Ecotopia Callenbach Pdf

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Leanna Perr

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:11:41 PM8/3/24

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Callenbach imagined a future in which Northern California, Oregon, and Washington violently secede from the US to form a new country where cars are mostly banned in favor of bicycles, buses and trains, and everyone recycles.

That idea is still in the planning stages in California, but I rode an on time Amtrak train, up to Davis to talk to Science Fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson, who spoke at the UC Santa Cruz conference. Robinson has crafted his own fictional ecotopias, most notably in Pacific Edge, set in Orange County in 2065.

An ecotopian tool for multispecies flourishing should spark awareness to apprehend and address the multiplying effects of biodiversity loss and climate change. Previous ecotopian tools have included guided tours, workshops, community-built floating sculptures, community science initiatives, data visualizations, and more. Proposals should:

The land today that bears the name Morris Arboretum & Gardens is an assemblage of properties bought by siblings John and Lydia Morris between 1887 and 1913. The Morris siblings, avid plant collectors, created a beautiful summer estate and enjoyed sharing it with others. After their deaths, the arboretum became a part of the University of Pennsylvania and was initially run by the botany department. The Morris later transitioned to a public-facing organization and has grown to be one of the larger gardens in the Philadelphia region, with over 170,000 visitors annually.

Successful proposals will be selected by a jury of nine interdisciplinary and community experts: Syd Carpenter (artist), William Cullina (executive director, Morris Arboretum & Gardens), Benoit Dub (chief wellness officer, Penn), Scott F. Gilbert (biologist and historian), Patricia Kaishian (curator, New York State Museum), Catherine Seavitt (professor and chair of landscape architecture, Penn), Bryan Thompson-Nowak (director of education, Morris Arboretum & Gardens), William Valerio (director and CEO, Woodmere Art Museum), and Tama Matsuoka Wong (author and forager). The jury will be chaired by Bethany Wiggin, with support from Megan Pollin Hernandez of the Penn Program for Environmental Humanities.