Robert Macfarlaneحساب موثّق

@RobGMacfarlane

Books (The Lost Words, The Old Ways, Landmarks, The Wild Places, Mountains of the Mind); Films (Mountain, Upstream). Underland out 2 May. Fellow at Cambridge.

The Anthropocene
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  1. تغريدة مُثبَّتة
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    Years ago I began work on a book about the underland: its miracles, secrets, stories & horrors; the deep-time pasts & futures of our Earth; & the journeys into darkness we’ve made as a species. I’ve poured all I know into that book—& this essay, out today.

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    Word of the day: “whin” -- Scots name for gorse (Ulex europaeus), aka “furze”; blooming brightly now on heath & coast, yellow on blue. To some people, whin flowers smells keenly of coconut & vanilla. Spiky home to stonechats & yellowhammers; blaze of gold, then pop of seed-pods.

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    1. This History Thread is about mining of an array of minerals in Burma (Myanmar) where the geology features varied north-south belts of ores that have long been exploited and exported without protection for environment or workers.

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  4. قبل ١٧ ساعة

    I wrote a short essay about the notebooks I kept while writing Underland & the material traces that such journals carry (another kind of archiving). I'd be v. interested to know what notebooks you like to use -- and to see glimpses of their pages... Here:

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  5. قبل ٢٤ ساعة

    Word of the day: “whin” -- Scots name for gorse (Ulex europaeus), aka “furze”; blooming brightly now on heath & coast, yellow on blue. To some people, whin flowers smells keenly of coconut & vanilla. Spiky home to stonechats & yellowhammers; blaze of gold, then pop of seed-pods.

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    "Long-maturing natural forests will eventually store typically 40 times more carbon than a plantation harvested once a decade": crucial piece by Fred Pearce on the need for the right kinds of large-scale reforestation & the "scandal" of many "new forests".

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    Word of the day: "pollard" - of a tree, having its upper branches cut back to promote new growth (for fuel, fodder, fencing); from "poll"; to trim the hair of. LH photo shows an ancient former pollard beech in Epping Forest; such a creature! Send photos & art of pollards.

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    This was my gate this morning (it was vandalised) & lawyers have been informed . So can I ask you to comment on whether you condone this . Serious request - replies expected . Please RT

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    "To avoid a climate emergency we need to act fast. can draw millions of tonnes of CO2 out of the air through restoring & protecting our living systems." Large-scale nature restoration is inspiring, hopeful, practical. Please consider signing, sharing.

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    Words of the - "crow's toes", "fairy bells", "Granfer Griggles"; all common names of the bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), flooding woods with its hue now. What other names & lore follow the (very toxic) bluebell? Share your bluebell pictures & stories here.

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    Word of the day: "augury" -- the practice of predicting the future based on the observation of natural signs & phenomena (from the Latin "augurium", divination based on the flight & migration of birds).

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    Our future was stolen from us every time you said that ‘the sky was the limit’, and that ‘you only live once’. My full speech at the British Parliament in print.

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    "The human-size silken crow I met in my smoke-filled, fear-thick bedroom...on a Derry Council Estate, the night our house was petrol-bombed by sectarian youths...": an extraordinarily powerful essay by about the "shadow birds" of her life. Here:

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    Word of the day: "teasel" - common name of Dipsacus fullonum, spiky-headed plant of waste ground & grassland, esp. beloved of goldfinches. Teasel is from the Old English tǽsan, "to tease"; teasel-heads were used to raise up the nap of cloth & tease wool free of tangles & dirt.

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    “When you enter the water a metamorphosis happens. Leaving land behind, you go through a looking-glass surface...": Roger Deakin's classic of wild swimming, Waterlog, is 20 yrs old this year. Has it been for you, as for me, a vital book? Where have you swum under its influence?

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    “There is now hope in a generation of people who are demanding from their leaders not just what seems politically possible, but what is scientifically necessary to prevent total climate breakdown”: comes to London.

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    Words of the day: "bread-and-cheese" - English regional nickname for the very young leaves of the hawthorn, which can be eaten; also used for the edible seedheads of the mallow, silverweed roots & the youngest beech leaves (sometimes also known as "bread-and-butter").

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    "To lose the Curlew would be like losing a big part of Ireland––like our music, our landscape or identity": curlews are down 80% in Wales since 1990 and a shocking *97%* in Ireland since 1980. is this Sunday, April 21.

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    "Heartwood", a protest-poem I wrote for trees facing unjust felling, is available in a new broadsheet edn of 100 mounted A4 giclée prints, signed by me & artist Nick Hayes. All proceeds go to legal costs for . Spread the word! Order here:

    و و و2 آخرون.
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    Word of the day: "borbhan" -- the murmur or purling sound made by a stream; also the sound of small stones falling. (Gaelic)

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