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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Aug 18

Not so well lately but on the improve. Hope lies in animal kin, being part of a community of beings, staying within ecological limits.

Shout out to great Centring Animals conference 5-7 Nov, Toowoomba: animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-cen....

Here's how I'm keeping for now, laying low, recovering...

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · May 6

Been off to other places for a while. Checking out your posts to see what you've been doing. Loved not using computer for past weeks, love the genuine human animal life unmediated by the tech interface and all its beseeching demands. The world is more vibrant, real and liberating without it.

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy Earth Month!

Sending hope to all the animals, plants, lands, waters, forests, mountains, rivers, seas, rocks, sky, soils, and more for a flourishing future.

#Earth #MultispeciesJustice

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 28

🐝 A love for life shows in the smallest moments.

Stopping to watch a bee at work.
Letting a spider live in the corner.
Planting flowers for butterflies you may never meet.
Kindness to nature is kindness to yourself.

#MoreThanHuman #Biophilia #SmallActsBigImpact

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 27

🦉 Coexistence is not a compromise—it’s a collaboration.

When we make space for wildlife, they, in turn, shape the world in ways that benefit us all. Forests grow richer, rivers run clearer, and the clean air hums with life.

What we protect, protects us.

💚 #Coexistence #Interconnected

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 27

Planetary Justice: Stories and Studies of Action, Resistance and Solidarity

Diverse scholars & activists on climate justice, exploring politics and practices of solidarity & flourishing in face of climate change, biodiversity loss & extinction.

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 26

🌿 Biophilia is a love story.

A love story between you and the rustling trees.
Between your senses and the flowers that bloom.
Between your heartbeat and the rhythm of the tides.

We are not separate from nature—we belong to it, we are within it and it is within us.

💚 #Biophilia #Interconnected

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 26

A bill was introduced to the Australian parliament this week that intends to let the government off the hook for approving certain activities that harm the environment. And this is their idea of environmental law reform?

Definitely NOT multispecies justice.

theconversation.com/protecting-s...

Protecting salmon farming at the expense of the environment – another step backwards for Australia’s nature laws

After shelving plans to reform Australia’s nature laws, the prime minister wants to walk back existing protections with new legislation introduced this week.

theconversation.com

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 26

First the bees are gone.
Then the fish.
Followed by the trees.
Then the creatures we always thought would be there.
And the clean water and air.
Then the stories fade. And with it, our sense of meaning, our connections.
Justice for more-than-human life means justice for culture, too.

#Multispecies

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 25

What skullsluggery is this?

Came across this feasting party on a walk one day.

#SlugLife #Slugs #SlugsJustWannaHaveFun #TinyLife

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 24

'Swans, quite obliviously, sent Yeats into despair. And that is one of the very many magical things about people thinking about animals. Pick one – some will speak to you, others not, and you will know instantly – and it acts like a key or a guide.'

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A swan: ‘I have looked upon these brilliant creatures, and now my heart is sore’ | Helen Sullivan

This is my last column in this series. ‘Farewell, all joys!’

www.theguardian.com

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 24

The city is full of life.
Pigeons, foxes, moths, and ants.
They share our streets and skies.
Multispecies justice asks:
What kind of neighbors are we?

#MultispeciesJustice #Synanthropes #Coexistence

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thank you for the repost, I always appreciate your kind heartedness in sharing the joy of my multispecies posts!

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 24

Nature doesn’t build walls—it makes doorways.

#NatureWisdom #Belonging

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 23

Simple, sacred moments we all can share:

✨ Pausing to listen to the birdsong.
✨ Reading a Nature story to a child.
✨ Having gratitude for the fruits, nuts, seeds, & vegetables Nature so generously provides.
✨ Remembering that you too are part of Nature.

Small moments. Deep connections.

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 23

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

~ W.H. Davies (1871-1940)

#SlowLiving #Care #Attentiveness

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Panagonia 🇨🇦 🌎🌱 @panagonia.bsky.social · Mar 22

It starts small, matters big

...and you end up feeling that sense of being a part of and a guardian of the web of Life. Being human is a gift that way - you have awareness of the tapestry of Life.

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 22

Not only is fish farming unhealthy for farmed fish, it also threatens the marine life surrounding it. In Tasmania, this threatens the Maugean skate. And compounding this wrong, the government also wants to gag environmental groups that point this out...

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Albanese to rush through new laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry from legal challenge

Labor will push the contentious bill through parliament next week despite concerns about the extinction of the Maugean skate

www.theguardian.com

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 21

When you let the wildflowers grow, you offer justice to the bees.

When you slow down for a crossing turtle, you offer justice to the ancient rhythms of the land.

When you choose plant-based, you offer justice to those whose lives would have ended for your plate.

It starts small—but matters big.

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 20

We have the power to shape different conditions. To shift patterns. To stop pretending we are separate from the story of the earth and all who share it.

It’s not easy. It’s not convenient.
But it’s possible.
And it matters.

#MultispeciesJustice #DaretoCare #Interconnected

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 19

In a world where convenience is king, living intentionally is often seen as inconvenient. But living with thought for others is the truest expression of care—for the earth, for animals, for a future where all can thrive.

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 18

The world isn’t made up of separate parts. It’s a living web of relationships—species, ecosystems, people—all shaping one another. When we start to understand those connections, we can act more wisely, more gently.

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Leo @leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social · Mar 18

Wombat having a scratch at Green Cape this morning. #WildOz

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 18

The problems we face aren’t just "out there," beyond our control. They often arise from the ways we interact with the world. From the systems we participate in, the choices we make, the things we normalize without thinking.

But it also means we can change it by being more aware - #Daretocare.

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Multispecies Justice @multispecies.bsky.social · Mar 14

"If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory." ~ Donella Meadows

When we fixate on business-as-usual, we miss the alternatives to create a more sustainable and just world for all species.

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