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Book One Launched: Tractatus Ayyew - An Earthen Ethics

Happy Holidays dear Earthen subscribers! As the new year approaches I want to share my grattitude for your subscription and support over the last year. And... I want to share some great news! At long last, the first book of the Tractatus Ayyew is published! Over the last few months,

The Salmon's Spiral

The Salmon's Spiral

The Earth’s cycles tend towards the outwards dissipation of energy. —Earthen Ethic No. 2

Cycles that Spiral

Cycles that Spiral

The Earth’s processes tend towards cycles that spiral. —Earthen Ethic No. 1

Earthen Ways

In our planet's relentless shift from grey to green over the eons we can observe five principles that compose the Earth’s pattern of process:

Nature's Fallacy

Chapter 6 Featured

Nature's Fallacy

Beneath our modern environmentalism lurks a fundamental ontological error that destines even the greenest of intentions to grey.

Kindred Relations

Kindred Relations

We have much to learn from those cultures that, rather than deplete ecosystems, presided over their systematic enrichment.

The Earth's Pattern of Process

The Earth's Pattern of Process

Rather than be mired in self-judgment at our play with carbon, we can be dazzled by the Earth’s.

Plastic's Stellar Story

Plastic's Stellar Story

From its primordial origins to its modern petro-capital fate, plastic connects us to our planet's epic unfolding.

Plastic 1.0

Our century-long story of plastic as human-made and managed has been woefully short-sighted.

Imagine

Imagine a world where the very way we live is steadily enriching the ecosystems in which we are immersed.

What Should Green Really Mean?

What Should Green Really Mean?

What does 'sustainability' actually sustain? What does 'nature' really mean? And, who says ‘circular’ is the right geometry or that net-zero is enough?

The Tractatus Ayyew

The Tractatus Ayyew

The Story of Unlikely Friendship & Philosophy

1000 Years Pollution Free

1000 Years Pollution Free

For thousands of years civilizations other than our own have thrived without pollution. Can we?

Recycling: The Evil Illusion

Recycling: The Evil Illusion

In Middle-earth everyone bought the illusion that Saruman was one of the good guys. Let's not make the same mistake with recycling.

Green Talk. Grey Walk?

Green Talk. Grey Walk?

The Relevance of Home Living in Environmental Discussion (and my own Ecological Impact Accounting)

Biodiversity: The Magical & Mandatory Metric

Biodiversity: The Magical & Mandatory Metric

The support of life and its diversity is the ultimate key green indicator.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

As a subscriber to Earthen, I would like to share with you my new EarthCycles Calendar for 2022! A new page on Earthen now features the calendar project and a link to the PDF download. You can print yourself on tiled A4s or a your local print shop. :-) Merry

Towards Biodiversity

Towards Biodiversity

Observe how the Earth has supported life and its diversification. — Earthen Ethic №5

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