Collected essays by a leading journalist on sustainability and the global cleantech industry.

CHRIS TURNER is one of Canada's leading writers and speakers on sustainability and the global cleantech industry. His latest book is The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy (Random House Canada 2011). He is also the author of the 2007 bestseller The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need (Random House), a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year and a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction, the Alberta Literary Award for Nonfiction and the National Business Book Award.

Turner's first book was the international bestseller Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation (Random House 2004). His feature writing has earned seven National Magazine Awards and appeared in Fast Company, Time, Utne Reader, The Walrus, The Globe & Mail, Canadian Geographic and many other publications. He is a featured blogger at MNN.com. He lives in Calgary with his wife, the photographer Ashley Bristowe, and their two children.

Essays Include:

"The Age of Breathing Underwater"
First published in The Walrus, Oct 2009
Essay mixes 1st-person reporting and history of scuba diving to tell a tale of the scale of the climate crisis.

"The Simpsons Generation"
First published in Shift, Oct/Nov 2002
10 years in the life of mass culture, through the lens of The Simpsons.

"Why Technology is Failing Us (and how we can fix it)"
First published in Shift, Sept 2001
A polished barroom rant about the hollow prosperity of the dotcom era and the pressing need to build a new green industrial base.

"Take Me Down to Paradise City"
Fist published in Shift, June 2000
In-depth experiential reporting on Cyberjaya, Malaysia's newborn "multimedia supercorridor" capital

"The Legend of Pepsi AM"
First published in This magazine, Nov/Dec 2002
A quixotic quest to locate a can of Pepsi's short-lived experiment in breakfast beverages, involving a journey to the New Product Showcase & Learning Centre in Ithaca, NY

"Bearing Witness"
First published in Eighteen Bridges, Winter 2011
First-person reporting on the fragile ecosystem of the Great Bear Rainforest and the risks posed by the Northern Gateway pipeline

"Calgary Reconsidered"
First published in The Walrus, June 2012
Broad discussion of Calgary's self-image and urban character, from frontier days to today