Not that readers of this blog need to be reminded of this, but some of our friends might (if you have friends like Donald Trump)… Generalizing about global climate change from a cold snap is like predicting who will win the world series based on a single ball or strike in pre-season. The two things […]
Archive for January, 2014
Some mean temperatures…
Posted in Climate change, Eco-culture, tagged climate denialism, Donald Trump, global warming, weather on January 29, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Ukrainian update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Politics, revolution, Ukraine on January 25, 2014 | 3 Comments »
Regular readers will know of my interest in Ukraine, where I lived for a year as a Canada-USSR Scholar in 1989-90, and where I’ve visited at least ten times since, for varying lengths of time. I’ve been following events unfolding there from afar, and have begun a blog called UKR-TAZ: A Ukrainian Autonomous Zone, which […]
Announcing A(S)CENE
Posted in Academe, Anthropocene, tagged Anthropocene on January 21, 2014 | 1 Comment »
A new blog has been launched in conjunction with my class “Environment, Science, and Society in the Anthropocene.” It’s called A(S)CENE and its tag line is “Beyond the Anthropocene: Bracketing an Era.” A(S)CENE is a blog dedicated to discussions of the Anthropo(s)cene — the scene of humanity’s ascendance to a biogeological force — and of […]
Anthropocene readings
Posted in Anthropocene, Uncategorized on January 20, 2014 | 1 Comment »
I’m thinking of making my Spring semester graduate class, “Environment, Science, and Society in the Anthropocene,” into a semi-public seminar series, with a blog where we will share links to readings and videos as well as discussions. (Actual meetings will not be online, but will be open to interested members of the UVM […]
A cultural cold war wind
Posted in Cultural politics, Politics, tagged cultural values, environmentalism, fundamentalism, gay rights, liberalism, Olympics, religion, Russia, Sochi on January 20, 2014 | 2 Comments »
I predicted back in 2010 that globalizing and technological trends would lead disparate religious traditions to find common ground on socially divisive issues like abortion and gay rights. Just as environmentalism, feminism, and indigenous rights were partnering various more liberal church groups with environmental and social justice organizations, contributing to the development of an “eco-egalitarian” global […]
Ecomedia on YouTube
Posted in Eco-culture, Media ecology, tagged ecomedia, videos, YouTube on January 17, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Reposted from e2mc: evolving ecological media cultures: I’ve begun a YouTube playlist entitled “Ecomedia,” where I’ll be sharing ecologically relevant PSAs, eco-art videos, and other works relevant to the broad and loose category encompassed by its title. Access it here. Feel free to “like” it, subscribe to it, and send suggestions to me about videos that should be […]
Whiteheadian films
Posted in Cinema, tagged film, Whitehead, Whitehead Film Festival, Whiteheadian aesthetic on January 16, 2014 | 4 Comments »
Readers of this blog know that my recent book presents what’s essentially a Whiteheadian (and Peircian) theory of cinema. (A theory, not the theory. And when compared to something as deeply Whiteheadian in its details as, say, Donald Sherburne’s A Whiteheadian Aesthetic, mine is, at best, “inspired by Whitehead.”)