The slogan for The Ecological Citizen is Confronting human supremacy in defense of the Earth. Which is why I welcome each new issue, including this recent edition, published recently. Essays of note include: WITNESS: A garden without sparrows – from population to ecosystem collapse, and beyondWitness by Cardini AAccess PDF A life of deep connection: A tribute …
The term “Effective Altruism” has been buzzy for a while now and has attracted well-known followers and promoters — and because of this, the movement is generally associated with doing good. However, The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism asks, “What if Effective Altruism, whatever the intentions of its leaders and …
Imagine living in a house with plumbing so inadequate that each flush of your toilet sends waste into your backyard. Now imagine you have children and pets who play in that yard. Tragically, there are families, in the United States, for whom this image is reality. In Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret, …
We receive between 3 and 6 book pitches a week. Which, given the limited number of contributors we have, means we have to pass on the vast majority of books. Which leads me to this call for contributors. If you have a passion for reading and reviewing environmental or animal literature, consider applying. There’s a …
The wildflowers are in bloom here in Oregon. And while I love coming across them on hikes I’m mostly clueless about what exactly each flower is. I consult the iNaturalist app (which is excellent by the way) though I find myself feeling a bit guilty afterwards; I’d like to at least make an effort to …
Author Edwin Way Teale, a somewhat forgotten naturalist extraordinaire, was a pleasing lyrical writer who followed the seasons across America in cross-country car trips with his wife Nellie four times in his lifetime. These coast-to-coast meanderings across America resulted in four signature natural history books: North With The Spring (1951), Autumn Across America (1956), Journey Into Summer (1960), and the Pulitzer …
So many new and exciting novels and books of nonfiction and poetry have come across our desks and inboxes as of late. Here are just a handful that caught our eyes… B/RDS Beatrice Szymkowiak B/RDS endeavors to dismantle discourses that create an artificial distinction between nature and humanity through a subversive erasure of an iconic work …
By Tom Comitta Coffee House Press, 2023 Reviewed by JoeAnn Hart “No words of my own can be added anywhere in the novel,” writes The Nature Book’s author, Tom Comitta, with a nod to the Oulipo group[1] and a whiff of Sol LeWitt[2], as he defines the constraints and rules of this extraordinary novel. Every …
One of the inspirations for EcoLit Books was to create a place where writers could find inspiration — and writing opportunities. I was happy to hear that author Kath Donnelly discovered Gaia Lit through EcoLit Books and, as a result, her short story Two Degrees found a home. Tell us about your short story and …
