{~} dark ecology
dark ecology is a "ecological awareness [...] dark-uncanny" (T. Morton). it is a current of ecological thought which assumes the responsibilities of humans and civilisation as responsible for the current ecological crisis, while also doing away with the nature-culture distinction. it ties (or drags) humanity back into its ecological roots, its status as a species part of a closed loop. both subject and object of worldly processes, humanity can not escape its ecological foundations. it cannot flush nature away out of the cities nor keep its waste contained (within or without the limits of settlements). in a world where humans have settled (read: fundamentally altered) the nature of most of terrestrial land, it draws interest to the modalities of existence in these seemingly hybrid spaces, both civilised and wild, or in the process of transition from one to the other, or both ways at once. it is depressing because, unlike liberal "it will soon be too late" ideology, it fully discloses the present, immanent, and persistent nature of ecological catastrophe. yet for all its depressing qualities it also provides insight into future modes of ecological life. read timothy morton's "what is dark ecology?" for more info.