Why I don’t like “Can’t see the Forest for the Trees”

Part of my “late stage autism” is coming to grips with societal norms, practices and vernacular that simply do not Continue reading →

Risk & Culture

Risk & Culture By: Cameron A. Straughan June 23, 2002 The first thing that attracted me to Douglas and Wildavsky’s Continue reading →

What Makes a Good Environmental Documentary?

What Makes a Good Environmental Documentary? By: Cameron A. Straughan A documentary is a “creative dramatisation of actuality” with some Continue reading →

Armadillos are giving people leprosy in Florida … OR are we just a “sick” species?

Recently, there has been a glut of animal attack stories, coupled with articles on increased animal abuse and diseases caused Continue reading →

Nature, Humanity, and Modernity in François Truffaut’s The Wild Child

    Nature, Humanity, and Modernity in François Truffaut’s The Wild Child   By: Cameron A. Straughan Truffauts’ the Wild Continue reading →

Chapter 1

It didn’t care if you were human. What died in the forest stayed in the forest.