Environmentalism In Canada

Ecological concern is undoubtedly one of the by-products of globalization. ‘Think globally, act locally’ was the electoral slogan of the ecological movement. Many of the ecological fields extend beyond the appearances and give true information to instil a kind of awareness in the life of human.One such area is regarding the relationship of the Indo-Canadian studies. Canadian studies in India have strengthened their reciprocal bonds by learning from each other in various realms, especially in areas of environmental stability.Coming to the Indian situation, concern for ecology has been a very distinctive feature of the ancient Indian culture and tradition.The Vedic vision voiced out the great responsibility of human to preserve the environment. However, the present century in India has been witnessing serious climatic changes and ecological disasters.

Margaret Atwood falls into the array of mainstream Canadian writers.Her Trilogy explicitly makes references to the environmentalist movement. The references to the

Chellappan, in his paper on “The Concept of National Literature in India and Canada: A Comparison”, states:

Though Canada is a new nation belonging to the New World and India has an ancient history, there are significant parallels as well as differences in the development of their national literature, not only because of their past but because of their multi-ethnic make-up (K.S. Ramamurti 89). Margaret Atwood’s Trilogy explicitly evokes the environmental movement.The three novels in the Trilogy are Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam. Atwood has termed these novels as speculative in form rather than calling them science fiction. Eventually these novels are companion fictions because the characters from the first novel appear in the second novel and the again in the last novel. The brilliant trilogy explores the world of terrifying corporate tyranny, the relentless Crakers, a humanoid species bio-engineered to substitute the human