Nathan Oxley

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

"This is catastrophic."

Happy International Women’s Day!

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Nathan Oxley (@nathanoxley) “So one of the very nice examples is the Campo della Memoria, which can be translated ‘field of memory’. So this is a place that they created to keep, to save memories about the valley and to preserve...

"We have chosen life and created a link between memory and life."

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This is cool I think. The sort of thing I’d love to do for Future Natures although with a slightly different emphasis.

No one I know is mourning Khamenei because he was a mass murderer.

We’re worried because we also know what the Americans and Israelis are: mass murderers.

Correct — it’s simple but at the same time it’s hard because it involves being vulnerable, something that many dominant cultures don’t encourage. The minute you are kind to someone, you open up the possibility of them taking the piss. And yet you must try

Yeah also all the Lars von Trier films I’ve ever seen

Hereditary

I just found out about this via the Uncanny Landscapes newsletter and I'm very excited to read it! Very relevant to some of the @futurenatures.bsky.social work on English commons and the things that landscapes mean to people, and why it is good to think about struggles in commons & commoning now.

Getting beyond the formal/informal divide - REPAiR project A simple distinction between 'informal' and 'formal' meat production in South Africa is misleading, and may generate unhelpful responses in policy.

What’s going on with meat in South Africa?

“Durban’s wealthiest minibus-taxi family is said to have recently purchased a couple of cattle farms that will supply their taxi-rank butcheries with a consistent supply of slaughtered meat.”

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Sorry! Thank you!

Great, Jo. Sorry, great joy.

This month, in our #RangelandMyths series, we examine the myth that 'Mobility drives conflict and insecurity'.

Read the think piece by Linda Pappagallo: repairproject.org/Blog/myth-mo...

Join our online discussion on 26 February with @tekgw.bsky.social:

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What is property? How does a narrow view of ownership & property lie behind the so-called ‘Tragedy of the Commons’? Frank Matose explains at our event on #RangelandMyths

#IYRP2026

Well phrased by Peter Gelderloos -
"It is mind-bogglingly naïve to think that the Trump administration needs any kind of ‘justification’ for repression."

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

The state uses religion as a tool to enforce fascism, and they do so badly, all over the world.

Most religions boil down to "be good to each other" and most of the religious people I've met in my life know that.

Myth: The tragedy of the commons is inevitable - REPAiR project As the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists calls attention to the global diversity, importance, and governance of the world’s rangelands, the myth of the tragedy of the commons is partic...

“Most would agree that the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ thesis is flawed, logically inconsistent, and downright dangerous…

Yet it has taken on a life of its own as an enduring master myth.” - @amberhuff.bsky.social

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#tragedyofthecommons #rangelandmyths #IYRP2026

Rethinking what we think we know about rangelands and pastoralism - REPAiR project In 2026, REPAiR is exploring ‘rangeland myths’. In this introductory blog, we explain why we think this work is important, discuss what it builds on, and emphasise the need to rethink what we think we...

Dust in heat haze. Hooves on dry ground.
Red scars slice the hills.

It's a familiar scene.
But the photo is an AI-generated image.

@amberhuff.bsky.social and Linda Pappagallo discuss how 'rangeland myths’ shape our view of landscapes & livelihoods:
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Very excited about this. Discussions! Arguments! Comics! All in a crucial year for pastoralism on the world stage.

Our director Amber Huff was in Helmsdale this week to share & discuss commoning with the wonderful folks at @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social

On #WorldOceanDay, new co-authored paper that calls for rethinking development in coastal spaces, away from extractive models toward approaches that respect local knowledge, ecological interdependence, & justice.

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The Tragedy of Not Commoning.

Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’?

Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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Who gets to shape so-called ‘nature-based solutions’?

Here’s a very accessible new piece from the Madagascar team of @repairproject.bsky.social, on the need to listen & understand the cultures and motivations of pastoralists.

Let’s goooooo

This is so great.