- Nov 9, 2021
- 9 min
THE NOUVEAU NIHILISTS or A RESPONSE TO “WHY YOU SHOULDN’T LISTEN TO SELF-SERVING OPTIMISTS…”
Someone shared with me an article by associate professor of sociology Roland Paulsen. In it Paulsen offers a take-down of the ‘New...
- Sep 3, 2021
- 5 min
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...
- Aug 1, 2021
- 6 min
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 23, 2021
- 0 min
- Jul 22, 2021
- 6 min
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 30, 2021
- 11 min
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, 2020
- 2 min
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 16, 2020
- 13 min
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 6, 2020
- 3 min
KIMMERER ON LANGUAGE
READING Kimmerer, R. (2017, June 12). Speaking of nature. Orion Magazine. https://orionmagazine.org/article/speaking-of-nature/ SUMMARY...
- Dec 11, 2019
- 9 min
THE HESCHEL-ORR PARADOX
A legend of the environmental world and key author in our introductory readings, David Orr, writes, “...philosophers have agreed with...