by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Feb 20, 2026 | animals, Biomimicry, Biophilia, Biosemiotics, deep ecology, Interspecies Communication, philosophy of science
I was recently asked by a colleague the question: Why is fun, fun? As David Graeber suggests in ‘What’s the point if we can’t have fun?’ what Jared Diamond gets wrong in his book Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality is that there doesn’t...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Feb 16, 2026 | agroecology, Biomimicry, Biophilia, collapsology, Decolonization, deep ecology, Ecovillages, Naturverlassenheit, permaculture, SolarPunk
An open-access book, Eco-Social Contracts for Sustainable and Just Futures edited by Patrick Huntjens, Najma Mohamed, Katja Hujo, Manisha Desai was just published, including a chapter Varieties of Eco-Social Contracts in Japanese Ecovillages and Coliving-Coworking...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Feb 10, 2026 | agroecology, beyond idealism, Biomimicry, Biophilia, permaculture, Publications, SolarPunk, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
I’m thrilled to share that my latest essay just published in Aeon explores solarpunk—a vision of the future where technology and nature aren’t opposing forces, but collaborative partners. This biosemiotic futurism explores what would a biophilic technology...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Nov 26, 2025 | Biomimicry, Biophilia, Climate Change, collapsology, Decolonization, deep ecology, Discursive Gap, Environmental Justice, Environmental Political Theory, Greenwashing, permaculture, philosophy of science, Systems thinking
The images of these November 2025 floods in South East Asia show so starkly the total waste of whatever reasoning allows us to continue global warming. The economy isn’t getting better. People aren’t getting healthier or happier. We are trashing our planet...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Nov 24, 2025 | animals, Biophilia, Biosemiotics, Climate Change, conservation, Decolonization, deep ecology, Environmental Political Theory, Naturverlassenheit, parasitism, philosophy of science, Semiocide
Introduction: The Paradox of Fear and Death in Contemporary Japan In 2023, Japan witnessed an unprecedented 219 bear attacks, resulting in six human fatalities. The media response was immediate and visceral—front-page stories, emergency government meetings, and calls...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jun 22, 2025 | Biophilia, Biosemiotics, Plants
I would argue that, although I am a so-called plant philosopher, that actually this domain is the easiest starting point for understanding from a generalist’s perspective what constitutes a beautiful, intact, harmonious ecology. For example, entomology is much...
