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Category Archives: Environmentalism
Yard Sale Culture
Sometimes he felt as though he’d wandered into a world where everyone’s life had been spilled out like a gut-shot man, as if their sentiment and possessions were stacked in boxes at a planet-wide yard sale. He thought of what … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Environmentalism
Tagged consumerism, pacific garbage, yard sales
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Toys for Big Boys: Manboys and Manplay
When a local motorcycle and skidoo shop adopted the name “Toys for Big Boys” I would have thought it would mean death for their business. I would have guessed that the overgrown baby that is the man who loves to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Environmentalism
Tagged Child care, Fahrenheit 451, fathers, man child, manbaby, manboy, Montag, parenthood, Ray Bradbury, Toys for Big Boys
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Wishcycling
As soon as I heard the word, and its definition, in a documentary about the New York waste stream, I knew, rather sheepishly, that I had been guilty of wishcycling. Many times I can remember standing over a recycling bin … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Environmentalism, Self-reliance
Tagged Edmonton dump, environmentalism, garbage, landfill, trash, wish recycling, wishcycling
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Partridge in the Fall
When I was in my teens and traveling on the school bus in the mornings, I would often sit across from my friend Bruce. We were both farm children and thus had lots of chores to finish every night, but … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environmentalism, Superstition
Tagged anti-vaccine, anti-vaxxer, global climate change denier, pacific garbage patch, partridge, ruffed grouse, sixth extinction
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Growing up in the Modern Depression
Each generation visits its sins on the next, just as children will grow up to have their teeth set on edge by grapes if their parents have learned to be sour. Since the great depression, two more generations have struggled … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Environmentalism, Self-reliance
Tagged elderly, environmentalism, great depression, recycle, reuse, upcycle, walmart
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