Cooking up Change: A Hundred Years of World Animal Day By Teya Brooks Pribac Nonhuman animals have always preoccupied the human mind, some animal species—and some human minds—more than others. Communities throughout history have opted to leave animals off the menu. At the end of the 19th century and beginning Read more
Shelter, Culture, and the Good Waves to Catch By Teya Brooks Pribac Two days ago I found myself on the road out west, into farming country. I was transporting six cats to their new home. It was pouring rain; at times it felt like we were surfing. Our wide-wheeled Gunnel, Read more
On Environmental Grief By Kocku von Stuckrad Last week, yet another devastating report about the ecological state of the planet was published: WWF and Zoological Society of London’s biennial Living Planet Report. It confirms (again) that the abundance of birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles is in freefall, plummeting by 69% Read more
Reaching for the Stars: Notes from the Magic-Detection Project By Teya Brooks Pribac Driving from Sydney, Australia, to the desert town of Broken Hill, a thousand kilometers to the west, whether by the southern or the northern route, the numerous signposts on the way may create the impression that all Read more
The Accidental Simplifier: On Smoking, Animals, and Happiness By Teya Brooks Pribac Truths are as good and beautiful as they promote the flourishing of multiple planetary bodies. – Whitney A. Bauman In his essay on voluntary simplicity, Richard B. Gregg argues convincingly for a shift away from materialism and towards Read more
Enter the Animal: Cross-species Perspectives on Grief and Spirituality – A Discussion Centered on Teya Brooks Pribac’s New Book Please join Counterpoint for an online discussion centered on Teya Brooks Pribac’s new book, Enter the Animal: Cross-species Perspectives on Grief and Spirituality (Sydney University Press, 2021) Date: 13 July 2021 Time: Read more
The Weight of Evidence By Teya Brooks Pribac The late neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp would remind people that science doesn’t give us proofs and certainties but only the weight of evidence. The weight of evidence in his field of inquiry suggested that other-than-human animals are conscious beings, and that this consciousness Read more
Storytelling for Social and Planetary Change – A Pachaysana / Counterpoint Webinar This series of workshops was co-sponsored by The Pachaysana Institute, Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge, The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab at Florida International University, the Religious Studies Department at Florida International University, as well as the Department of English at Read more
Rethinking Personhood Beyond the Human: An Online Counterpoint Conversation on Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, 22 April 2020 A special event, featuring David Abram, Teya Brooks Pribac, Whitney A. Bauman, and Kocku von Stuckrad Many regard the celebration of the first Earth Day, on 22 April 1970, Read more
On Letting People Die: Coronavirus, Geronticide, and Other Worldly Matters By Teya Brooks Pribac “Charlie” – © Teya Brooks Pribac 2020 Small, realistic resolutions at the end of the year keep one happy and help get work done. Pleased with my 2019 analysis I began drafting plans for 2020. Nothing Read more