Nov 9, 20219 min read
THE NOUVEAU NIHILISTS or A RESPONSE TO “WHY YOU SHOULDN’T LISTEN TO SELF-SERVING OPTIMISTS…”
Someone shared with me an article by a senior lecturer in sociology from Lund University, Roland Paulsen . Therein Paulsen offers a...
Sep 2, 20215 min read
FAIRY CREEK or AVATAR?
Acquaintances of mine share video after video, post after post, and slogan after slogan that, as far as I’m able to discern, rewrite all...
Jul 31, 20216 min read
VACCINE EQUITY?
Editorials and Twitter threads have arrived weekly on the issue of global vaccine equity. They’re easy to find. Every major news source...
Jul 22, 20210 min read
Jul 21, 20216 min read
I'LL GIVE YOU TEN REASONS
As I’ve said all pandemic, I’m in support of very strict, even unpleasant, public health measures for combating COVID. But such measures...
Apr 29, 202111 min read
NO SENSE OF PLACE or HOW TO ERASE HISTORY AND CULTURE
In one of our final courses we were asked for an analysis and reflection of major course projects and themes. Here was mine: The Local...
Nov 19, 20202 min read
VANCOUVER HOMELESSNESS COUNT
Total: 2005: 1,364 (Sheltered 773, Unsheltered 59) 2010: 1,715 (Sheltered 1,294, Unsheltered 421) 2015: 1,746 (Sheltered 1,258,...
Aug 15, 202013 min read
EVERYTHING SPEAKS: MEDITATIONS ON THE ANIMISM OF LANGUAGE
David Abram and Robin Wall Kimmerer write of the tremendous power of language to shape perception and, therefore, our relationships and...
Aug 5, 20203 min read
KIMMERER ON LANGUAGE
READING Kimmerer, R. (2017, June 12). Speaking of nature. Orion Magazine. https://orionmagazine.org/article/speaking-of-nature/ SUMMARY...
Dec 11, 20199 min read
THE HESCHEL-ORR PARADOX
A legend of the environmental world and key author in our introductory readings, David Orr, writes, “...philosophers have agreed with...
