Author: Joe Gray

Joe is a nature lover, an amateur field naturalist, and a conservationist. He lives on a large island in the North Atlantic Ocean that an infinitesimal proportion of the Earth's beings call Great Britain. He also writes eco-fiction under the pen name Dewey Dabbar.
Listening to nature

A knowledge for thirst: Water, empathy, and kinship

Let me recount this short tale—a thin slice from my recent life—exactly as it happened. On a warm afternoon earlier this month, outside an old inn that overlooks an east-coast estuary and that was once owned by a prolific persecutor of witches, I met a recent immigrant to the British Isles. It was immediately obvious that she was nervous in the presence of a new … Continue reading A knowledge for thirst: Water, empathy, and kinship

Joe Gray
Animal rights, Defaunation

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

Joe Gray