Eric Smillie | Writer

I'm Eric Smillie, a freelance culture journalist covering art, travel, food, lifestyle, and music for GOOD, Wired, Wired News, Make, Craft, VIA, XLR8R, Signal to Noise, and other publications.

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Posts from July 2008

Find romance in a polluted pit + Toxic tourism resources

Photo of the Berkeley Pit by Don Ankney
Some people have been asking me how I could call a lake so polluted it kills swans a romantic getaway. And am I serious about visiting these ecodisaster sites, or was the article a joke?
Yes and no. The story was a satire on the style of ecotourism destination [...]


This is no disaster

Welcome to the Internet, a convenient place to find my new blog and news about the articles I’ve written. I was on NPR talking about my latest story today — a guide to the hottest ecodisaster travel destinations in the United States, published by GOOD magazine. It’s a roundup of five super fascinating spots like [...]