ABSTRACT

In 1989 British Columbia’s The New Catalyst magazine interviewed Peter Berg, pressing him to anticipate the next phase of the bioregional movement. Berg replies that “a tsunami of ecology is running through human consciousness,” transforming our priorities and reshaping politics, culture, society, and human relationships. He suggests that whereas the image of material progress was a beacon of the industrial era, the image of wildness might inspire the ecological era. Wild is a good image for the city, too, Berg maintains. Wildness is a vision that could revitalize both the urban landscape and the aspirations of urbanites.