There has been an attempt to turn an actual conversation, which at one point was modern, into some post-modern hype. The children protesting are not posing some satirical Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift, 1729) esque archetype. They are disturbed. The ongoing public conversation about the environment is grounded in the ancient dichotomy of man versus natureContinue reading “Who will win? Man or nature? A Timeless Question”
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How Did we Come to Regulate Almost Every Aspect of Life Through Policy, Yet, Fail to Properly Politicize the Earth’s Raw-Resources? (sigh)
Ecological economics and environmental social work
“Keney Park” Never Heard of it? Blame Environmental Racism and Systems of Oppression.
The most renowned parks in America have a discarded counterpart: “Keney Park” in Hartford, CT -all designed by Fredrick Olmsted- better known for NYC’s “Central Park” Boston’s “Emerald Necklace Conservancy” Frederick Olmsted, an American Landscape designer best known for Central Park (New York, NY) and The Emerald Necklace (Boston, MA), also created Keney Park (Hartford,Continue reading ““Keney Park” Never Heard of it? Blame Environmental Racism and Systems of Oppression.”