Can a new law prevent the spread of Fake News?
Distinguishing opinion from misinformation requires critical analysis from everyone, not just legal professionals or employees of tech companies.
NOT MY KING
The British ruling class is old, and it is clever. No one else in the world does the pomp and ceremony like us.
We must celebrate
expand our experience with this transient light
in our eyes, undisturbed in an infinite way
feeling safe in the dark,
knowing the intimacy of each night:
black feather to the cheek.
Desert Flowers
The silver coin in my cup
is the Moon cast small.
The slight blade in my hand
is learning to plough the clay,
sowing prayer and memory.
Connecting with the Genius Loci - Foraging
As I write this, Beltane is so very close. You can feel it in the land, a surge of energy bubbling up through the earth and bursting forth with tremendous beauty, a mirage of sound, colour and scent. Spring is well under way now and where I live, the land is blooming.
Virtual Release Party: The White Deer, by Melinda Reidinger
Join us for a discussion of Melinda Reidinger’s new book, The White Deer!
A Stranger in Paradise: On Our Relationship to Nature
In the day, the forest and I were one. I was an animal in an animal’s habitat. In the night, I was an unwelcome human being in a bustling community of other-than-human beings.
Ghosts in the Trees: An Animist Approach to Environmentalism
When one is an animist, environmentalism isn’t merely about protecting the natural resources for the sake of conserving the resource to be consumable in the future. Instead, it is a way to honor the spirits. It is a way of venerating one’s ancestors.
Women in light of Ramadan
Oppression takes many forms, and there is little use in ranking them. But it is possible that something we see every day looks less oppressive than something we almost never see in real life. There is oppression that becomes normalized, and we mistake that for it being “less oppressive”.
Rhythm of the Sea, Might of the Cliff: Exercises in Perspective
The gulls have been awake for hours already, if they ever slept at all, their calls loud and abrasive in the dark of the winter morning. They suit this place. Their cries ring out, triumphant in the face of winter, or perhaps relishing in it. This is their place after all.
The Re/al/ign, episode 5: With Alley Valkyrie
A discussion with Alley Valkyrie on land loss and reconnection
Who Are the Watchers?: Sightseers, Snails, and Spirits of Guam
My mind keeps going back to the sight of that sign on the cave floor, warning that someone was watching, the feeling of sacredness I had in the cave, and the sound of chainsaws outside.
Eco-barriers and the rescue of balance between species on the planet
Ocean pollution threatens the survival of all marine animals, and ours too. It’s difficult to understand the magnitude of the impact that litter has on our lives when we don’t see where it’s going, and how the path that leads to the extinction of so many aquatic species affects human life.
Spring Is Coming
The first snowdrops pushing their heads up in my garden, emerging in the space of the few hours I'd been away. The evenings are growing lighter, the days lengthening steadily. Even amid despair, there is hope.