Canadian Dimension articles

    Book review by D. Orton of Toward A Transpersonal Ecology: Developing
    New Foundations For Environmentalism , by Warwick Fox, 1990. Printed in
    Canadian Dimension, under the title "New Age deep ecology", September 1991,
    Vol. 25, No. 6.

    Nova Scotia's Forests Under Assault September 1992. Eight pages. A
    composite article, by the Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides and the Green Web.

    Book review by D. Orton, of Trouble In The Woods: Forest Policy and Social
    Conflict in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,  edited by L. Anders Sandberg.
    Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1992. Shortened version published in Wild Lands
    Advocate, the news quarterly of the Alberta Wilderness Association, October 1993,
    under the title, "No Green Vision Of The Forest." Full version published in
    Canadian Dimension, October-November 1994, Vol. 28, No. 5.

    Nematode Alert Two one-page statements issued in April 1993 by the Green
    Web, alerting environmentalists and the public to the use of nematodes as a
    "biological control" against the debarking weevil, the spruce budmoth, and other
    so-called pests.

    Fighting Forest Spraying in Nova Scotia article by D. Orton, Earth First!
    Journal December 1993.

    Book review by D. Orton of Environmentalism and Political Theory: Toward
    an Ecocentric Approach , by Robyn Eckersley, 1992. Published in the British
    journal Green Line, under the title "Ecocentricity", No. 107, May 1993.

    Book review by D. Orton of Green Political Thought: An Introduction, by
    Andrew Dobson, 1990. Printed in Canadian Dimension, May-June 1994, Vol. 28,
    No. 3.

    Book review by D. Orton of Conversations With Arne Naess: Is It Painful
    To Think? by David Rothenberg, 1993,  under the title "Revised deep ecology
    platform surprising and disheartening". Printed in  Alternatives, September/
    October 1994, Vol. 20, No. 4. (Arne Naess by personal letter of Jan. 10, 1997,
    has denied Rothenberg's assertion that 'sustainable development' was to be
    included in the 8-point Deep Ecology Platform.)

    In Memory of Richard Sylvan. Tribute to a friend (1935-1996), and
    influential Australian deep ecologist, philosopher and forestry activist, on learning
    of his death on June 16, 1996. Published in The Trumpeter, Winter 1997, Vol. 14,
    No. 1.

    Biocides: The Larger Picture by D. Orton. Talk to a community meeting in
    Corner Brook, Newfoundland on August 13, 1997.

    Thinking about Gandhi by D. Orton, Nov. 30, 1997.  A response to reading
    Robert Payne's 1969 book Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi and an
    assessment of the place of Gandhi's thinking in the radical environmental movement
    and in deep ecology.

    A Critique of Biological Controls by D. Orton, Dec. 7, 1997. A list of general
    points that need to be made about the use of biological controls from a left biocentric
    philosophical perspective. Published under the title "Biological Controls Not
    Harmless" in Watershed Sentinel, Vol. 8, No. 2, June/July 1998. Also published as
    an Opinion article in the Chronicle Herald April 21, 1998.

    Rudolf Bahro (1935-1997): A Tribute by D. Orton. A brief evaluation of this
    important German green philosopher and activist, on learning of his death. Includes
    a listing of his publications available in English. Published in Socialist Studies Bulletin
    No. 50 (Oct.-Dec 1997); Canadian Dimension. March-April 1998, Vol. 32, No. 2;
    and, in abridged form, The Way Ahead, No. 36, January 1998. It was also translated
    into Spanish as "Rudolf Bahro (1935 - 1997): Un tributo". For more on Bahro, see
    the Rudolf-Bahro-Archiv (in German).

    Do activists need ESAC, by D. Orton. An article encouraging environmental
    activists to join the Environmental Studies Association of Canada. Published in the
    ESAC promotions newsletter, April 1998.

    Green Ethics, a review by D. Orton of the book The Greening of Ethics:
    From Human Chauvinism to Deep-Green Theory by Richard Sylvan and
    David Bennett, May 1998.

    Left Biocentrism Primer, March 1998. This ten-point primer presents an
    overview of left biocentrism. It has been printed in a number of movement magazines,
    such as The Northern Forest Forum, Summer Solstice 1998, Vol. 6 No. 5, the
    British publication The Way Ahead, Spring Issue, No. 38, April 1998, and Feral:
    A Journal Towards Wildness, Spring 1999, Vol. 1, No. 1. (The Primer is also
    included as part of Bulletin #63.)

    Winin: Memories, February 1999. A brief commentary by D. Orton on the
    death of Winin Pereira (1928-1999), founder of the Centre for Holistic Studies in
    Bandra, India; plus a commentary by Jeremy Seabrook. (Published in Indranet,
    “Winin Pereira Memorial Issue”, Issues #31-34, February 2000, Bandra, India.)

    Aquaculture Perils by Helga Hoffmann, March 1999.  A letter to the editor
    dealing with some environmental problems of shellfish farming.

    Selected Deep Ecology and Other Readings  - an annotated bibliography by
    D. Orton, March 1999. Published in The Northern Forest Forum, Mid-Spring 1999,
    Vol. 7, No. 4.

    Redefining Woodlots, April 1999. Letter to the editor by Billy MacDonald and
    David Orton, presenting the view that small woodlot owners no longer have the right
    to destroy their woodlots for economic reasons. Printed in several Nova Scotia
    newspapers.

    NATO's Ecocide, May 1999. Letter to the editor by Helga Hoffmann, expressing
    concern for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and the callous disregard for its
    environmental and human costs. Printed  in several provincial and national newspapers.

    Massive Seal Killing, May 1999. A letter to the editor by D. Orton, published in
    Atlantic Canada, opposing the massive seal slaughter plans of the so-called Fisheries
    Resource Conservation Council, in their Report of April 1999.

    Commentary on The Ecological Footprint by D. Orton. Printed in Elements,
    the online magazine of the New Brunswick Environmental Network, September 1999:
    http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/greenlife/footprint/footprint.htm

    Report of the Red Tail Deep Ecology Rendezvous, by David Orton and Helga
    Hoffmann, September 1999.

    Re-evaluating Traditions, book review by D. Orton of the book Animals and
    Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities, by Rod Preece, UBC Press, 1999.
    Published in the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, vol. 2:3 (1999).

    Treaty Follies - Letter to the editor by D. Orton, dealing with the Donald Marshall
    Supreme Court Decision. Published as an Opinion article in the Chronicle Herald
    September 29, 1999.

    Reject the Royal Commission Aboriginal Model Letter to the editor by D. Orton,
    putting the Donald Marshall Decision in a larger context, October 17, 1999. Printed in
    the Brunswickan, 1999 at http://www.unb.ca/bruns/9900/issue7/oped/letter3.html

    Going Deeper, book review by D. Orton of The Ecological Indian: Myth and
    History by Shepard Krech III, W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Published on the
    Indian website The Reviewer at http://members.rediff.com/thereviewer/24101999p.htm

    Ten Environmental Books by David Orton, December 20, 1999. Short reviews
    of ten books, ranked in order of preference, on an environmental journey to a radical
    ecological awareness. Published as “Ten Books on the Environment” in Green
    Voices, Issue #12, January 2000 (newsletter of the Kootenay-Boundary Greens in
    British Columbia).

    Marine Protected Areas: A Human-Centric Concept by D. Orton, published in
    the Earth First! Journal, December 1999/January, 2000 (Vol. 20, No. 2). Also
    published in The Northern Forest Forum, Summer Solstice 2000, Vol. 8, No. 3.

    Deep Ecology and Animal Rights: A Discussion Paper by D. Orton, based on
    exchanges in the internet discussion group "left bio", January 09, 2000.

    On the Deep Ecology Path by David Orton. A short overview article. Printed in
    Green Anarchy, No. 1, Summer 2000. An edited version, under the title
    “Delving Deeper”, was published in Clearcutting in Perspective, Nova Scotia
    Public Interest Group, Vol. VIII, Spring 2000.

    Is Left Biocentrism Relevant to Green Parties? Talk to the Green Party of
    Canada convention in Ottawa, August 06, 2000. The talk included a discussion of
    deep ecology, fundamental dilemmas facing activists, the "left" in left biocentrism,
    and handling contradictions within left biocentrism. Published in the online Canadian
    deep ecology magazine The Trumpeter, Vol. 16, No. 1, at
    http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/content/v16.1/

    Let the Trees Be - A letter to the editor by D. Orton, opposing the cutting of
    trees in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, because of the brown spruce
    longhorn beetle. Published in a number of provincial newspapers in June 2000,
    and in the Earth First! Journal, September-October 2000, Vol. 20, No. 8.

    No Moral Authority: Comment on ‘Managing’ Crown Land Forests by
    D. Orton, September 2000, 3 pages. (A shortened version appeared as an opinion
    article in the Halifax Daily News under the title “Companies Rule Natural
    Resources”, and as a letter to the editor in a number of other Nova Scotia
    newspapers. It also appeared in the newsletter of the Friends of Nature Conservation
    Society, Chester, NS, May 16, 2001.)

    A Commentary on Green Political Thought by Andrew Dobson by David
    Orton, November 07, 2000. Printed in the Socialist Studies Bulletin, No. 61,
    July-September 2000.

    Anthropocentrism and Theoretical Fatalism: A Comment on the Terms of
    Reference of the ‘Eminent Panel on Seal Management by David Orton,
    November 23, 2000. Printed in The Northern Forest Forum, Candlemas 2001,
    Vol. 8, No. 6.

    Al Gore’s Ideological Limitations: A Commentary on ‘Earth in the Balance’
    by D. Orton, December 31, 2000. Printed in The Northern Forest Forum, Candlemas
    2001, Vol. 8, No. 6.

    Joanna Macy and the CIA by D. Orton, June 2001. A critical comment on Joanna
    Macy’s past links with the CIA, as shown in her memoir Widening Circles, and the
    implications for deep ecology.

    Globalization from below or ending industrial civilization? A Commentary -
    an evaluation by D. Orton of Maude Barlow’s and Tony Clarke’s book Global Showdown,
    July 2001. Printed in abbreviated form in Canadian Dimension, Vol. 35, No. 5, September/
    October 2001. Published in the September 2001 edition of the online magazine of the New
    Brunswick Environmental Network, Elements:
    http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/globalization/davido/david.htm

    Democracy and Forest Spraying by D. Orton, August 15, 2001. Letter to the editor
    published in various Nova Scotia newspapers, and as an Opinion article in the Chronicle
    Herald of August 24, 2001, under the title “Eventually, we’ll have to accept Earth-centered
    values”.

    Daring Fishing Revelations by D. Orton, September 01, 2001. A review/commentary
    of Michael Dwyer’s book, Sea of Heartbreak: The Extraordinary Account of a
    Newfoundland Fishing Voyage. Published in Synthesis/Regeneration 28, Spring 2002,
    http://www.greens.org/s-r/   Also printed in The Northern Forest Forum, Vol. 9, No. 1,
    Fall 2001.

    'Wise Use' View on Bear Attacks by D. Orton, October 20, 2001. A review of James
    Gary Shelton's book Bear Attacks II: Myth and Reality. Published under the title “The
    Wise Use Bears” in The Northern Forest Forum, Vol. 9, No. 3, Summer 2002

    Disembodied Activism - A book review of Tim Falconer’s Watchdogs and Gadflies:
    Activism From Marginal To Mainstream, November 2001. Printed in the Socialist
    Studies Bulletin, No. 65, July-December 2001. Also published in the online magazine
    Elements: http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/resolutions/dorton/book.htm

    Notes from a Deep Ecology Talk - Selected text from a talk by David Orton
    in January 2002, to students in environmental studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
    An edited version was published in February 2002 in the online magazine Elements:
    http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/ethics/deep/ecology.htm

    Toxic Downwinds: No Redress - A review of Andrew Nikiforuk’s Saboteurs:
    Wiebo Ludwig’s War Against Big Oil. Printed in an edited version in the Earth First!
    Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, February-March 2002. Also printed in the Watershed
    Sentinel (http://www.rfu.org/ws121.htm#Toxic Downwinds), Vol. 12, No. 1, February/
    March 2002, and in the Socialist Studies Bulletin, No. 66, January-March 2002.

    Cuba Down Side: Pesticide Spraying and Further Considerations by D. Orton,
    March 2, 2002

    Some Conservation Guidelines for the Acadian Forest, by D. Orton, October 14,
    2002. Published in The Northern Forest Forum, Winter Solstice 2002, Vol. 9, No. 4.
    Also published in shortened form as an Opinion article in The Chronicle Herald, October
    17, 2002, under the title "New Vision needed for conservation of Acadian forest".
    Appeared in shortened version in the Prince Edward Island daily The Guardian, on
    November 1st, 2002.

    Reflections on Buddhism and Deep Ecology, by David Orton, November 2002. A
    review essay of the book  Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism,
    edited by Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft.

    Civilizational Clash: Deep Green Implicatons A review of Samuel Huntington's
    The Clash of Civilizations and  the Remaking of World Order, January 2003, by
    D. Orton. Printed in the online journal The Trumpeter, Vol. 19.2. See
    http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/content/v19.2/

    'Sustainable' Forestry in Nova Scotia? A review essay by David Orton of two
    books: Forestkeeping: A History of the Department of Lands and Forests in
    Nova Scotia 1926-1969, by Dr. William Creighton; and Forests of Nova Scotia: A
    History, by Ralph S. Johnson. Published in The Northern Forest Forum, Winter
    Solstice 2002, Vol. 9, No. 4.

    Key Deep Ecology Ideas by David Orton. Notes for a talk on deep ecology given on
    March 6, 2003 during Environment Week at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia.

    Missionary Global Christianity by D. Orton. A review of The Next Christendom:
    The Coming of Global Christianity, by Philip Jenkins. March 2003.

    Iraq's National Survival: Ethical Choices by D. Orton, April 2003.

    Seals and Greens: Some Value Conflicts by D. Orton, May 2003. Published in the
    online Green Party Review,  Vol. 1, No. 1, at
    http://www.uoguelph.ca/~whulet/GPR/Vol1_Issue1/Seal_Hunt.htm

    Defining Capitalism A short essay by David Orton, August 2003.

   Deep Ecology and Criticism Book review by D. Orton, of Philosophical Dialogues:
    Arne Naess and the Progress of Ecophilosophy, October 2003.

    Off-Highway Vehicle Use: A Reflection of Industrialized Society's Alienation from
    the Natural World. Presentation by D. Orton to a public meeting on October 21, 2003 in
    Truro, Nova Scotia. (An Opinion article "OHV Use: Alienation from Natural World" was
    published in The Chronicle Herald, February 28, 2004.)

     The Ecocentric Left and Green Electoralism, a commentary by D. Orton, August 2004.
    Published in the Socialist Studies Bulletin, Number 74, Fall/Winter 2004. Also published in
    Synthesis/Regeneration #36, Winter 2005, http://www.greens.org/s-r/36/36-26.html

    Ecocentric Transformation - a review essay by David Orton, of  Nature, Environment
    and Society, by sociologist Philip W. Sutton, October 2004.

    A  Left perspective in deep ecology - a posting to the leftbio discussion group by D. Orton, on
    The Culture Of Extinction: Toward A Philosophy Of Deep Ecology, by Frederick Bender,
    October 2004.

    Left Biocentrism, a 1,000-word entry in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Volume 2:
    K-Z, pp.1003-1005, 2005, Thoemmes Continuum, Bristol, England, ISBN 1 843711389.

    Economic Philosophy and Green Electoralism - a contribution by D. Orton to a discussion on
    Green Economics, published in Synthesis/Regeneration #37, Spring 2005, see
    http://www.greens.org/s-r/37/37-12.html

    Which  Way  Forward? -  A review essay by David Orton, of Manifesto For A New World Order,
    by George Monbiot, April 2005.

    Are Things Getting Better? A forestry criticism  review by David Orton of  At the Cutting Edge:
    The Crisis in Canada's Forests by Elizabeth May (2005)

    Ecological Marxism, Intrinsic Value and Human-Centeredness   A review by David Orton of
    The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? by Joel Kovel (2005)

    Conflict and Marxism in Deep Ecology  A review by David Orton of Wisdom In the Open Air:
    The Norwegian Roots Of  Deep Ecology, edited by Peter Reed and David Rothenberg (2005)

    Disconnect:  Environmental  Theory  and  Activism   A review essay by David Orton of  Main Currents
    In Western Environmental Thought by Peter Hay (2005)

    Press Releases and Brochure for Green Party of Canada candidate David Orton, Federal Election Campaign
    2005-06.