody climate control -- The forest as water pump -- Yours or mine? -- Community housing projects -- Mother ships of biodiversity -- Hibernation -- A sense of time -- A question of character -- The sick tree -- Let there be light -- Street kids -- Burnout -- Destination north! -- Tough customers -- Turbulent times -- Immigrants -- Healthy forest air -- Why is the forest green? -- Set free -- More than just a commodity -- Note from a forest scientist / by Dr. Suzanne Simard.
ISBN
9781771642484
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
04.1 W81t
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Hope matters : why changing the way we think is critical to solving the environmental crisis

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25274
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Kelsey, Elin
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
Call Number
04 K27h
  1 website  
Author
Kelsey, Elin
Responsibility
Elin Kelsey
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
229 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Conservation
Climate change
Abstract
We are at an inflection point: today, more people than ever before recognize that climate change and biodiversity loss are urgent and existential threats. Yet constant reports of climate doom are fueling an epidemic of eco-anxiety, leaving many of us feeling hopeless and powerless—and hampering our ability to address the very real challenges we face. Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. Award-winning author, scholar, and educator Elin Kelsey reveals the collateral damage of despair—from young people who honestly believe they have no future to the link between climate anxiety and hyper-consumerism—and argues that the catastrophic environmental news that dominates the media tells only part of the story. She describes effective campaigns to support ocean conservation, species resilience, and rewilding, demonstrating how digital conservation is helping scientists target specific problems with impressive results. And she shows how we can build on these positive trends and harness all our emotions about the changing environment—anger and sadness as well as hope—into effective personal and political action. Timely, evidence-based, and persuasive, Hope Matters is an argument for the place of hope in our lives and a celebration of the turn toward solutions in the face of the environmental crisis. (from publisher's website)
Contents
The power of expectation and belief -- The collateral damage of doom and gloom -- Hope is contagious -- Stories change -- The age of personalization -- We are not the only ones actively responding -- The strength of empathy, kindness, and compassion -- Trending hopeful.
Notes
Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
ISBN
9781771647779
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
04 K27h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Imagine this valley : essays and stories celebrating the Bow Valley

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25272
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Legault, Stephen
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
05.5 L46i
  1 website  
Author
Legault, Stephen
Responsibility
Stephen Legault (editor)
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
303 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Bow Valley
Literature
Essays
Authors
Abstract
Featuring essays from some of the area's most beloved personalities, this exceptional literary anthology celebrates the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta's Bow Valley. Canmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and scenes of breathtaking natural splendour. These vibrant mountain communities are also home to exceptional adventurers, artists, thinkers and writers. For the first time, some of the area's best-known personalities have contributed essays to a collection of work that promotes this remarkable area like no other book has before (from publisher's website)
Contents
Preface
Part One : A sense of place
Part Two : Coming and going
Part Three : The politics of place
Part Four : The wild side
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Contributors
ISBN
9781771601764
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
05.5 L46i
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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