The Ongoing Apology to Young and Future Earthlings.

The Ongoing Apology to Young and Future Earthlings (I wrote this letter of apology to future generations in 2009. It was based on the apology to the 'Stolen Generation' of Indigenous Australians. Now, 10 years later, it is, unfortunately, still relevant.) From Glenn Albrecht, Earth Citizen, My fellow Earthlings, We have reached a point where …

Ecocide and Solastalgia

The sudden illness, then death of Polly Higgins (1968 - 2019) is a sad and monumental loss to all humanity. As a champion of the concept of 'ecocide', she was taking on the whole world. I believe she would have won. The affinity between her work and mine was captured in Earth Emotions in this …

The Love of Small Things

  From little things big things grow (song co-written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody). Yet, adoration of the individual hero and the 'big' person view of history prevails. In 'Earth Emotions' (May 2019) I see this trait as, in part, a failure to understand the symbiotic turn in life science. I argue: "Some humans …