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Riding the iron horse to visit dad; travelling companions - Satie on my headphones, final few dozen pages of Robert MacFarlane's Is A River Alive? flowing past & around me like a highland stream that knows it will become a mighty firth, then the world ocean.

Beautiful, thoughtful work.

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« #AfricanParks administre 22 parcs dans douze pays africains sur un espace de 20 millions d’hectares. Et ses dirigeants ne comptent pas s’arrêter là… Il est donc intéressant de s’interroger sur leurs méthodes, leurs résultats, leurs financements…

Avec le journaliste #OlivierVanBeemen pour son ouvrage #AuNomDeLaNature, enquête sur les pratiques néocolonialistes de l’#ONG African Parks »

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#conservationnisme #néocolonialisme #colonialismeVert #livres @bookstodon

RFI · C'est pas du vent - African Parks : protéger quoi qu'il en coûte ...By Anne-Cécile Bras

When writing the acknowledgements for my novel HUMAN it occurred to me that one of the greatest debts I owe is to all the authors that I’ve read throughout my life. Not only classic literature, fantastical tales and heartbreaking stories, but also non-fiction, whether about #science or #history, #economics or home renovation. In fact, why stop there? I must also include scientific papers, newspaper articles, blogs, and all the various and sundry writings I’ve ever come across.
Together, they provided me with the rich tapestry of stories and facts which have smashed around in my head and resulted in creative thoughts of my own. They also provided me with the knowledge of how to write. I never really learned how to write a story, I’ve only intuited how to do so through reading what others have written.
So I would like to thank everyone who has ever let loose written words into the world. I’ve made HUMAN free this week for all #FediHumans. Visit bretthodnett.com/FreeHUMAN.htm and use the code ‘fedihuman’ to get your free EPUB.

bretthodnett.comHUMANA remarkable exploration of family, society, and what makes us human, HUMAN will take you from the post-apocalyptic world of the near future, to the two very different societies that emerge 15 million years later, where those few surviving individuals have evolved to become something that we might not fully recognize as human.