ecolalia

Musings on neuro-(bio)diversity and the environment;
above all, a repository of attempts to turn the terror of writing into practice.

environmental philosophy

  • Buggy ethics, part 2: Arthropod agency

    This post is the second of a two-part series “Buggy ethics,” wherein I explore ethics, morality, and the insect-human eco-cultural relationship. This second part features an essay I worked on in July 2023 for an environmental philosophy elective, lightly edited… Continue reading

    Buggy ethics, part 2: Arthropod agency

  • Buggy ethics, part 1: The first win for insect rights?

    For the first time in the world, in Provincia de Satipo, Perú, a group of insects have been declared subjects of legal rights by a local government. In October 2025, Amazonian stingless bees within the Avireri-Vraem Biosphere Reserve were granted… Continue reading

    Buggy ethics, part 1: The first win for insect rights?