Tagged with Wilderness

It's No Trick: Cruelty in the Modern Age

Jill Ettinger
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We’ve made laws to protect our wild world from extinction and exploitation, yet we still imprison and gawk at nature’s most awe-inspiring creatures. What does our treatment of fellow Earthlings say about the legacy we leave for future generations? (more)

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The Last Tree of the Sahara

Martin Dockery
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Riding through the desert on a camel with no name, with men who either refer to themselves in the third person, or not at all, there is nothing to distract you from yourself. If what you're left feeling, then, is depressed, this is your Epiphany. (more)

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Alexander Supertramp and the Failure of Individualist Escape

Andrew William Smith
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Sean Penn's film Into the Wild rekindled the debate surrounding Christopher McCandless's dramatic departure from mainstream culture, and his tragic demise. It forces us to ask: how can we preserve “human community” without “returning to civilization?” (more)

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