EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Fourteen, Number Six November / December 2005 China Awakening? Three Gorges Dam Photo by Edward Burtynsky “In my view, China is the most recent participant to be seduced by Western ideals — the hollow promise of fulfillment and happiness through material gain. The mass consumerism these ideals ignite and the resulting degradation of our environment intrinsic to the process of making things should be of deep concern for us all. I no longer see the world as delineated by countries, borders or languages, but as 6.5 billion humans living off a precariously balanced, finite planet.” Quote by Edward Burtynsky from an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum titled "Manufactured Landscapes." The exhibit features photos of the Three Gorges Dam project, the world's largest dam now under construction in China. Home     Table of Contents