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Terry Fowler's Blog (4)

Local Quality vs. Corporate Schlock

Every two or three months we have what we call a soirée at our home. It's not as fancy as it sounds. Twenty-five or thirty of us get together and entertain each other.

Some of us sing – everything from folk and opera to pop – while some play instruments – from piano and violin to bagpipes and drums. Others read poems, tell stories or perform scenes from plays. The soirees are totally and joyfully unpredictable; we never know who 's going to show up, let alone what they are planning… Continue

Added by Terry Fowler on February 12, 2012 at 7:37am — No Comments

No One Is Present

A young man across from me was eating his takeout supper on the subway the other day, stuffing it down. Now and then food fell off the fork. Well, there's all kinds of people.

Then, a couple of days later, also on the subway, someone else took out her makeup bag and went through her whole routine right there in the crowded car. What – does she think she's in her bedroom? I thought. This is a public space.

Not to her. I looked around. People texting, listening to their ipods, playing… Continue

Added by Terry Fowler on January 13, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Forget National Governments; We Need Local Action on Climate Change

As the talks in Durban lurch towards failure, we should remember that when it comes to effective policies on greenhouse gases and the climate, national governments will never be agents for real change. All they seem to be able to do is set "targets" for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. Or they pass regulations on automobile emissions.

Or they latch onto symbolic policies – like switching light bulbs – which are good for their image.

Worse, big national governments, as centers of… Continue

Added by Terry Fowler on December 4, 2011 at 7:09am — 1 Comment

Occupiers are all about the meaning of place

The Occupiers are Reminding us about Local Places

Edmund P. Fowler

The authorities are now moving in to evict the Occupy protesters across North America. That is because the encampments themselves express a message that is just too direct and gutsy.

Mainstream politicians and commentators keep asking for a program of demands from the Occupy movement, trying to force them to play by the usual rules. These protesters are not groping for leaders or platforms. They are… Continue

Added by Terry Fowler on November 16, 2011 at 3:55pm — 5 Comments