Ecology

An essay on how ecological destruction can appear as growth when economic measurement systems count transactions, but fail to see the biological losses behind them.

An essay on the illusion that the economy can be decoupled from the ecosystem, exploring how all human financial activities rest upon biological and ecological foundations.

In a corner of my mind, there lies a realm called Silva Nigra; a forest of blackened leaves. At its heart stands Aristolochia, a castle woven from biomolecules. There, Troides helena dwells. Outside my mind, she is merely a butterfly growing rare, cast aside by human exploitation of the tropical forests. Queen Helena is renowned for her exquisite beauty. Her forewings are a deep, ink-black; her hindwings a vibrant yellow, etched with poetic, dark patterns. ...