By Deborah Barsky, Independent Media Institute We live in a fast-moving, technology-dominated era. Happiness is fleeting, and everything is replaceable or disposable. It is understandable that people are drawn to a utopian vision. Many find refuge in the concept of a “return” to an idealized past—one in which humans were not so numerous, and animals abounded; when the Earth was still clean and pure, and when our ties to nature were unviolated. This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. But this raises the question: Is this nothing more than …