If you’ve followed Australian news over the past two months, the sense of panic has been all-pervasive. Headlines about the fuel crisis blast from screen and podcasts tracking fuel supplies update daily, while images of shuttered petrol stations and trucking companies facing financial ruin are unavoidable.
In recent months, I have noticed a spate of ‘positive’ headlines popping up in my news feeds and on social media about the health and well-being of polar bears. Whilst some might call me a cynic, I couldn’t help but temper my optimism.
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development activated a plan to curb the spread of the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Colombia. These are descendants of the animals that Pablo Escobar brought to his private zoo at Hacienda Nápoles in Antioquia.
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We often hear about the Anthropocene, but what if it’s not the only way to understand our impact on Earth? Ideas like the noosphere and technosphere offer striking new ways to see humanity’s role on Earth.
In Aotearoa New Zealand, wallabies are invasive pests. In a world of “multispecies” relationship, what does it mean to be an invader? What forms of care, cruelty, and gendered violence emerge in the name of ecological protection?
It is really hard to focus on the work in front of you when your field is burning around you.
Book review of Richard O. Prum’s book Performance all the Way Down, published by University of Chicago Press in 2023.
Walking through Ashio’s scarred mountains (Japan) and cutting grass along the Watarase River, fieldwork turns out to be less about gathering data and more about learning to sense how toxicity and care coexist.
