Tales of Precaution and Positivity:
Relating science and society in the face of anxiety and apathy.
A Soapbox and a Landscape #2
The Who and the How In preparatory discussions for these blogs, fellow writer and activist Meg Watts forwarded me an insightful passage from ‘An interview with Benjamin Myers’, in the counterculture zine ‘Weird Walk’: “’Wild’, [my neighbour] told me, wasn’t a useful term. He pointed to a small cluster of trees a half-mile away: ‘Left…
A Soapbox and a Landscape
All life is changing the landscapes it inhabits, and humanity is no different. Look no further than dramatic examples of Yellowstone National Park, following the reintroduction of wolves (Hyperlink 1), or the any of countless landslides linked to land-use change. This anthropogenic landscape change, through Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use, currently contributes just under…
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