Hooked on Commodities: A Look at the History of the Global Resource Curse
The world’s rapacious appetite for raw materials has exploded over the last decade. But the benefits are hard to find. A look at the history of the ‘resource curse’.
Articles by Wayne Ellwood
Nature’s Bottom Line: The Folly of Endless Growth
The latest global economic slump underlines our reliance on growth. What happens when the economy stumbles?
This Toxic Life: Our World is Awash With Petro-Chemicals
'Every time I come here my body gets sad and angry at the same time,' says Ron Plain. 'You can't put into words what it means to me.' We've just tumbled out of Ron's jeep near the end of a three-hour tour of Sarnia, Ontario's 'chemical valley'. Ron calls it his 'toxic tour'. He's done it dozens of times so the patter is easy and familiar. Sarnia is a gritty blue-collar community of 70,000 people at the top of the St Clair River, on the Canadian side, about a 100 kilometres north of Detroit.A Bale of Plastic Bottles