Why None of These People Will Ever Talk to You About Overpopulation and Overshoot

For a species that can calculate derivatives, project ballistic trajectories, and estimate sales volumes, it is astounding that humans stubbornly refuse to even acknowledge the negative effects of what is by far their most destructive, as well as most obvious, impact on the planet: overpopulation. You won’t hear the Roger Hallams, the George Monbiots, Greenpeaces … Continue reading Why None of These People Will Ever Talk to You About Overpopulation and Overshoot

The Extinction Report: Journey To a Disappearing Ecosystem

The silence was horrifying as we walked amongst huge ancient rows of beech trees bathed in autumnal sunlight.  Everything was so quiet that it felt almost unreal, like we had been dropped inside a postcard frozen in time and given permission to walk about for a bit before it all came back to life.  The … Continue reading The Extinction Report: Journey To a Disappearing Ecosystem

Rewilded: Free-Range Humans in the Post-Anthropocene

The very first thing which happens to a garden when it becomes abandoned is the sudden death of the most greedy, hybridized and mispositioned exotic ornamental plants.  Having been bred to only survive in industrial greenhouses under the control of precise environmental management systems, these specimens wither away within days or weeks.  Their culling is … Continue reading Rewilded: Free-Range Humans in the Post-Anthropocene