Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing the global-local dimension / Peter Stoett and Christopher Gore -- Making space for species : local and global challenges of biodiversity / Stephen Bocking -- Canada and the gene revolution in agricultural biotechnology / Shane Mulligan -- National forest planning and sustainability concerns : the international influence / Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner, and Adam Wellstead -- Water pollution in the Great Lakes Basin : the global-local dynamic / Carolyn Johns -- Fish farms and neoliberalism : salmon aquaculture in British Columbia / John Volpe and Karena Shaw -- Urban sustainability in Canada : the global-local connection / Pamela J. Robinson -- Pollution, chemicals, and children's health : the need for precautionary policy in Canada / Kathleen Cooper and Loren Vanderlinden -- Blowing in the wind? ignoring and controlling air pollution / Donald Munton -- Local and global energy needs : toward a renewable future / Jose Etcheverry -- Global politics comes to Fort McMurray : energy and climate change in Canada / Robert Paehlke -- Polar bears and the Canadian arctic : local communities in a globalizing world / Robert Boardman -- Conclusion : the glocal condition / Peter Stoett and Christopher Gore.

Collection of case studies that conveys the need for both local and global analysis of environmental problems in the search for solutions and viable policy options. The topics addressed are wide-ranging and represent critical environmental policy issues of our time, and offer an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing Canadians in the early 21st century.