Monthly Archives: January 2014

Relearning to Love the Wild

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Dave Pollard

photo, and photoshopping, by the author Seattle’s Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s book Crow Planet is a description of the experiences and feelings she brings to her work as an “urban naturalist”, someone who studies and appreciates nature (“the more-than-human world”) from within … Continue reading →

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Food Security

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Dave Pollard

image from the book Creating a Forest Garden by Martin Crawford I was recently invited to an Open Space event hosted by the Bowen (Island) Agricultural Alliance (BAA!) and facilitated by my friend Chris Corrigan. It was a small … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: January 28, 2014

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Dave Pollard

The first edition of Shift Magazine, which is all about building resilience for a tumultuous future, and of which I am and will be a regular contributor (writing a trilogy on complexity and then some joyous short stories set two millennia … Continue reading →

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Almost

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Dave Pollard

I used to almost-fall-in-love all the time. I would take some small gesture, some breathtaking sidelong look, some small perfect curve, and build around it a pixie, a faun, a perfect creature I could love. But now I have … Continue reading →

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Requiem for a Species

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Dave Pollard

conception of post-civilization all-weather wear by mary mattingly I‘ve added professor Clive Hamilton’s new book Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change to my “Save the World Reading List” (retroactively). It’s the natural next step after … Continue reading →

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as if

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Dave Pollard

as if it matters what we believe, or think we know is true. as if it matters what we do, or how we feel. as if all-life-on-Earth cares what happens to us, or to our species. as if it makes … Continue reading →

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Appreciation

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Dave Pollard

A couple of readers have chastised me for the tone and substance of my recent posts, and I realized that, since most of my readers aren’t aware of my day-to-day life, relationships and activities it’s not surprising that I may come … Continue reading →

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She Stood Irresolute Outside His Door

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Dave Pollard

cartoon by hugh macleod I don’t want to feel too much. I couldn’t bear to work at an animal shelter, or visit a factory farm or the Tar Sands. I’m afraid that if I feel too much, I might become even … Continue reading →