Indeed, in a world where people are often mocked for expressing love or concern for the Earth, or where the constant racket of human activity stifles even the slightest urge to reflect, it becomes all the more important to speak up for nature. Continue reading Inside a song
I live my life caught between conflicting impulses: on one hand, a wish to escape the shackles of human management; and, on the other, a reticence—out of ecological respect—to roam beyond its already-excessive bounds. Continue reading The lie of the beholder
We need instead to cultivate the saving perception. This rests on the adoption of a non-reactionary sense of conservative gratitude for what we already have and what has come before us, including great artistic achievements. Continue reading Just Save Perception
The man’s pin bore the encircled hourglass that has been adopted as the symbol for Extinction Rebellion, and, being a rather passionate objector to species loss myself, I was eager to strike up a conversation. Continue reading Beware the Batesian rebel
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
Four years ago, I made an alarming observation that completely changed my game plan as a young organizer. I decided to use the power of story, word, and intention to confront a dominant narrative that defies the natural laws that govern life on Earth. Continue reading Changing the world by re-discovering your story
What am I doing? Am I doing enough? Why am I, and are we, not doing more? Continue reading What are you doing about the ecological crisis?
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