One article that really struck me was Christine Walley’s Where There is No Nature. Before reading this, nature for me existed in parks, in the wilderness of the mountains, and in far off jungles, tundra, and deserts. Nature definitely holds connotations of being pure, serene, untouched, and definitely separate from humans; it is something that people go […]

During this week’s readings, ecospirituality is an idea that really stood out to me. Particularly the excerpt we read from Ecotopia contained several very interesting ideas. We are living in an increasingly artificial world with our reliance on technology to provide knowledge, entertain us, and keep in touch with others. Ecospirituality seems to oppose this idea, […]

This past Friday we looked at how values affected the Foie Gras debate, a debate where the sole reasoning behind being against it is based upon valuing how animals are treated. I find this interesting because no one sane is actively supports poor treatment of animals, but rather those for Foie Gras have other issues […]