Now comes the voice of Megaron Txucarramãe, an Indigenous elder and leader from the Amazon state of Mato Grosso, with a cry of urgency, agony and despair delivered within the context of a recent report (together with many valuable links), worthy of your close consideration.
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Here in New England, signs of what writer/ecologist Jeremy Lent calls “the First Extermination Event” are everywhere, above all in crashing avian and insect populations. Below, an excerpt from a 2021 essay first published in the vibrant pages of Resilience. Every word still rings true, as ominously silent summer meadows confirm.
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Now comes author, deep ecologist and philosopher Eileen Crist with excerpts from a recent blog post, affiliated with her excellent journal, The Ecological Citizen.
Images are relayed from the website of artist Peter Hill, “a visual artist, a musician, a builder, a permaculture gardener, father of five fantastic children and captain of the local bush fire brigade.”
CONVERSATION BETWEEN A HOUSE AND A TREE
HEAD STACK
BOUND TOGETHER
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This week, as we continue our summer meditations on the splats and spasms of human supremacism, we simply relay information regarding a laudable exhibition assembled by curator Randy Jayne Rosenberg. Titled Ethics, Excess, Extinction, the exhibition took “meat space” within the El Paso Museum of Art until this past May, yet is still available for online perusal via Artworks For Change, for whom Ms. Rosenberg serves as executive director.
Rosenberg’s curatorial statement is excerpted below, with two pinged images from the contributions of Gale Hart.
YOU DON’T PICK HOW THEY ARE KILLED
BEFORE AND AFTER
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