Month: February 2008
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Progress: A Story With a Sad Ending
We live in a world that is advancing at rates that are hard to comprehend with the human brain, yet the notion of progress is one we have all come to accept as, well, progressive (a.k.a. a good thing). If we aren’t moving forwards then where else is there to go but backwards? It is…
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Waste
What good is an ocean without form, without function? Tangled wires and dented sides, broken-glass raindrops scattered, like grains of sand evolved, something just a decade or two down the line.
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Polar Bears and Not Giving a Shit: A Dialogue
One – Polar bears. Two – What? One- Polar bears. Two – What about them? One – They’re going extinct. They’re drowning because the ice flows are too far apart now. Two – So what?
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Untitled 1 & 2
Pulp mill. Spiggots. Factorial inspiration. Unpackaged waste. Pulp. `Mechanical destruction is much more environmentally friendly than chemical destruction`. Little human space; it is a world made of machines, machines and the bodies of the trees, machines to bury the bodies of the trees. Machines to fix their knots and bruises, bend them at their knees.…
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Earth Ending
We’re the molecular seizure of regressive progression, The nuclear insanity of technological absurdity, The cellular fissure of pill-popping euphoria, The stormed-out symphony of violent paranoia. We’re the hierarchical deformation of narcotic vanity, The militant march of mistaken manipulation,
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Organic Food
Society seems to be stressing the importance of organic food, but who really knows what the importance is? Consumers are unaware of the pesticides and chemicals that go into their food, and they are therefore oblivious to the benefits that organic foods offer.
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Green Trends
“We need more trees to hug!” “Green Love.” “Green is the new Black.” All these, and more, can be found at any given clothing store at Conestoga Mall. What does it all even mean? Are these companies actually trying to create a new socially aware generation?
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Where’s the Beef?
The environment is an exploding issue that is receiving attention all over the world. Interestingly, when examining climate change and wasted resources, most of the attention focuses on the waste that humans produce. This waste comes from the abuse and overuse of resources combined with a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. However, one of the…
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Building Blocks
A lot of a little bit is still a lot. In the game of Jenga, you take a block from the bottom of a well ordered tower and try to place it on top of the pile without upsetting the tower’s delicate balance. The game only ends once the pile topples over when one of…
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Abuse of the Natural World
Even if we aren’t thinking about it, the issue is ever-expanding Now is the time to act…not later…not someday