Hi Anselm, and Geowankers,
I you are as interested in extereme eco topics as I am, then you will
enjoy the Viridian list moderated by Bruce Sterling ( yes, the Science
Fiction writer Bruce Sterling )
Foe more information check out the archive here
http://www.viridiandesign.org/
( don't be discouraged by the non-ecological topic on the top level
current blog item)
Cheers-
Mike
Anselm Hook wrote:
A few more bits and pieces on the burgeoning idea of a new kind of
'participatory environmentalism' that has recently captivated my interest:
The Working Landscape
Peter F Cannavo
http://www.amazon.com/Working-Landscape-Preservation-Industrial-Environments/dp/026203364X
The World Without Us
Alan Weisman
http://www.amazon.com/World-Without-Us-Alan-Weisman/dp/0312347294/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1477666-8584901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187725535&sr=1-1
<http://www.amazon.com/World-Without-Us-Alan-Weisman/dp/0312347294/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1477666-8584901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187725535&sr=1-1>
This latter introduces an idea of Homo Sedentarian and makes the point
that the idea of "National Preserves" are a kind of fatalistic
idealism. It points to a kind of new environmentalism that must
emerge; where humans steward natural landscapes by needing them, being
in them, and consciously working to protect biodiversity.
Plastics and the Environment
Anthony L Andray
http://www.amazon.com/Plastics-Environment-Anthony-L-Andrady/dp/0471095206
This was possibly the most disappointing text I've seen so far (even
more so than Derrick Jensen's EndGame, or even the bitter slips that
show up in Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest). It talks about how plastic
is pervading the natural environment. I'd been thinking that it might
be worthwhile to model civilization; all the routes that oil takes,
the way that money flows, how local government policy enhances or
inhibits watershed biodiversity... but the problems here are on such a
vast scale that it makes such models seem somewhat fruitless; like
trying to steer your pac-man away from an approaching tsunami.
Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline
Lisa Margonelli
http://www.amazon.com/Oil-Brain-Adventures-Pump-Pipeline/dp/0385511450/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1477666-8584901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187726563&sr=8-1
<http://www.amazon.com/Oil-Brain-Adventures-Pump-Pipeline/dp/0385511450/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1477666-8584901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187726563&sr=8-1>
A fun romp that chases a drop of oil from the gas tank back to the oil
field. It's a good read because it shows a kind of systems theory
model of reality - and it makes a point to mock the consumer who often
likes to lay blame at the foot of oil empires. Oil is also a
particularly good starting point for building a model of modern
civilization.
I've tried to express this space of ideas with an idea of 'local food'
and or 'place making' but it seems to be bigger than that; it's some
kind of trend towards choosing to map, visualize, understand, own,
protect our geography... to be in it, to use it... a newer more
participatory environmentalism.
- a
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