This is the third installment of a 3-part series on the topic of ecopsychology. In the first post, I introduced the idea of ecopsychology and explained what it entails. In the second post, I illustrated why it is important for environmentalists to draw on ecopsychological ideas in their work. In this third and final post, I Read more about Ecopsychology: What it is and Why it Matters – Part 3[…]
In many ways, thanks to globalization, the world is a lot smaller than it was 50 years ago. And, it continues to shrink. As noted by Norton (2014): “Today we can move our goods and ourselves from one place to another much more rapidly than ever before, while ideas and capital can travel anywhere in Read more about Globalization and the Human Soul[…]
This coming fall semester, I am excited to be teaching my first university-level course: Introduction to Cultural Geography, at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario. As I go about preparing my lectures for the course, I am finding one particular chapter from the textbook, Geographies of Identity and Difference, to be engaging, yet, at the same time, quite limiting (and, Read more about Religion: Conflict or Compassion?[…]
Set aside the learned ways of perceiving the world as dead matter for your use and see if you can recover again your actual perception of the world as a community of beings to whom you are meaningfully related – Erazim Kohák Some of my most meaningful childhood memories stem from experiences that I had while Read more about Ecopsychology: What it is, and Why it Matters – Part 1[…]
Like many of you, I was deeply disturbed this past Monday when I heard about the breach of the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond in the Cariboo region of Central B.C. Current reports suggest that 4.5 million cubic metres of metals-laden find sand was released into surrounding creeks, rivers, and lakes resulting in a complete Read more about A Disturbing Worldview – The Mount Polley Mine Disaster[…]
This past Tuesday (July 22, 2014), I had the privilege of attending the kick-off brainstorming session for Hamilton’s Community Climate Change Action Plan. I really appreciated the overarching vision for the plan: there is a focus both on ways that we can mitigate climate change at a local level, while also recognizing the need to Read more about A Resilient Community?[…]