[getsmart-l] Fw: Alternatives Journals Call for Submissions: BIOFUELS

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>>> Marcia Ruby <mruby at fesmail.uwaterloo.ca> 7/10/2008 5:49:37 PM >>>


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ALTERNATIVES JOURNAL -- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

BIOFUELS
Due: August 4th, 2008

July 2008. Soaring oil and food prices have been labelled by some as 
"the first real economic crisis of globalization." At the junction of 
these two problems and the accompanying concern about climate change 
lies another timely and complex issue: BIOFUELS.

Alternatives is looking for thoughtful and critical articles that go 
beyond the media hype to look at trends in the global rise of biofuels, 
the multi-layered environmental and social impacts - both positive and 
negative - of this rise, and the future potential for bioenergy.

Proposal topics include, but are not limited to:
* The potential for new energy pathways for biofuels
* The political influences and realities of biofuel policy in Canada, 
the US and around the world
* A regional analysis of the rationale for biofuels that considers where 
in the world biofuel production can be justified on socioeconomic and 
environmental terms
* The potential for ethanol, biodiesel and other biofuels in Canada, 
including an assessment of realistic goals of production from waste 
products and low grade resources
* Bioenergy and ecosystem integrity: are the two compatible?
* The "real" problem with biofuels: Should agriculture be producing 
fibres and fuels as well as food?
* The future international bioenergy market, and the possibility for it 
to be renewable, equitable and sustainable
* The potential for renewable energy farms
* Biofuels, climate change and lifecycle assessments

Alternatives combines the learned rigour of an academic journal with the 
breezy style of a magazine. We aim to publish the best environmental 
writing in the country - writing that is engaging, thought-provoking and 
insightful.

Before responding to this call for submissions, please read several back 
issues of the magazine so that you understand the nature of our 
publication. We also suggest you go through the detailed guidelines on 
our website (www.alternativesjournal.ca) to understand the types and 
lengths of articles we accept.

Queries should explain, IN LESS THAN 300 WORDS, the content and scope of 
your article, and should convey your intended approach, tone and style. 
Please include a list of people you will interview, potential images or 
sources for images and the number of words you propose to write. We 
would also like to receive a very short bio. And if you have not written 
for Alternatives before, please include other examples of your writing. 
Articles range from about 500 to 2000 words in length.

Keep in mind that our lead time is several months. Articles should not 
be so time-bound that they will seem dated once published.

Alternatives has a limited budget of about 10 cents per word for several 
articles. This stipend is available to professional and amateur writers 
and students only. Please indicate your interest in this funding in your 
submission.

Send submissions electronically to Nicola Ross, Executive Editor (editor 
@ alternativesjournal.ca) by August 4, 2008.

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Marcia Ruby
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Alternatives Journal
Canadian Environmental Ideas and Action
Faculty of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
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phone: 519-888-4545; fax: 519-746-0292
email: mruby at fes.uwaterloo.ca
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