In a recent post, I tried to start a deeper discussion with Milan about what it means to act ethically in these needful times with respect to climate change.
I’m not sure if he meant this post as a response to my post, or as a response to the ongoing discussion on carbon ethics – but [...]
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On Carbon Ethics, Individual action, and the Value of Slow Travel
Posted in Capitalism, Cross Canada Trip, Ethics, Philosophy, Technology, Trains, global warming on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon Ethics and Future Worlds
Posted in Cross Canada Trip, Ethics, Philosophy, Pragmatics, Technology, global warming on November 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Walt Disney company calls some of its imagineers “futureologists”, specifically if they work on Tommorowland or on the Future Worlds Pavilion at Epcot Centre. They are charged with visioning and representing futures. Futures are aspects of the present that project forward in time rather than space, so that we can anticipate what is to-come. [...]
High Speed Rail in Canada
Posted in Cross Canada Trip, Technology, Trains on November 19, 2009 | 12 Comments »
High Speed Rail in Canada is characterized by being in the past. It’s something that was (the Turbo, the Bombardier LRC), or never was but perhaps could one day be (the JetTrain). It’s also characterized by existing, but not really existing (many Via trains hit 100mph in normal service, but their overall schedules are hardly [...]
Travel Blog: Day 3 – afternoon
Posted in Capitalism, Cross Canada Trip, Trains on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We will be arriving in Chicago’s Amtrak station in about twenty minutes. As we buzz through the Chicago suburbs, I feel the need to reflect on my first long-distance train journey. Over forty seven hours on a train is a long way, but in most every way it has been enjoyable. I had some good [...]
Travel Blog – Day 2, Morning
Posted in Cross Canada Trip on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Morning on the Empire Builder begins at 7 o’clock sharp when the conductor noisily announces we are about to arrive in “Whitefish, Montana”, and that the dining car is already open for breakfast. The sun is crimson and gold on the Montana hills and mountains. While neither did I sleep much last night, nor have [...]
Travel Update 3 – Day One, Evening
Posted in Cross Canada Trip on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s night now, and everything is quiet. The first day of my adventure has been quite excellent – after spending an enjoyable few hours exploring downtown Seattle I boarded the Empire Builder and have been traveling east towards Chicago. I’ll be on this train all night, all tomorrow, all tomorrow night, and arrive in Chicago [...]
Travel Update: Day 1, Morning
Posted in Cross Canada Trip, Pragmatics, Technology, Trains on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I write this we are just pulling out of Bellingham station. I opted for business class tickets in the short legs on either end of my trip, since the extra cost was negligible (from Bellingham to Seattle it was 5$ extra, and from Buffalo to Toronto only 4$). My feelings about this choice are [...]
Cross Canada Driving Tips
Posted in Cross Canada Trip on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having completed a successful cross-country trek by car, I feel it appropriate to share my new found Canadian-roadtriping knowledge in the form of a few helpful hints and tips.
1. Go. It’s easy. Seriously, it seems far to go all the way across Canada, right? Sure, but it isn’t that far from Vancouver to Calgary, or [...]
The Rest of the Trip
Posted in Cross Canada Trip on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After Edmonton we continued along the Yellowhead highway into Jasper National Park. At the park entrance we had to pay 19.60$ if we planned on stopping at all. I felt this was a bit absurd, since it encourages people to drive straight through without stopping.
The mountains through the park are impressive, but in a [...]
Risk, Externalized
Posted in Cross Canada Trip on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the trans Canada, just cross out of Ontario into Manitoba, we came across the scene of an accident. At first we couldn’t tell what had happened – a truck was in the ditch with its windshield caved in, and debris was strewn over the road. It looked a bit like he’d hit a deer [...]
