derrick jensen

Wexford art students visit Hollywood (and Holly)

The other day I had a group of college art students visiting Hollywood - most of them didn't seem to know the rate of biodiversity loss that industrial land and ocean practices are causing - the estimated and unprecedented loss of 150 species a day (UN, 2010 figures). Sustainability as a concept is a term…Read more Wexford art students visit Hollywood (and Holly)

‘Lets be clear -The Anthropocene is the ‘age of the sociopath’

"All of this is crucial, because perpetrators of atrocity so often attempt to convince themselves and everyone else that what they’re doing is natural or right. The word “Anthropocene” attempts to naturalize the murder of the planet by pretending the problem is “man,” and not a specific type of man connected to this particular culture.…Read more ‘Lets be clear -The Anthropocene is the ‘age of the sociopath’

Ecopornography, slow violence and the deep, slow art of place

Please note: a revised and extended new version of this article was published in the EarthLines March 2014 magazine see here  Update 2021: I wrote the below post when I began my doctoral studies on experimental ecocinema. My studies changed to embrace broader developments in the art and ecology field and to specifically explain long…Read more Ecopornography, slow violence and the deep, slow art of place