A new relationship with animals, nature and each other.

Oldest Living Beings

Speaking of the awareness of our own mortality and the anxiety that this inspires (see my previous post), here are some of Earth’s longest living beings.…

‘I Am Not an Animal!’

For thousands of years, we humans have sought to separate ourselves from the rest of nature, to see ourselves as superior and “exceptional.” We don’t even like to be reminded of the fact that we are animals. They are animals, we are humans.

So, what is it about being an animal that we so very much don’t want to be? What frightens us about the fact that we’re animals? How does this affect the way we treat other animals? And how could the answers help us get a grip on why we humans are on a path to disaster and self-destruction – and taking a lot of other lives on this planet with us?

Death at SeaWorld

More and more people are deciding not to take the family to these seaquariums. David Kirby’s new book, “Death at SeaWorld – Shamu and the dark side of killer whales in captivity”, will only propel the exodus. It’s an engrossing story that also raises serious questions about not just the ethics of keeping the world’s top predator in the equivalent of a bathtub for their entire lives, but also the safety of it.

Nature Bites Back

The crew of Star Trek used to regularly find themselves admiring the beauty of whatever planet they’d just landed on – only to get sprayed by…

Largest U.S. Natural Disaster Ever

Not an earthquake, hurricane or tornado cluster; it’s the drought that’s burning up half the country. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared natural disaster areas…