David Seton Greer LLB is a writer and editor on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. His writings are frequently inspired by observations of the natural world. His books include White Horses and Shooting Stars: A Book of Wishes (Conari, San Francisco); Simple Pleasures (Conari); and Blue Genes: Sharing and Conserving the World’s Aquatic Biodiversity (Earthscan, London), a legal analysis of local community rights under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Email: davidgreer500 [at] gmail.com
by David Greer “If mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed 10,000 years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” —E. O. Wilson “[Rachel] Carson may have won a battle, but not the war.” —Dave Goulson, Silent Earth January 31,…
by David Greer And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings. —Excerpt from The Lake Isle of Innisfree, by William Butler Yeats…
