Of course, the writer is in London, where the moon of cultural relativity is just about full…
Yes, green has gone glitz, and apart from some of the more patently moralistic (good people ride bikes, you should too) arguments for going green, treehugger has decided to show you pictures that support the work of two academics who praise Walt Disney. Apparently, he gets children to create a relationship with nature…
Clearly, this is how I want smart people spending their time…thinking about nature (though, in this case, mostly just poorly understood political ideas) through the lens of Snow White.
Addition: I get an angry email each time I write something like this: Why bother those who are trying to do some good? Maybe due to Disney’s lush backdrops, children will become more interested in nature…
This is perhaps true but also moralistic…it’s sloppy thinking..because there are ultimately consequences to everything we think about and most importantly, how we think about them. Hopefully, that point gets across, despite the tone.
Making such unclear, sentimental and now commercialized arguments for ’nature’ may do us more harm in the long run…but then again, now I’m being moralistic.
If you’re interested, see the comments on this post.
