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The Ecological Citizen is an independent, peer-reviewed, free-to-access journal that provides a forum for inspiring and mobilizing discussion with an Earth-centred perspective. Visit us here: https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jan 14

🦋 🔎 Defenders of #Earth, our new issue, which partially focuses on #NaturalHistory, is live! Download the full issue or individual (open access) pieces here:
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#Ecocentrism #InterspeciesHealing #RiversInCrisis #OwlConservation #RespectReptiles #Ecofiction

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · 1d

🦅 After decades of decline, Portugal’s cinereous #vultures are returning. Breeding pairs have more than doubled since 2022 thanks to the LIFE Aegypius Return project.

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Reviving Portugal’s vultures [Southern Europe]

Milene Matos writes: “The mighty cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a true giant of the skies. It is the largest Old World vulture and one of the heaviest birds of prey in the world, wi…

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · 6d

🐒 Today, we mark the passing of #JaneGoodall — not just an eminent primatologist, but a voice for all life. As an early signatory to the Statement of Ecocentrism, she stood for nature’s intrinsic value, beyond its use to humans. 💚

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · 7d

We're extending the deadline for Feral Lines submissions to the 14th October (originally 30th Sep)!

Thanks to those who've already submitted their stories.

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · 21d

🗣️ NEW TO THE ECOLOGICAL CITIZEN YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Ecocentric Stories

🧪 Preservation by Joe Gray 👩‍🔬
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#EcologicalLiterature #SpeculativeFiction #Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity #Extinction

Preservation - An Ecocentric Story

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌍 "Rewilding is as much about people as it is about nature and wildlife." 🫂

#RewildingSuccesses has published its second interview!
#StoriesFromTheField #Rewilding #RewildingHope

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Stories from the Field: an interview with May and Yasmine (Global Rewilding Alliance)

We talk with May Scott and Yasmine Grignard from the Global Rewilding Alliance.

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Dr. Helen Kopnina @helenkopnina.bsky.social · Aug 22

Today there was a good reminder on LinkedIn of @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social mission to promote econentrism www.ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/v01n1-0...

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Aug 4

🌿 🌳 Cabilla farm, owned by the Hanbury-Tenison family, holds a rare #TemperateRainforest. Through careful restoration and help from wild nature, they’re nurturing this rare woodland. @rewildingbritain.org.uk @rewilding.org #rewilding #rewildinghope

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Rewilding a temperate rainforest [Northern Europe]

Isabella Clarke writes: “‘We have nine different species of bat here,’ says Merlin Hanbury-Tenison as we walk through the wooded valley on his family farm in Cornwall. ‘Incl…

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Aug 2

🐺 🏞️ The deadline for submissions to Feral Lines is approaching fast!

We haven’t received as many submissions as we hoped yet, but there’s still time to help us bring TEC's first fiction collection to life. #Ecofiction #Ecolit #FlashFiction #Rewilding

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jul 31

🐢 After decades of effort, Hermann’s #tortoises are returning to #Catalonia — proof that with patience, even long-lost species can return. #HermannsTortoise @rewilding.org #Rewilding #RewildingHope #GenerationRestoration
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Helping Catalonia’s only tortoise [Southern Europe]

Joe Gray writes: “Northern Spain is home to a number of species of animal whose presence might, to the uninformed, come as something of a surprise. Here, across the upper band of the Iberian …

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jul 29

🌍 ⚖️ Defenders of #Earth, Vol 8 No 2 is live!

This issue opens with a moving tribute to co-founder Ian Whyte.

Access it here: ecologicalcitizen.net/issue.php?i=...

#DoLeastHarm #EcologicalTax #Rewilding #CompassionateConservation #EcoLit #EcologicalAttention #BarredOwls #Solarpunk #Sustainability

The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jul 12

🙏 🌎 Critiquing #humansupremacy isn’t #misanthropy.

Eileen's new #EarthTongues essay argues that a god-complex — casting humans as rulers over life — drives ecological ruin through profanation and nihilation. #TrueHumanity begins by renouncing dominion.

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Regarding misanthropy

Is human nature destructive? Or have human beings indoctrinated themselves into a belief system that is destructive? The quandary is worth pursuing even if it yields no conclusive answer.

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Population Balance @popnbalance.bsky.social · Jul 11

Today marks #WorldPopulationDay, a day that reminds us of the urgent need to scale back the devastating impact of our growing numbers on the planet.

We are committed to reclaiming the population discussion as central to feminism, human rights, animal protection, and ecology.

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jul 11

We believe that #AI is energy-intensive, ecologically destructive, anthropocentric in purpose, represents a false solution to ecological problems, and causes alienation in human-nature relationships.

That's why we're now using #NotbyAI at #EarthTongues.

Not by AI website: notbyai.fyi

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌱 Population Balance (@popnbalance.bsky.social) is one of the few voices saying it plainly: a smaller human footprint is the only path to lasting ecological balance. #Pronatalism #EcologicalJustice #Childfree

Thank you for hosting Joe's story. Hear it below:

Population Balance @popnbalance.bsky.social · Jul 2

Joe, alongside his partner, has built a purposeful #childfree life rooted in love for nonhumans — founding and managing @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social and working to protect biodiversity, specifically insects, in his local habitat.

Listen to Joe's story!

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jun 20

CUHRE tackles low ecoliteracy with 5 bold projects:

-School gardens as climate classrooms
-Rewilding & biodiversity debates
-Roleplay with cli-fi to imagine futures
-Coastal literature as nature insight
-Tools to embed sustainability in education

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jun 20

🌱 📗 🤝 We’re thrilled to partner with the Elite Centre for Understanding Human Relationships with the Environment (CUHRE). Their goal is to explore how education shapes citizens who are able to imagine futures and create change rather than simply knowing facts.

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jun 19

🦉 William Lynn condemns the culling of 500k #BarredOwls to 'save' #SpottedOwls as a moral atrocity. The plan is unscientific, ethically bankrupt, and fails to address root causes like #HabitatLoss and #Climate change.

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks for your support, Ellen. For the Earth!

The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jun 11

🐺 Feral Lines — a flash fiction call from The Ecological Citizen — seeks *plot-driven* stories of nature’s resurgence, human retreat, and Earth unchained.

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🖋️ <500 words
📅 Due: 30 Sept 2025

#EcologicalFiction #Rewilding #EarthStories #FlashFiction

The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · Jun 5

We've updated our topics list. Items in bold italics are those for which we are, at present, especially keen to receive submissions, but all topics mentioned are of great importance to us as a publication. #Nature #NaturalHistory #PracticalEcocentrism

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · May 27

🌍 The world [...] is a tightly sealed container packed with innumerable spherical objects of almost-infinite variety – or, put more simply, a huge jar of marbles. And the place of humans? Just one of the orbs.

- Joe Gray

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#Rewilding #WorldRewilded

Playing with marbles – the inversion of nature | The Global Rewilding Alliance

It is a mild spring day in England, and I am on a passenger train headed for central London. I have a couple of unremarkable errands to run, and I am in no great hurry. In my carriage, I overhear a yo...

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · May 22

🌍 Today, we reached an important milestone. Two hundred of you have written for The Ecological Citizen since the journal's inception in 2017. 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣

For the #Earth!

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · May 22

🏆 The Ecological Citizen has published 200 authors!

🛡️ Yang & Hwang critique #militarized 'environmental security' as harmful. They propose '#sustainability necessary work'—daily, collective eco-actions—as a path to true security for all life. #securitization

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · May 7

🏞️ 🍁 The Enchantment of Nature | An Ecocentric Testimony

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"Wonder, which is the heart of enchantment, is itself fully relational. Always enchantment by, wonder at... It's also ecological."

#nature #ecocentrism #enchantment #wonder #ecocentricstories

The Enchantment of Nature | An Ecocentric Testimony

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The Ecological Citizen @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social · May 5

🌍 🪴 ♻️ What is environmental stewardship and does this ethical framework have flaws? #Stewardship #EnvironmentalEthics #Conservation #Ecology

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What Is... Environmental stewardship?

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