Author Archives: Rhona

 

Canada Day on the Gorge

Jul 1

The very best thing about living along the Gorge Waterway is the annual closure of Gorge Road for an all-day Canada Day picnic. The peace of morning – the road closes first thing for set-up – is charmingly broken by … Continue reading →

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ASLE 6: my 2011 bibliography

Jun 30

Last time I attended ASLE I documented the most interesting (to me) books, articles and films that were discussed or even mentioned in various sessions I attended, so I thought I’d take a stab at it again this year to … Continue reading →

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ASLE 5: Mesocosm, animals and environmental law

Jun 30

ASLE plenary speakers were wide-ranging and various, and I didn’t always have my notebook handy. Una Chaudhuri and Helen Tiffin were the first I heard, on Wednesday. During Chaudhuri’s talk we watched Mesocosm playing out in the background (and heard … Continue reading →

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ASLE 4: farmers market and Banerjee on global warming

Jun 29

The Bloomington Farmers Market played an unusual role in ASLE 2011. Not part of the official program, it was located near enough to the campus to lure a number of Saturday morning wanderers away from the last day’s sessions for … Continue reading →

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ASLE 3: food

Jun 27

There were 15 thematic streams running through the conference (though no stream was water, ha ha) and of course my interests leaned most heavily on stream 6: Food production, food consumption, and waste. Which calls for some mention of foods … Continue reading →

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