photo credit: the|G|™ I just finished reading an article in The Walrus by Chris Turner titled The Age of Breathing Underwater. The hypothesis of the article, broadly stated, is that we’ve irrevocably entered the Anthropocene and nature, as the Romantics knew it, or as the prototypical environmentalist tries to protect today, is no longer. Based […]
Category: Thinking
Is loving the local enough?
Recently, the local has emerged on the scene and seemingly into the collective consciousness of urban Canadians (or Torontonians, at least). Evidence the perspective behind such ideas as “the 100-mile diet” what is nearby is better for ourselves and, in turn, when the local improves, so does the world. I personally have advocated for a […]
Up the Yangtze, tourism & a new indentured class
Heather and I went yesterday and saw the documentary Up the Yangtze. I thoroughly enjoyed it (and you can find out more about the film, if you’re interested) and was equally disturbed by it–not the movie itself, but the subtext. Thumbnail sketch: China has opened up to Western Tourism, and Western Tourists are interested in […]