Dying in a Sea of Brown-Green

And red. “sustainable and wise use principles, conservation and respectful harvesting, sound scientific management and internationally accepted sustainable use” That’s how they die.

Killing the World: Shrimp

Farmed shrimp is a gourmet product, not a dietary staple. It is, as Elaine Corets remarked to me in Brazil, “an exotic species farmed in ponds created by destroying local ecosystems and exported to wealthy countries for the consumption of overweight people who...

Bradley Broke The Law

He hasn’t been to trial yet, nor has he been convicted of anything, but he’s been tortured in custody. Jumping the gun a bit? Nope, just the way we’re used to treating prisoners now. It was the impression of some in the “civilized world”...

It Really Is A Killing Machine

I saw hundreds of thousands of metal machines. They run on gasoline (or diesel) and denial. I saw many smashed bodies of animals, both wild and domestic. This is considered “normal” so there’s even a word for it, “road kill”. We are...