Tag: biodiversity

The Long Goodbye

by Kaat Vander Straeten I left my home country, Belgium, for the United States for graduate studies, and though that was supposed to be temporary, I met my future husband (who is from India) at university, and we settled around Boston, Massachusetts. When our child was three we decided...

biodiversity, extinction

Gone: One Beautiful Bird

by Trebbe Johnson The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed removing 23 species of animals and plants from the Endangered Species List. Occasionally there are species, such as the Gray Wolf and the Northern Brown Kiwi, that are removed from this list because their populations have...

biodiversity, climate grief, extinction, Remembrance Day for Lost Species

A poet speaks at the UN Biodiversity Summit, by Ben Ray

A poet stands up to give testimonyto the 2nd lower committee of the High Councilof the 46th UN Biodiversity Summit. He stutters,shuffles smudged biro notes nervously – begins:“I want you to imagine you are a whale, heldlike a lover between waves and the seabed…”The members tut, make marks on branded...

biodiversity, connection, poetry

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Tag: biodiversity

The Long Goodbye

Gone: One Beautiful Bird

A poet speaks at the UN Biodiversity Summit, by Ben Ray