The geography of hope: we need to move from despair to optimism
Acclaimed Canadian author Chris Turner to deliver annual Â鶹AV School of Environment Lecture
Calgary-based journalist Chris Turner recently spent a year traveling the world searching for solutions to the world’s environmental problems. He chronicled his voyage and some inspiring examples of “sustainability in action” in the national bestseller, The Geography of Hope: a Tour of the World We Need . Along the way, Turner also concluded that it’s high time for the environment movement to ease up on dire warnings of irreversible peril and instead focus its energy on finding solutions and cultivating hope for a better future.
On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Â鶹AV School of Environment will welcome Turner for its annual public lecture. He will discuss his travels and how the hope and enthusiasm for a different, greener future may be key to solving some of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges. The lecture will take place at 6 p.m . at Â鶹AV’s New Residence Hall, 3625 ave du Parc.
The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need (Random House, 2007), was nominated as finalist (non-fiction) for the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award and named as one of the Globe & Mail’s Best Books of the year. Turner’s magazine writing – mostly for the now defunct Shift Magazine – has earned him four Canadian National Magazine Awards and six honourable mentions, including the 2001 President's Medal for General Excellence, the highest honour in Canadian magazine writing. His writing and reporting on culture, technology and the environment have also appeared in The Independent (UK), Time magazine, Maclean's, Canadian Geographic, The Walrus, Azure and Utne Reader. He writes a monthly feature on sustainability for the Globe and Mail.
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