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'On a chilly morning this fall, Adam Welz wades through chest high grass in New
York state's Adirondack Park, pausing often to scan with his binoculars and
listen.
"That's a northern flicker, right?" he says. "That does the wok-wok-wok-wok!"
Welz, who lives in South Africa and spent years here in New York, describes
himself as an old-school naturalist who likes to dive into places full of
living things.
"Smelling them, hearing them, accessing them and then figuring out maybe how
they fit into a greater ecosystem," he says, describing his approach to
understanding the wild world.
We agreed to meet here and talk about his new book,
The End of Eden: Wild
Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown, because Welz says places like this
help him feel hopeful in a troubled time. New York's massive, 6-million acre
Adirondack Park is one of the wildest places in the eastern United States.'
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
