Today I handed over the typescript of my new book Is A River Alive? to my editor & friend Simon Prosser. It felt—after 3+ yrs’ work—like a big moment. To mark it we walked up to the springs near my house, where a river is born—and the book begins & ends. More on the project below.

James C Scott—political scientist & anthropologist, author of Seeing Like A State & Against The Grain—has died. He was an interdisciplinary, influential big-idea thinker. I first read him in 2007 while living in China, where the state really “sees”. 🧵on his unfinished river-book

I'm part of the MOTH (More-Than-Human) Rights collective, based out of NYU Law. We've just released this book of essays, conversations & collaborations on the subject of MOTH rights & much beyond. It's free to all as a PDF/Kindle download. Pls share on. 👉mothrights.org/more-than-huma…

Yesterday I finished writing the huge bird-book that jackiemorris & I have been working on for 5 yrs now. A few hours later, a kingfisher streaked so close past my head I felt the breeze of its passing. Chance, of course—but it sure felt like a blessing! penguin.co.uk/articles/compa…

Want to know where to watch the #Paris2024 Paralympic Games? 🎥We've got you covered: paralympic.org/paris-2024/new…

“Paths are the habits of a landscape…” Out on the c. 5000yo Icknield Way yesterday, 15 years after first walking & writing about it in The Old Ways. Neolithic long barrows, Bronze Age burial mounds, walnut trees, Chalkhill Blue butterflies, dog-walkers, golfers, buzzards…

The Animal's Lawsuit Against Humanity is a remarkable, prescient text: a 1000yo Sufi story about a group of animals who take humans to court for their mistreatment of creaturely life. A live-streamed reading/performance is happening on 23 Sept. Details: climateweeknyc.org/events/animals…

"live volcanic with kindness for all is transient as a child's wish and only kindness imparts loveliness to living more stubborn than death" Amen to that. Live volcanic with kindness... From the always-remarkable Maria Popova/The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings). More here: themarginalian.org/2024/07/26/alm…

Climate-related risks are higher for #globalwarming of 1.5°C. 🦒 3 to 14% of the tens of thousands of species assessed will likely face a very high risk of extinction at a global warming level of 1.5°C. More on the risk of species losses beyond 1.5°C ➡️ bit.ly/SRYRpt23

When the Oxford children's dictionary discarded dozens of nature-words—"dandelion," "fern," "starling"—as irrelevant to children's imagination and replaced them with words like "broadband" and "cut-and-paste," this inspired act of resistance was born: themarginalian.org/2019/06/17/the…

PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU - "OXYGEN" youtu.be/quWKapzIcGw?si… via YouTube

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Are you ready for the Games? We are so READY 👊😁 #Paris2024 #Paralympics

For the first time in Paralympic history, all 22 sports will be available to watch live 📺

"What we want to see is the transformational aspect of the Paralympic Movement. We want to feel that these Games changed lives of people in the field of play, people on the stands, and people watching it around the world."

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Just Brilliant

What a view 😍 Les Phryges are welcoming the athletes into Place de la Concorde!

Is there an Irish version?