Thank you for such an expansive and comprehensive foray into the lives of whales and for conveying the essence of Cunningham’s memoir. I recommend Rebecca Giggs’ Fathoms.
You know we’ve been changing the landscape for centuries. We've cut down vegetation, destroyed soils, and installed hard surfaces that become heat islands, heating rainwater that rushes to sea and changes the climate. We claim a geologic time, the Anthropocene, like an explorer planting a flag. Instead of modifying our behaviors to restore the balance and cycles of nature, we say that's the way it is. With 70% of Earth covered by ocean, would we act more responsibly and respectfully if we called this epic of time the Cetaceaocene? Whales have a more significant impact on the oceans, and the oceans control the climate, which is why Great Britain does not have Newfoundland’s climate. Perhaps we are not the dominant influence that we assume we are, geologically speaking. Thank you for considering whales.
Thanks so much for your comment Rob, I’ve put Giggs’ Fathoms next up on my whale book list! I very much like your idea of using the Cetaceaocene instead! I might cite you on that if it’s okay:) It would be a great addition to my growing list of environmental keywords. Recentering the ocean in our language is definitely the kind of perspective shift I feel we could use more of in environmental communication. Thanks again for introducing me to the concept and for the book recommendation!
Gavin,
Thank you for such an expansive and comprehensive foray into the lives of whales and for conveying the essence of Cunningham’s memoir. I recommend Rebecca Giggs’ Fathoms.
You know we’ve been changing the landscape for centuries. We've cut down vegetation, destroyed soils, and installed hard surfaces that become heat islands, heating rainwater that rushes to sea and changes the climate. We claim a geologic time, the Anthropocene, like an explorer planting a flag. Instead of modifying our behaviors to restore the balance and cycles of nature, we say that's the way it is. With 70% of Earth covered by ocean, would we act more responsibly and respectfully if we called this epic of time the Cetaceaocene? Whales have a more significant impact on the oceans, and the oceans control the climate, which is why Great Britain does not have Newfoundland’s climate. Perhaps we are not the dominant influence that we assume we are, geologically speaking. Thank you for considering whales.
Thanks so much for your comment Rob, I’ve put Giggs’ Fathoms next up on my whale book list! I very much like your idea of using the Cetaceaocene instead! I might cite you on that if it’s okay:) It would be a great addition to my growing list of environmental keywords. Recentering the ocean in our language is definitely the kind of perspective shift I feel we could use more of in environmental communication. Thanks again for introducing me to the concept and for the book recommendation!