“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.”—Leo Tolstoy
TOLSTOY would be saddened by the current state of that link between the planet and humankind. From every corner of the globe come glaring images, reports and statistics with evidence of ecological disaster on a scale once reserved for science fiction. Devastating proof in the form of severe weather events like catastrophic hurricanes and forest fires, unbearable heatwaves and unimaginable flooding. Irreparable loss to wildlife, such as Sudan, the world’s last northern white male rhino, that died last year, effectively making his species extinct. These are ongoing incidents of destruction to the earth’s ecosystems, and yet there are people who deny climate change exists or that it is the result of…
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Zoomer (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019