Haliburton County and its Connection to Sustainability: Existing Alternatives to the Force of Globalisation

Haliburton County and its Connection to Sustainability: Existing Alternatives to the Force of Globalisation

Lehr, Lana

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies

TPB-188

2000

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Haliburton County

Influences of globalisation and sustainable alternatives in the county

Haliburton County was founded on a mobility of people in and out of the area. Historically, the movement of Haliburton residents has been in constant fluctuation with its economic situation. Its position on the global map has also had an effect on the process of globalization in the bioregion. It is no longer on major trading routes, and does not depend on outside cities for its independence and self-determination as a community. Haliburton never needed a major upheaval of global economic systems in order to create new alternatives to living. Haliburton has flexibility in its economic structure and its population growth. Residents create their own initiatives and the energy of the community helps to support projects and to make them sustainable.

All of these aspects and more cited in the research paper make Haliburton an ideal niche for sustainable alternatives to the shaky global economic structures that are presently in place.

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