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Now live: Rewilding Successes
As a new initiative from The Ecological Citizen, Rewilding Successes has been launched to bring readers inspiring stories about nature’s rebounding from all corners of the Earth. Continue reading Now live: Rewilding Successes
Inconveniences at the farmers’ market
A few days ago, in London, I was strolling along a nondescript stretch of pavement, in the direction of a farmers’ market, when I hit my head on the branch of a tree. It was one of those collisions where you find yourself poking at the point of contact in expectation of blood and other subcutaneous leakage Continue reading Inconveniences at the farmers’ market
Don’t lose heart
It is said we are made of stardust. Perhaps that’s where accomplished meditators return. The rest of us may more easily return to what we’re made of by contemplating the first lifeform that emerged: the Archetype, which literally means “the first form.” Continue reading Don’t lose heart
What change? Whose reconciliation?
On Friday 22nd April, an unusual ceremony took place in Winnipeg, Canada. Represented by its governor, the Hudson’s Bay Company gave its massive retail store in the heart of downtown Winnipeg, dating from 1881, to the Manitoba First Nations. Continue reading What change? Whose reconciliation?
Demonic war
Our call: Love all, no more war on nature, nonhuman and human. Embracing peaceful coexistence heralds humanity’s return to our Earthling nature, our authentic identity. Continue reading Demonic war
A liberté without freedom, an égalité devoid of fairness, and a fraternité blind to kinship: Life as a bird in France
Despite strong public opposition in France, hunting’s ever-thinning guise of heritage still remains robust enough to satisfy many politicians. Emmanuel Macron, the President, claims to be serious about biodiversity but is an advocate of the suite of barbaric practices that make up this tradition. Continue reading A liberté without freedom, an égalité devoid of fairness, and a fraternité blind to kinship: Life as a bird in France
Ecocentric thoughts on whaling
It is obvious that humanity’s treatment of whale people constitutes an atrocity. This includes the deliberate murder of a so-called hunt, the quasi-deliberate murder of negligence, the effective murder of habitat destruction, or the oblivious murder of the unthinking. Continue reading Ecocentric thoughts on whaling
The discourse of COVID vaccination and the sovereign technological fix
How did we as a humanity lose touch with what is the most precious thing of all—our home planet and our relationship with it? How could we (let) unwind the breathtaking beauty of this Earth, the onetime gift of a living planet, and our love for our Earthling kin? Continue reading The discourse of COVID vaccination and the sovereign technological fix
Four weeks of solitude
Once you cut yourself off from media and start living as a recluse interesting things happen. Continue reading Four weeks of solitude
Beneath the birch and pine: Prelude to a series
This is the first post in a category titled ‘Beneath the birch and pine’. The uniting theme for this series—beyond the writer’s nature-centred standpoint—will be the inspiration that each piece finds in some aspect of life in the Scottish Highlands. Continue reading Beneath the birch and pine: Prelude to a series
Earth Tongues 