The beekeeper-keepers
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Whatever action I take, walking, eating and excreting, incurs a cost to other lives, whether by killing and eating them directly, or by eating foods that they could otherwise have lived on. The most extreme impact my life has on other species is extinction, not just of their physical presence, but also of their memories, both those acquired within... See more
David Waltner-Toews • On the shared genetic memories between us, the cat and the fly | Aeon Essays
Beyond Sustainability — A Meditation on Language.
Words are windows, or they’re walls.
In their soil, we plant our common future.
In the garden of words, I once planted "sustainable",
A term that grew thorns around tender hearts.
Creating distance when I wished for connection,
Inspiring defense when I longed for openness.
For when I spoke of
I was still reconciling our brutality against the animal as a fair trade for my needs. But the truth was that every second of my existence cost something precious, at the expense of something else equally precious. The difference is that in my modern city life, it’s usually concealed from view.