McGill School of Environment Annual Environment Public Lecture
The MSE is proud to present Chris Turner.
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 nominated as finalist (non-fiction) for the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award and named as one of the Globe & Mail’s Best Books of the year.
Rather than lending his voice to the chorus of recriminations heard in recent environmental tracts, this acclaimed author and journalist traveled the globe in search of hope for a sustainable future and now points to the bright light at the end of the very dark tunnel.
His 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 The Independent (UK), Time Magazine, Maclean's, Canadian Geographic, The Walrus, Azure and Utne Reader. He writes a monthly feature on sustainability for The Globe & Mail. ADMISSION IS FREE