Miyaoi Yasuo’s 1858 collection of tales, Kidan zasshi, challenges assumed human–animal boundaries, portraying shared ethics, reincarnation, and emotional connections by blending folklore and insights drawn from Edo-period experience.
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Dive into a pivotal 1993 lecture by renowned Professor Bron Taylor as he unravels the complex tapestry of the American conservation movement. This insightful presentation offers a panoramic view, tracing the philosophical and spiritual roots that shaped environmental thought and action, particularly focusing on the rise of the deep ecology movement and what Taylor terms “pagan environmentalism.”
Is technology neutral, or is it the architect of our alienation? In this March 2005 lecture, anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan argued that civilization itself—defined by domestication, division of labor, and industrial technology—is the root cause of modernity’s ecological and psychological dysfunctions.
An exploration of the apple-growing culture and landscape of the island of Jersey through one of its little-known dishes.
Jan David Hauck and Pooja Nayak discuss how changing environments change our language and morals.
A brief history of the universe from the big bang to the Anthropocene, as related by someone older and wiser than all of it. A fable for clever beasts. A bedtime story for a species.
In an increasingly inhumane world, this article argues that socioecological justice can only be achieved by embracing human nature.
This poem traces the complex relationship between humans and the largest bird of the Alps, the bone-eating bearded vulture (Bartgeier).
Recyclable waste in India is dealt with in traditional ways and could serve as a model for sustainable waste management in the Global North.
Experience Australian environmental activist John Seed’s powerful “Ecological Healing” lecture. Introduced by University of Florida professors Shaya Isenberg & Bron Taylor, Seed, a deep ecology pioneer, calls for reconnecting with our planet, challenging the anthropocentric worldview fueling environmental destruction.