Richard Esser
@richardesser.bsky.social
Policy advisor nature conservation | Undergraduate student Cultural Sciences | Interested in environmental humanities and philosophy | Netherlands
This graph shows the number of articles in Dutch newspapers, respectively referring to the greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change, climate crisis, climate disaster, and climate catastrophe. No one writes about the greenhouse effect anymore. Instead, there's climate alarmism. What's next?
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This graph shows the number of articles in Dutch newspapers, respectively referring to the greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change, climate crisis, climate disaster, and climate catastrophe. No one writes about the greenhouse effect anymore. Instead, there's climate alarmism. What's next?
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A few weeks ago, we marked #LostSpeciesDay with a beautiful and moving event: a silent procession from De Krook to the Boekentoren, led by the Red Rebels and Earth Rebels of Extinction Rebellion, ending in an intimate performance in the university library’s reading room. vimeo.com/1146898823 1/3
Lost (EN subtitled)
Lost marks the opening of the triptych Lost and Found – Caring for What Is (about to Disappear), in which the Boekentoren brings together ecology…
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December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A few weeks ago, we marked #LostSpeciesDay with a beautiful and moving event: a silent procession from De Krook to the Boekentoren, led by the Red Rebels and Earth Rebels of Extinction Rebellion, ending in an intimate performance in the university library’s reading room. vimeo.com/1146898823 1/3
A wondrous and wonderful coversation between Donna Harraway, Anna Tsing and Rosi Baidrotti, recently at the @nieuweinstituut.nl in Rotterdam.
Videoregistration Composing for Multispecies Survival in Dark Times | Nieuwe Instituut
Watch the conversation between FUNGI co-curator and anthropologist Anna Tsing and philosopher Donna Haraway.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A wondrous and wonderful coversation between Donna Harraway, Anna Tsing and Rosi Baidrotti, recently at the @nieuweinstituut.nl in Rotterdam.
Reposted by Richard Esser
We're pleased to announce a new #openaccess book by John Foster, forthcoming June 2026: 'Lifeworld: A Fresh Approach to Environmental Philosophy'. More info attached, and here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #philosophy #envhum #sustainability @openbookcollective.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We're pleased to announce a new #openaccess book by John Foster, forthcoming June 2026: 'Lifeworld: A Fresh Approach to Environmental Philosophy'. More info attached, and here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #philosophy #envhum #sustainability @openbookcollective.bsky.social
Just signed a petition to protect the Rhone glacier. Building materials, used for slowing down the melting of an artificial ice cave for tourists, are lying around. Right where fragile natural habitats develop and where the glacier once was. Swiss glaciers shrank 25% since 2015. @de.pronatura.ch
Befreien und schützen wir den Rhonegletscher!
Was sich am Fuss des Rhonegeltschers abspielt ist ein Trauerspiel! Seit vielen Jahren wird als Touristenattraktion eine Eisgrotte ins Eis geschlagen. Weil sich der Gletscher aber immer weiter zurückzi...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just signed a petition to protect the Rhone glacier. Building materials, used for slowing down the melting of an artificial ice cave for tourists, are lying around. Right where fragile natural habitats develop and where the glacier once was. Swiss glaciers shrank 25% since 2015. @de.pronatura.ch
There's an interesting exhibition on fungi as anarchist co-creators of the world. On display at the @nieuweinstituut.nl in Rotterdam, curated by Anna Tsing and Feifei Zhou.
"Oh ye who claim such sterile mastery, learn humility or suffer."
Five manifestos can be read online, in English:
"Oh ye who claim such sterile mastery, learn humility or suffer."
Five manifestos can be read online, in English:
FUNGI. Anarchist Designers
An exhibition on fungi as master builders and demolition workers.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
There's an interesting exhibition on fungi as anarchist co-creators of the world. On display at the @nieuweinstituut.nl in Rotterdam, curated by Anna Tsing and Feifei Zhou.
"Oh ye who claim such sterile mastery, learn humility or suffer."
Five manifestos can be read online, in English:
"Oh ye who claim such sterile mastery, learn humility or suffer."
Five manifestos can be read online, in English:
I recently saw this intriguing film at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. It shows fishermen who lovingly embrace the fish they catch until the fish run out of oxygen. According to the exhibition text, 'these people live in harmony with nature'. It makes me wonder about the meanings of 'harmony'.
O Peixe (The Fish) | Jonathas de Andrade | 23' | 2016 | Brasil
O Peixe (The Fish) 2016 Um filme de / A film by Jonathas de Andrade Pescadores / Fishermen Carlos Dos Santos (Menezes) Cícero Dos Santos…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I recently saw this intriguing film at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. It shows fishermen who lovingly embrace the fish they catch until the fish run out of oxygen. According to the exhibition text, 'these people live in harmony with nature'. It makes me wonder about the meanings of 'harmony'.
One of the big literary prizes in the Netherlands, Boekenbon Literatuurprijs 2025, has been awarded to Charlotte Van den Broeck for her non-fiction book ‘Een vlam Tasmaanse tijgers’. A poetic essay, meandering between truth and imagination, about the extinct thylacine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
Thylacine - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of the big literary prizes in the Netherlands, Boekenbon Literatuurprijs 2025, has been awarded to Charlotte Van den Broeck for her non-fiction book ‘Een vlam Tasmaanse tijgers’. A poetic essay, meandering between truth and imagination, about the extinct thylacine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
I just joined the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, and Environment. I'm looking forward to participating and learning! @easlce.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I just joined the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, and Environment. I'm looking forward to participating and learning! @easlce.bsky.social