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Christopher Preston

@SyntheticAge

Montanan, Englishman, husband, and author of Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think About Animals

Missoula, MT Katılım Haziran 2017
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Migration 🐦➡️🦋
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Really proud of how this latest episode of The Wild came out. Terrific production by Lucy Soucek, tender narration by Chris Morgan, gallons of humor from the Buffalo Boys. Please listen and share widely. Really grateful to be a scriptwriter for this show. omny.fm/shows/the-wild…
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A reflection on the life and work of one of the founders of environmental ethics, Holmes Rolston, III. I shared my experience of Holmes with the host. Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - Jan. 8, 2026: 'Gospel and the Landscape': Inventing Environmental Ethics cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
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".....we probably need to recalibrate the culture so that people are more willing to sacrifice some freedom of autonomy for the sake of the larger community." David Brooks in the Atlantic.
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This story absorbed an enormous amount of my energy and attention as it came together. Making carbon capture persuasive is, in the end, an ethics problem. I sketch the ethical issues here.
Noema Magazine@NoemaMag

“The atmospheric math is unequivocal. Carbon must be pulled from the sky to stop the Earth from warming dangerously.” So why are so many environmentalists vehemently opposed to carbon capture? @SyntheticAge investigates. noemamag.com/climate-delusi…

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Good science. Hyped-up headline.
TIMES NOW@TimesNow

Scientists claim they have resurrected the dire wolf There are several things that need to align if you're going to bring the dire wolf back: first, the genetics in the nucleus; second, the genetics outside the nucleus; and third, the environment...-@SyntheticAge When you bring a new species into a different climate, a different environment, and a different world, there will naturally be concerns...: Dr. Ranajit Das, Researcher in Genetics and Evolution, tells @Madhavgk

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I saw Rachel Carson's personal copy of Silent Spring recently in Shepherdstown, WV. Absolutely thrilled to wear something with her name.
Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)@sejorg

@AldenWicker @PutnamBooks @GloriaDickie @wwnorton @Braided_River 1st Honorable Mention — Rachel Carson Environment Book Award — 2024 #SEJAwards "Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think About Animals" @SyntheticAge, published by @MITPress mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548335/… Read the judges’ comments: #book-hm1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sej.org/rachel-carson-…

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