Worldlog 9 May 2016
I am writing this Worldlog from Australia. At the invitation of the Australian animal rights organisation Voiceless I am giving a series of lectures in Australia between the 4th and 17th of May. I will give 10 lectures at different universities and a law firm explaining the role of the booster in the animal rights debate, and of course also the political meaning of this booster role. I think it is great that Voiceless has given me this opportunity. And my tour around Australia is certainly not going unnoticed here. Almost 1,700 people have registered to attend my lecture and the Sydney Morning Herald has published the following article relating to my lecture tour.
My new book The Canary in the Coal Mine is now available as an English e-book! I wrote this book together with Ewald Engelen, professor of Financial Geography. We warn against the unsustainability of today’s politics and financial choices. And that is why we advocate a radical change of direction. Ewald from an economic perspective and me from an ecological standpoint. Time for plan B!
On the 21st of April last, we celebrated the launch of The Canary in the Coal Mine in the Senate. Pictures of the book presentation can be viewed here. After just two weeks of the book being for sale a second edition was required already. It is great to see that so many people are interested in our message!
The English e-book version can be ordered from Dutch webshops and via Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and as from next week on Amaxon.com.au.
And last I have some breaking news: thanks to a motion I submitted it is no longer allowed to import hunting trophies of 200 wild animals into the Netherlands. This means that as from now, ivory, tiger skins and rhino horns are rejected at Dutch borders. Hunters pay a great deal of money for trips to hunt elephants, lions and other threatened animal species. Thanks to the new import ban, Dutch hunters can no longer show off the wild species they have shot outside of Europe. Hopefully this will take away the key incentive to use foreign nature as a shooting gallery.
Kind regards,
Marianne