Article: The Kindness of Beasts

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Article: The Kindness of Beasts

For the philosophically minded. Can animals make decisions based on morality? Everyone who actually lives with animals will answer this question in an instance, without hesitating. There is ample evidence

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Essay: Hiking

I want to live in the woods with predators. I don’t want to be the most dangerous animal in the woods when I go into them. I like knowing that

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Article: Why We Climb

The long read: The article below is the introduction to the eponymous book “Why We Climb”, which is already on our to-read list. The author, climber Chris Noble, attempts to

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Article: Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world

One of the most important articles I’ve read in a long time. The author, David R. Montgomery (Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington) will soon publish his

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Article: ‘The River is Life’

An interesting, short story by photographer Alice Kohler about the Araweté people in the Amazon basin, who find themselves being overwhelmed by the approaching influences of civilization and fear they’ll

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An unusual call for help

Yesterday our crowdfunding campaign finally went online! We’ve been looking for a way to get financial support, which is crucial in the beginning phase of a project like ours. Most

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Article: Plants Know They Are Being Eaten

The Business Insider(?) writes about a topic which concerns us a lot: seeing plants as beings, equal but different to ourselves. Again, science found out what primitive animists have known

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Article: The lie of the land

Paul Kingsnorth is at it again: He explains why he, as an environmentalist, voted yes for leaving the EU, and presents excellent arguments to show the hypocrisy of environmentalists being

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Article: Lessons of the Hermit

People need wilderness to stay sane. Some people have enough and just go and live there. This is an interesting story about a man who lived in the forest for

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Article: Professor Caveman

A college teacher who knows what’s good, fun and important: Bill Schindler teaches primitive skills. Interesting to read, seems like it is not that unrealistic to get people interested in

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