Chris Turner
Sustainable living and sustainable eating in the world we need - January 29 , 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Chris Turner presents an exhilarating visual tour of the state of the art in sustainable living around the world, based on his bestselling book The Geography of Hope. Beginning with a brief overview of the unsustainable foundations of our current social order, Turner examines the nature of sustainability and its vital necessity in this era of climate change and energy scarcity. The discussion will then proceed to a thorough examination of how to rethink what we grow and what we eat in pursuit of a sustainable way of life.
Chris Turner is the author of the national bestseller The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need (Random House, 2007), which was named one of the Globe & Mail's Best Books of the year and shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction, the National Business Book Award and the Alberta Literary Award for Nonfiction. He is also the author of the international bestseller Planet Simpson: How A Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation (2004). His narrated visual tour of The Geography of Hope has captivated audiences across Canada, ranging from Environmental Defence summits to Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers galas. He was a featured speaker at the 2008 Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures in Melbourne, Australia. He writes a monthly feature on sustainability for The Globe & Mail and a weekly column for Worldchanging.com.
Turner's magazine writing – mostly for the late, great Shift Magazine – has earned him four Canadian National Magazine Awards and six honourable mentions, including the 2001 President's Medal for General Excellence (the highest honour in Canadian magazine writing). His writing and reporting on culture, technology and the environment have also appeared in Fast Company, Time Magazine, The Independent (UK), Maclean's, Canadian Geographic, The Walrus, Azure and Utne Reader. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, with his wife, the photographer Ashley Bristowe, and their daughter, Sloane.