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  • The myth of sustainability

    In recent conversations I have heard the word ‘sustainable’ used as an unthinking excuse, an adequate gesture of compensation for violent and massive environmental destruction, one too many times. Most...

  • Buddhist racism is wrong.

    I want to express my sorrow and frustration at the ongoing oppression of the Rohingya. I was reporting on the plight of the Rohingya in Burma and the Chakma in...

  • Two models for ecotourism in Danzhai

    For the past three years I have been fortunate to consult with the Guizhou government on questions of local development and the proper stewardship of biocultural diversity. This has usually...

  • Leaves turning.

    Monday, 31 July 2017, was my last day as paid staff at the University of Aberdeen. I have worked at Aberdeen since August 2004. With colleagues, I set up the...

  • It’s not a supervillain, it’s a sock.

    So I am trying to get Archibald ready to go to the pool, and it’s taken me ages to find his rain trousers (because it started raining, of course). Then...