The author wishes to express thanks to life-partner Angela Miles and Supervisor Edmond OSullivan for consistent encouragement and support in completing this ambitious project. Also to my IES committee member Dr. Roger Hansell for his encouragement and critical insights, and to AE member Jack Quarter for his guidance from my first class onward. In addition, special thanks must go to alternate committee member Prof. Roxana Ng for her painstaking editorial work and feedback; and to external examiner Dr. Ken Geiser, of UMass-Lowell, for his detailed commentary. I must also express gratitude for the stimulating intellectual-activist environment provided by OISE Adult Ed (particularly the Transformative Learning Centre); and for the opportunity to make many great environmental studies connections in the Institute for Environmental Studies. Finally I want to acknowledge the vital financial support of the SSHRC for a 3-year fellowship, and the generous IES fellowship in my second year provided by Arthur and Sonia Labatt.